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Sidequest

Sidequest gives Pi a side channel: ask context-aware questions without pulling the main conversation off track.

Think of it as a better /btw: grounded in the active Pi session, threaded, persistent, and tool-capable.

Demo

Download the MP4 demo

Install

From npm:

pi install npm:pi-sidequest

From GitHub:

pi install git:github.com/peterp/pi-sidequest

For local development:

pi -e /absolute/path/to/pi-sidequest

Or link src/ as an auto-discovered extension directory:

ln -s /absolute/path/to/pi-sidequest/src ~/.pi/agent/extensions/sidequest

Use

Open Sidequest inside Pi:

/sidequest

Default quake console keys:

Sidequest has two focus areas:

selection: choose root or a thread

prompt: type and ask the next question

Press Tab to move between them. The inactive area shows [tab] in its border.

Configure the Quake key

Use an env var:

PI_SIDEQUEST_QUAKE_KEY='`'

or a config file:

// ~/.pi/agent/sidequest.json<br>"quakeKey": "`"

Multiple keys are supported:

PI_SIDEQUEST_QUAKE_KEYS='§,~,alt+s'

"quakeKeys": ["§", "~", "alt+s"]

Tools

Sidequest runs its own isolated, tool-capable Pi worker. By default it enables:

read, grep, find, ls, sidequest_web_search, sidequest_web_fetch

Override the allowlist:

PI_SIDEQUEST_TOOLS='read,grep,find,ls,sidequest_web_search,sidequest_web_fetch'

sidequest_web_search uses Brave Search when BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY is set. Otherwise it falls back to DuckDuckGo HTML search. sidequest_web_fetch fetches public HTTP(S) pages and extracts readable text.

Publish

From this directory:

npm pack --dry-run<br>npm publish

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