pi-dashboard

Apps & Automation

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.

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Pi Dashboard Control

Interact with the pi-dashboard server from any pi session via its REST API.

Setup — Discover the Dashboard URL

Read the port from config, defaulting to 8000:

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

Verify the server is running:

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

Authentication

By default, auth is disabled and all localhost requests work without tokens.

When auth is enabled (remote/tunnel access), include the JWT cookie:

# 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 .

Quick Reference

Monitor

Action	Command
List sessions	`curl -s "$BASE/api/sessions" \| jq .`
Server health	`curl -s "$BASE/api/health" \| jq .`
Session file diff	`curl -s "$BASE/api/session-diff?sessionId=ID" \| jq .`
Read file	`curl -s "$BASE/api/file?cwd=CWD&path=REL" \| jq .`
List pinned dirs	`curl -s "$BASE/api/pinned-dirs" \| jq .`

Control Sessions

Action	Command
Send prompt	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/prompt" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"text":"your message"}'`
Abort	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/abort" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}'`
Shutdown session	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/shutdown" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}'`
Rename	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/rename" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"my-name"}'`
Hide	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/hide" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}'`
Unhide	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/unhide" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}'`
Spawn new	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/spawn" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"cwd":"/path"}'`
Resume/Fork	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/resume" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"mode":"continue"}'`

Flow Control

Action	Command
Abort flow	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/flow-control" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"action":"abort"}'`
Toggle autonomous	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/flow-control" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"action":"toggle_autonomous"}'`

Model / Thinking

Action	Command
Set model	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/model" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"provider":"anthropic","modelId":"claude-sonnet-4-20250514"}'`
Set thinking	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/thinking-level" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"level":"high"}'`

Git Operations

Action	Command
List branches	`curl -s "$BASE/api/git/branches?cwd=CWD" \| jq .`
Checkout	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/git/checkout" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"cwd":"CWD","branch":"main"}'`
Init repo	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/git/init" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"cwd":"CWD"}'`
Stash pop	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/git/stash-pop" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"cwd":"CWD"}'`

OpenSpec

Action	Command
Attach proposal	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/attach-proposal" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"changeName":"change-name"}'`
Detach proposal	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/session/ID/detach-proposal" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}'`
Archive listing	`curl -s "$BASE/api/openspec-archive?cwd=CWD" \| jq .`

Configuration

Action	Command
Read config	`curl -s "$BASE/api/config" \| jq .`
Update config	`curl -s -X PUT "$BASE/api/config" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"autoShutdown":false}'`

Tunnel

Action	Command
Tunnel status	`curl -s "$BASE/api/tunnel-status" \| jq .`
Connect tunnel	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/tunnel-connect"`
Disconnect tunnel	`curl -s -X POST "$BASE/api/tunnel-disconnect"`

Helper Script

A convenience wrapper is available at scripts/dashboard-api.sh:

# 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"}'

Slash Commands

The /dashboard:* namespace wraps common operations as one-shot slash commands. Files live in commands/ and are auto-discovered by the bridge's prompt-expander (/dashboard:session-list resolves dashboard-session-list.md).

Two classes:

LLM-free (executable: bash frontmatter) — body runs as bash, output renders in chat, the LLM is never invoked (chat shows an "ℹ ran locally" footer). Read-only / zero-blast-radius ops. Example:

/dashboard:session-list          # table of every session, no token cost
/dashboard:session-info abc123   # all fields for a session by id-prefix
/dashboard:server-health         # pid + uptime

LLM-bound (no executable frontmatter) — body expands into a user message the LLM interprets. Mutations needing judgment or free-form text. Example:
```
/dashboard:session-tell abc123 please run the tests
/dashboard:session-abort-all     # asks which sessions before aborting
```

LLM-free bodies get PI_DASHBOARD_PORT / PI_DASHBOARD_BASE injected, so they curl the running dashboard without re-deriving the port. Full list: references/slash-commands.md. Convention + frontmatter: commands/README.md.

Detailed References

Slash Commands — every /dashboard:* command, args, LLM-free vs LLM-bound
API Reference — Complete endpoint documentation with request/response schemas
Recipes — Multi-step orchestration workflows