pi-export-notool

A Pi extension that exports the current session to HTML while hiding tool-call, tool-output, and thinking blocks with injected CSS.

Use

Start Pi with this extension, then run:

/export-notool [output.html]

Pi's built-in /export remains unchanged. /export-notool creates an HTML variant without visible tool or thinking blocks.

If no path is supplied, it writes pi-no-tools-<session-id>.html in the current working directory. The output is created with Pi's built-in HTML exporter, then gets an idempotent stylesheet that hides .tool-execution and .thinking-block elements. The sidebar remains unchanged, so Pi's built-in No-tools toggle continues to work. Session data remains embedded in the file; the default command is display-only hiding.

Publish mode

For an HTML file intended to be shared, put --publish before the optional path:

/export-notool --publish [output.html]

Publish mode writes pi-no-tools-publish-<session-id>.html by default. It physically removes tool calls, tool results, shell executions, thinking blocks, hidden extension state, system prompts, tool schemas, rendered tool data, and path-bearing session header metadata from the embedded payload. Unknown entry and content-block types are omitted rather than assumed safe, and retained entries are re-parented so Pi's session tree still works. Pi's unsanitized intermediate export is created only in a temporary directory and deleted before the command returns.

The remaining visible textual conversation is scanned before it is written. Credential detection uses the MIT-licensed @sanity-labs/secret-scan package; its distributed license attributes the incorporated detection rules to the MIT-licensed Gitleaks project. The extension also checks for POSIX, Windows, and UNC absolute paths. If it finds potential sensitive information, it shows grouped finding types without echoing matched values and requires confirmation. In a mode that cannot prompt, the publish export fails closed. Findings are warnings, not automatic redaction, and no pattern-based scanner can guarantee that content is safe to share.

Development

Run the extension from this checkout:

pi --no-extensions -e .

Run its regression tests:

npm test

Publish a tested public release:

npm run publish:npm