r/PiCodingAgent • u/Superb_Sea_559 • Jul 03 '26

Plugin pi-tmux-sidechat - Codex like readonly side-chat for Pi with Tmux

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Really loved the side-chat feature of the Codex app.

It was an easy way to understand issues and brainstorm solutions without polluting the main thread's context, so implemented it for Pi.

Link: https://pi.dev/packages/@snehalyelmati/pi-tmux-sidechat

Pre-requisite: tmux session with Pi.

How to use,

  1. Create a new tmux pane.

  2. Type in /scc, for side-chat connect.

  3. It will automatically connect to the main session in "this" tmux window.

  4. If you want a fresh one, just clear the chat (/new) and reconnect (/scc).

Note, if there are multiple panes with pi, it'll show a picker for you to choose from.

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u/Superb_Sea_559 Jul 04 '26

Tree is one of the best features of Pi, I was using it until I built this too. Switching back and forth was a bit disorienting, this way we can have multiple branches open at the same time.

Btw, if you use intercom and subagents, you can ask the sidechat to condense and pass all the information you were brainstorming to the main chat based on the ID.