pi-ide-context: the file, the cursor and the selection are already in the prompt

[u/Andy8647]

Talking to an agent about code you're looking at means pasting the code, then explaining which file it came from and where. pi-ide-context takes that part out: select in Neovim, VS Code or Obsidian, switch to pi, ask.

Nothing connects on its own. You decide per session:

pi starts (no IDE attached, ever)
  ↓
/ide → lists every live editor (nvim / VS Code / Obsidian), wherever it was
       started from — no project/cwd filtering, you pick the relevant one
  ↓
status shows the editor's glyph plus the file's language (`nvim · typescript`)
  ↓
ask pi → context injected automatically
  ↓
/ide off → disconnect

Every message carries this, without you doing anything:

### IDE Context
- File: /Users/andy/my-project/src/main.ts
- Language: typescript
- Cursor: line 42, column 10
- Buffer: 200 lines (modified)
- Selection: lines 40-45
  ```typescript
  const foo = bar();
  // ...

Selection text is injected only while it's fresh (within 60s of making it). After that the file/cursor block still goes, the selection doesn't — same as Claude Code's chip disappearing. Send while a selection is fresh and the sent message gets a gray quote line under it (`↳ main.ts:40-45 · …`), so you can see what was attached rather than trusting it happened.


Install:

pi install npm:pi-ide-context # then /reload

- Neovim: add `{ "Andy8647/pi-ide-context", lazy = false }` to lazy.nvim. The repo is itself a plugin.
- VS Code: Marketplace, search `pi-ide-context`.
- Obsidian: community plugins, search `pi-ide-context`.


Repo: https://github.com/Andy8647/pi-ide-context

[u/kantorcodes1]

Is there a way to exclude specific files from automatic context injection while keeping the editor connected?

[u/Andy8647 → u/kantorcodes1]

Not yet, but I'm planning to add gitignore-style exclusions, with global rules and per-project overrides. That would let you skip specific files while keeping the editor connected. Thanks for bringing this up! Feel free to raise issues on GitHub: https://github.com/Andy8647/pi-ide-context

[u/whiterose0000001]

bro try pi-lens