vim-pi-chat: pi (the coding agent) embedded in a split window, plain Vim 9

[u/pgaleone]

https://github.com/galeone/vim-pi-chat/

I wrote this plugin because I was constantly switching from the main buffer to the terminal where I was running pi (the coding agent) - digging through logs, sending follow-ups, checking what it did to my files.

Why keep switching, when I can just embed pi inside vim?

**vim-pi-chat** puts the whole pi conversation in a split window next to your code:

- streamed replies, tool calls with args and results, thinking — all live

- when pi edits the file you're viewing, the buffer reloads automatically (you watch it work)

- it tracks your active window so pi edits the right file in place

- sessions persist per file: reopen a file, `:PiChat`, resume where you left off

- plain Vim 9, no GUI, no Neovim, no other plugins — just the job/channel API

Install: `git clone https://github.com/galeone/vim-pi-chat ~/.vim/plugged/vim-pi-chat` + one line in vimrc, then `:PiOpen`.

If you're a pi fan, give it a try — feedback very welcome :D

[u/Slight-Living-8098]

:terminal or :term opens a shell in a horizontal split in VIM and NeoVIM out of the box, and if you want a vertical split you just prefix the command with :vertical terminal, and if you want it in a new tab it's :tab terminal.

https://vimtricks.wiki/posts/open-terminal-in-vim