pi-mono/packages/coding-agent
Petr Houška 9376c8d17c
fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630)
Fixes #4748.

## Problem

Extensions that import `keyText`/`keyHint` from
`@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent` can resolve their own copy of the
package (their own `node_modules`, or the bundled `cli.js` vs
`dist/index.js`). That copy's keybindings are never set by the host, so
it falls back to a manager with only `tui.*` bindings, and
`keyHint("app.tools.expand", "to expand")` renders as ` to expand`.

## Change

The host passes its own `keyText` and `keyHint` to extension renderers,
the same way it passes `theme`:

- `ToolRenderContext` (`renderCall`/`renderResult` context):
`context.keyHint(...)`
- `MessageRenderOptions` and `EntryRenderOptions`:
`options.keyHint(...)`

All three extend a new exported `KeybindingHints` interface. The docs
and the `debug-provider` example now use the injected functions and warn
against importing them in renderers.

Not done:

- Moving the `pi-tui` keybindings singleton to `globalThis`. Per the
discussion in #7011, extension-facing state should be host-owned and
passed through the extension API instead of shared through process-wide
module state.
- `ctx.ui.keyText`/`keyHint`. No reported case needs them outside
renderers, RPC and print modes never install app keybindings, and adding
them to `ExtensionUIContext` would break SDK hosts that implement it.

## Tests

- `test/extension-keybinding-hints.test.ts`: tool, message, and entry
renderers format a user-overridden `app.tools.expand` binding.
- `npm run check` passes.
2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
..
docs fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630) 2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
examples fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630) 2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
install-lock fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +01:00
schemas feat(coding-agent): add PI_SELF_UPDATE_COMMAND and selfUpdateCommand for pi update (#11629) 2026-10-30 22:30:39 +01:00
scripts docs(ai,coding-agent): generate models.json reference from schemas (#11038) 2026-10-16 21:53:00 +01:00
src fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630) 2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
test fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630) 2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
.gitignore Fix tool call ID normalization for cross-provider switches to Anthropic/GitHub Copilot 2026-01-13 04:07:10 +01:00
CHANGELOG.md fix(coding-agent): pass host keybinding hints to extension renderers (#11630) 2026-10-30 23:01:20 +01:00
package.json fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +01:00
README.md feat(coding-agent): add Nix flake (#9137) 2026-10-02 18:30:51 +02:00
tsconfig.build.json feat(coding-agent): remove the experimental server stack and the client, protocol, and server packages 2026-10-12 10:41:59 +00:00
tsconfig.examples.json chore: migrate pi packages to earendil works scope 2026-05-07 15:59:42 +02:00
vitest.config.ts fix: use bounded runtime paths for Unix sockets 2026-08-14 17:02:03 +03:00

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