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pi-reverse

Fullscreen TUI extension that pins pi's input at the top and stacks Q&A pairs newest-first, question in view.

extensions✓ Sep 14

pi install git:github.com/panbergco/pi-reverse (requires fullscreen TUI mode: tuiMode fullscreen in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json, or pi --tui-mode fullscreen)

## TL;DR

A fullscreen TUI layout extension that pins pi's input at the top and stacks the conversation as Q&A pairs, newest first, each pair still reading question-then-answer.

## Key points

• $Named after Warp's reverse mode for command blocks; the README pitches it as the first such layout for an agent conversation, noting VS Code closed the equivalent Copilot Chat request as out-of-scope (issue #12321, December 2025).
• $Turn-based model: a turn starts at each user question and the extension reverses the groups, never their contents, so every question still reads into its answer; long answers cap at 70% of the pane by default (answer-lines) with their own inner scroll.
• $Split-wheel navigation: the right half of the pane scrolls the conversation on stock pi, while the left half's wheel-inside-an-answer needs a patched pi (a small ScrollView patch, fix pending upstream); alt+j / alt+k jump between pairs, and /reverse next, /reverse prev, /reverse tail, /reverse question, /reverse flip, and /reverse reset are also available.
• $Display-only: session files are never modified, and old sessions open in the same layout via pi --session; in regular (non-fullscreen) TUI mode the extension declines with a warning instead of half-applying.
• $Performance: off-screen turns keep the lines they produced and re-render near the viewport; measured wheel-to-repaint is 25-28 ms median versus 45-73 ms for stock pi on a 1,165-component session, with per-frame work proportional to the screen, not the session.
• $Known limits: it leans on pi internals (the seven mounted regions and UserMessageComponent as the turn marker) and refuses to apply with a warning if a pi release changes that shape; verified against pi 0.84.2 and 0.85.1.

## FAQ

## References

• README ↗

Last updated: Sep 14, 2026