pi-copy-button0.1.1

pi-copy-button

Click ⧉ copy next to a code block, a blockquote or a section between two --- rules in Pi's transcript to copy it.

pi install npm:pi-copy-button

• The label sits right-aligned on the block's last line, and shows ✓ copied for 1.5s.
• Code blocks copy the code without fences or indent. Quotes copy their Markdown without the > markers. Sections (handy for drafts) copy the Markdown between the rules; the label sits on the closing rule.
• Option-click (Alt; Ctrl-click in some terminals, but not in tmux with mouse on) copies the other format: plain text instead of Markdown, or the other way round if plain is your default. The label then says ✓ plain or ✓ raw. Code blocks are the same either way.
• Plain text drops the Markdown syntax but keeps your line breaks: no **, _ or backticks, headings without #, bullets as - / 1. , links as text (url), tables as a | b rows.
• Only finished assistant replies get labels (not thinking, not your own messages).
• Fullscreen TUI only (Pi's default tuiMode). In regular mode the terminal owns the mouse.
• Plain clicks elsewhere and drag-selection work as before.

Settings

/copy-format plain makes labels copy plain text by default, /copy-format raw goes back to Markdown, and /copy-format alone toggles. It applies right away and is saved in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{ "pi-copy-button": { "format": "plain" } }

You can also set it by hand there or in a trusted project's .pi/settings.json (then /reload); a project value wins after the next reload.

How it works (hacky)

Pi has no public hook for rendering parts of assistant messages (earendil-works/pi#11276), so index.ts wraps AssistantMessageComponent.prototype.updateContent and, for each finished message's Markdown, its private renderToken/render, and adds handleMouse. Top-level code/blockquote tokens and hr-delimited sections get a zero-width marker on their last line, which survives wrapping; render strips it and draws the label there.

Built against Pi 1.4.0. If a Pi update renames these internals, the labels just disappear; Pi keeps working.

Releasing

Bump version in package.json, merge, then publish a GitHub release tagged v<version>. The Publish workflow waits for approval and publishes to npm with trusted publishing (no token).