Pi Chronicle

Record conscious markers and typed beats during work sessions, then write chronicle markdown to your vault.

What this is

A Pi extension that captures intentional session logs — not automated transcripts. Mark decisions, blockers, milestones, tries, and reverts as you work, then finalize a single chronicle markdown file into your vault's Progress/ folder.

For developers and creators who want a lightweight record of why they did things in that order — raw material for flow docs, blog posts, or retrospectives.

Features

• Auto-start — session begins when Pi loads; no explicit start command
• 6 colon-flat commands — no arguments, no flags; prompted after invocation
• 5 beat types — decision, blocker, milestone, try, revert
• Project detection — auto-resolves output folder from current working directory
• Vault output — writes chronicle-YYYYMMDD-HHmm.md to your project's Progress/ folder
• Novel generation — /chronicle:novel generates a short novel from session marks/beats via Pi agent
• Distill select — choose a target format (flow, textbook, essay, fiction) for future generation

Install

Install the published npm package with Pi:

pi install npm:pi-chronicle

Pin a specific version when you want reproducible installs:

pi install npm:pi-chronicle@0.1.2

Install into the current project instead of your user Pi settings:

pi install npm:pi-chronicle -l

Or install from GitHub:

pi install git:github.com/eiei114/pi-chronicle

Try it without permanently installing:

pi -e npm:pi-chronicle

Quick start

Try this package locally from a clone:

pi -e .

Then run:

/chronicle:mark    → enter a short label
/chronicle:beat    → pick type → enter label
/chronicle:end     → optional closing note → writes chronicle md
/chronicle:status  → show current session
/chronicle:distill → pick output format
/chronicle:novel   → generate novel from session → writes to project root

Session auto-starts when Pi loads — just mark and beat as you work.

Package contents

Path	Purpose
extensions/	Pi TypeScript extension entrypoints
lib/	Shared session and output logic
docs/	Supporting docs (examples.md, release.md, template-checklist.md)

Development

npm install
npm run ci
npm pack --dry-run

npm run ci runs typecheck, tests, and npm run pack:check (equivalent to npm pack --dry-run).

Release

npm Trusted Publishing — no NPM_TOKEN required.

npm version patch
git push

See docs/release.md for setup details.

Security

Pi packages can execute code with your local permissions. Review extensions before installing third-party packages.

For vulnerability reporting, see SECURITY.md.

Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pi-chronicle
• GitHub: https://github.com/eiei114/pi-chronicle
• Issues: https://github.com/eiei114/pi-chronicle/issues

License

MIT