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Plan: Restructure pi-skill as a Self-Contained Pi Package
Context
The pi-skill project currently has a messy structure with three separate skill sources:
| Source | Location |
|---|---|
| agent-pi skills (20+) | .repos/agent-pi/skills/ |
| Open Design skills (80+) | .repos/open-design/skills/ |
| pi-skill custom skills (emdash, etc.) | skills/ |
| Copied during install | ~/.pi/agent/skills/ |
The install.sh tries to copy skills between these directories, which is fragile and confusing. Pi already has two ways to discover skills — auto-discovering ~/.pi/agent/skills/ AND loading from package manifests — but the current setup fights both mechanisms.
Goal: Make pi-skill a single, self-contained Pi package. All skills in one place. Install via pi install . — no install script needed.
Phase 1: Centralize All Resources into pi-skill
Why: pi-skill already has copies of agent-pi's 43 extensions and most of its skills. We need the remaining agent-pi resources (themes, agents, commands, prompts) to make pi-skill a complete stand-in for agent-pi.
Copy → agent-pi resources that pi-skill is missing:
cp -r .repos/agent-pi/themes/ themes/(11 themes)cp -r .repos/agent-pi/agents/ agents/(agent definitions YAML)cp -r .repos/agent-pi/commands/ commands/(slash commands)cp -r .repos/agent-pi/prompts/ prompts/(prompt templates)cp -r .repos/agent-pi/tex/ tex/(Text Tools app)cp .repos/agent-pi/agent-logo.png agent-logo.png
Update → package.json to declare ALL resources:
{
"name": "pi-skill",
"private": true,
"version": "2.0.0",
"description": "pi-skill — 50+ skills, 43 extensions, 11 themes for Pi",
"keywords": ["pi-package"],
"pi": {
"extensions": ["./extensions"],
"skills": ["./skills"],
"themes": ["./themes"],
"agents": ["./agents"],
"commands": ["./commands"],
"prompts": ["./prompts"]
}
}
Phase 2: Resolve Skill Conflicts and Clean Up
Why: Some skills may now exist in both pi-skill's skills/ and pi-agent's old skills. We need to deduplicate.
Check for name collisions between pi-skill skills/ and agent-pi skills/:
| pi-skill has | agent-pi has | Conflict? |
|---|---|---|
| agent-browser | agent-browser | YES — pi-skill has emdash version, agent-pi has original |
| building-emdash-site | — | No (pi-skill custom) |
| creating-plugins | — | No (pi-skill custom) |
| emdash-cli | — | No (pi-skill custom) |
| ... | autoresearch, just-bash, nano-banana, etc. | pi-skill may be missing some agent-pi skills |
Action: Copy any agent-pi skills missing from pi-skill's skills/ into it. Keep pi-skill's versions where conflicts exist (they're more specific/detailed).
Phase 3: Register pi-skill as the Primary Package
Why: Pi currently loads git:github.com/ruizrica/agent-pi as a package. We need to replace it with pi-skill.
Update ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:
{
"packages": [
"/Users/kunthawatgreethong/gitea/pi-skill",
"npm:@plannotator/pi-extension"
]
}
Then verify: pi install /Users/kunthawatgreethong/gitea/pi-skill
Phase 4: Simplify install.sh → bootstrap.sh
Why: The current install.sh is complex and user wants it gone. Replace it with a minimal bootstrap script.
New minimal bootstrap.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# bootstrap.sh — One-time setup for pi-skill
# After this, just use: pi install <path-to-pi-skill>
set -e
SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
echo "Registering pi-skill with Pi..."
pi install "$SOURCE_DIR"
echo ""
echo "Done! Restart Pi agent to load all 50+ skills, 43 extensions, and 11 themes."
Phase 5: Test & Verify
- Run
pi install /Users/kunthawatgreethong/gitea/pi-skill - Restart Pi
- Verify emdash skills appear in AI's available skills
- Verify extensions still work (modes, commands, themes)
- Clean up old agent-pi package from settings if still listed
Critical Files
| File | Action |
|---|---|
package.json |
Modify — add themes, agents, commands, prompts |
themes/ |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/themes/ |
agents/ |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/agents/ |
commands/ |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/commands/ |
prompts/ |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/prompts/ |
tex/ |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/tex/ |
agent-logo.png |
New — copy from .repos/agent-pi/ |
install.sh |
Replace with minimal bootstrap.sh |
~/.pi/agent/settings.json |
Update — replace agent-pi package with pi-skill |
~/.pi/agent/skills/ |
Clean up redundant copies |
Reusable Components (no changes needed)
extensions/— already identical to agent-pi's 43 extensions, ready to useskills/— already has 51 skills including emdash ones, just need to fill missing agent-pi skills.repos/— keep as reference sources for future syncs
Verification
pi list— should show pi-skill with 50+ skills, 43 extensions, 11 themes- Restart Pi — all modes, commands, themes should work
- Ask about "emdash" — AI should find the building-emdash-site, creating-plugins, etc. skills
/mode— should cycle modes normally- No more errors about missing extensions or skills