Pi Dashboard

What it does

When your agent uses it

• You need to interact with other pi sessions
• Check dashboard health
• Orchestrate multi-session workflows

Example prompts

• “/pi-dashboard”

Requirements

• Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7feac4d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl
  • jq
  • npx

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pi Dashboard loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~9.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 704 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~80

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~9.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from BlackBeltTechnology/pi-agent-dashboard at commit 7feac4d, republished under its MIT licence (© BlackBeltTechnology). 704 words, ~2,198 tokens.

name

pi-dashboard

description

Monitor and control the pi-dashboard server. List sessions, send prompts, abort runs, spawn new sessions, manage git branches, control flows, and configure the dashboard — all via REST API. Use when you need to interact with other pi sessions, check dashboard health, or orchestrate multi-session workflows.

license

MIT

metadata.author

pi-dashboard

metadata.version

1.0

npx tsx ./scripts/dashboard-bus.ts spawn /path/to/proj --prompt "/opsx-explore add-auth"
npx tsx ./scripts/dashboard-bus.ts until <id> idle
npx tsx ./scripts/dashboard-bus.ts prompt <id> "run the tests"

PORT=$(cat ~/.pi/dashboard/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep '"port"' | grep -o '[0-9]*' || echo 8000)
BASE="http://localhost:$PORT"

curl -s "$BASE/api/health" | jq .
# Expected: { "ok": true, "pid": ..., "uptime": ... }

# Check auth status
curl -s "$BASE/auth/status" | jq .

# If auth is enabled, include token in requests:
curl -s -b "pi_dash_token=YOUR_JWT" "$BASE/api/sessions" | jq .

# Usage:
./scripts/dashboard-api.sh GET /api/sessions
./scripts/dashboard-api.sh POST /api/session/ID/prompt '{"text":"hello"}'
./scripts/dashboard-api.sh POST /api/session/spawn '{"cwd":"/path/to/project"}'

© BlackBeltTechnology, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 44 other files (scripts, references) in packages/extension/.pi/skills/pi-dashboard of BlackBeltTechnology/pi-agent-dashboard.

• SKILL.md
• commands/README.md
• commands/dashboard-flow-abort.md
• commands/dashboard-flow-auto.md
• commands/dashboard-git-branches.md
• commands/dashboard-git-init.md
• commands/dashboard-git-stash-pop.md
• commands/dashboard-list-models.md
• commands/dashboard-list-models.md.AGENTS.md
• commands/dashboard-peer-list.md
• commands/dashboard-peer-scan.md
• commands/dashboard-pin-list.md
• commands/dashboard-proposal-archive.md
• commands/dashboard-proposal-attach.md
• commands/dashboard-proposal-detach.md
• commands/dashboard-server-config.md
• commands/dashboard-server-health.md
• commands/dashboard-server-tunnel-off.md
• commands/dashboard-server-tunnel-on.md
• commands/dashboard-server-tunnel-status.md
• … and 25 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7feac4d