What is pi-tidy-tools?

pi-tidy-tools is a collection of small, separately installable add-ons for Pi, an AI coding agent. The problem it solves is readability: when Pi runs a long series of tool calls, its default transcript shows every action as a large boxed card, which makes it hard to follow what the agent is actually doing or why. This project replaces that with compact, two-line summaries that show the reasoning behind each action alongside its result. The collection is split into separate packages rather than one big install. The main package, pi-tidy-tools, restyles common actions like reading files, writing files, editing, running shell commands, and searching, so each shows its goal and outcome in one or two lines instead of a large card. It also adds a diff view that recaps what changed in the previous turn. A second package, pi-tidy-subagents, handles cases where Pi delegates work to child agents running in parallel. It shows a compact live status for each child task, can run some of them in the background while you keep working, and reports results in order even if one child task fails while others succeed. Two more packages are still experimental and only available by installing directly from the source code rather than from npm. pi-tidy-memory gives Pi a way to remember information across sessions by connecting to an external memory server. pi-tidy-footer is a compact status bar built for narrow terminal windows, such as those on a phone, showing which model is active and how much of your usage quota remains. Each package is installed independently using Pi's own package installer, and the project maintains test coverage and mutation testing requirements to keep quality consistent across packages.