pi-model-selector-x

# pi-model-selector-x ModelSelectorX enhances pi's native `/model` selector with a detail pane showing context window, cost, input modalities, API protocol, and reasoning capability. It patches the built-in `/model` view. ## WARNING This extension patches the `/model` internals and could break if pi updates in an incompatible way. I chose this approach rather than re-implementing the internal model selector rendering so that it would automatically update the rendering. ## Features - Bottom detail pane for the selected model showing full metadata - Context window size (e.g. `200k`, `1M`) - Max output tokens - API protocol (`resp` / `comp` / `anth`) - Input modalities (`txt`, `txt+img`, `txt+img+aud`) - Reasoning capability indicator - Cost breakdown (input / output / cache read / cache write) - Base URL for the selected model/provider - Free model detection ## Screenshots <table> <tr> <th width="50%">Before</th> <th width="50%">After</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"><img src="screenshots/before.svg" alt="Built-in /model selector showing only model-id and provider" width="100%" /></td> <td width="50%"><img src="screenshots/after.svg" alt="Enhanced /model selector with detail pane showing context, cost, protocol, input, and reasoning" width="100%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The built-in selector shows only <code>model-id [provider] ✓</code>. No context window, cost, or capability info.</td> <td>ModelSelectorX adds a detail pane with context window, max output, API protocol, input modalities, reasoning indicator, and cost breakdown.</td> </tr> </table> ## Detail Pane The detail pane appears below the model list and shows: | Field | Source | Example | |-------|--------|---------| | Context | `model.contextWindow` | `200k` | | Max Output | `model.maxTokens` | `64k` | | Protocol | `model.api` | `resp` / `comp` / `anth` | | Input | `model.input` | `txt+img` / `txt` | | Reasoning | `model.reasoning` | `⚡ reasoning` | | Cost | `model.cost` | `$2.50 / $15.00` / `free` | | Cache | `model.cost.cacheRead/Write` | `$0.25` | | BaseURL | `model.baseUrl` | `https://api.example.com/v1` | ### Protocol abbreviations | Short | Full | |-------|------| | `resp` | OpenAI Responses API | | `comp` | OpenAI Completions API | | `anth` | Anthropic Messages API | ## Installation ### npm ```bash pi install npm:pi-model-selector-x ``` To try it for one run without adding it to your settings: ```bash pi -e npm:pi-model-selector-x ``` ### git ```bash pi install git:github.com/Dwsy/pi-model-selector-x ``` ## Usage After installation, open the model selector with the built-in keybinding or: ```text /model ``` ## Notes - Tested with pi 0.74.0 - ModelSelectorX patches the native `/model` path, so the built-in slash command and model hotkey keep using pi's own navigation and selection flow. - ModelSelectorX relies on private model-selector internals, so upstream pi changes may require ModelSelectorX updates.