feat(pi-fff): add ui-only mode

[pokedotdev]

Why

Some users run Pi with a custom harness where the FFF agent tools are unnecessary
or may conflict with tools provided by the harness. File autocomplete with FFF
is still useful in that setup.

What changed

This adds a new ui-only mode that:

• Keeps @ file autocomplete with FFF.
• Does not register fffind, ffgrep, or fff-multi-grep as agent tools.
• Can be selected through the existing flag, environment, config file, and
  /fff-mode options.
• Requires /reload when switching to or from ui-only.
• Leaves tools-and-ui, tools-only, and override unchanged.

The mode is also included in the configuration schema, documentation, and tests.

Testing

• cd packages/pi-fff && bun test test/
• cd packages && bun format:check
• make lint-ts
• cd packages/pi-fff && PI_FFF_MULTIGREP=1 bun test test/extension.test.ts

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a ui-only operating mode for FFF.
  • Enables FFF-backed @-file autocomplete without registering FFF agent tools.
  • Added ui-only to configuration options and /fff-mode commands.

• Improvements

  • Switching between ui-only, override, and tool-enabled modes now clearly indicates when /reload is required.
  • Updated documentation and configuration validation for the new mode.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for configuration support, autocomplete behavior, and reload requirements.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Pi FFF extension adds a ui-only mode. This mode keeps FFF @-file autocomplete without registering FFF agent tools. Configuration, reload behavior, initialization, mode switching, documentation, and tests are updated.

Changes

UI-only FFF mode

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Mode contract and documentation packages/pi-fff/src/config.ts, packages/pi-fff/pi-fff.schema.json, README.md, packages/pi-fff/README.md	The configuration type and schema accept ui-only. Documentation describes its autocomplete behavior and reload requirements.
Session preparation and tool registration packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts	Session preparation now has an independent guard. ui-only skips FFF tool registration while preserving session setup.
Mode switching and regression coverage packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts, packages/pi-fff/test/config.test.ts, packages/pi-fff/test/extension.test.ts	/fff-mode detects changes to tool registration and tool names. Tests cover configuration loading, reload behavior, absent tools, and FFF file completions.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4351d

The new ui-only mode should work as intended, but the README does not clearly state that switching to or from this mode requires /reload before tool registration changes apply. Merge is reasonable with explicit owner follow-up to correct the documentation.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PiSession
  participant FFFExtension
  participant FFFTools
  PiSession->>FFFExtension: initialize with ui-only mode
  FFFExtension->>FFFExtension: prepare session once
  FFFExtension-->>PiSession: provide FFF `@-file` completions
  FFFExtension-->>FFFTools: do not register FFF agent tools

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Suggested reviewers: gustav-fff, xwilludelu, dmtrkovalenko

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 4 files. (3 skipped: 3…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely states the main change: adding the ui-only mode to pi-fff.
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)

README.md (1)

136-154: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the /reload requirement.

Switching to or from ui-only does not apply immediately. Tool registration changes only after /reload. State this here. The current wording says the command switches the mode at runtime.

Proposed fix

-Four operating modes, switchable at runtime with `/fff-mode`:
+Four operating modes. Use `/fff-mode` to select a mode. Switching to or from
+`ui-only` or `override` requires `/reload` to apply tool registration changes:

As per coding guidelines, update README.md with new configuration options.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@README.md` around lines 136 - 154, Update the `/fff-mode` command
documentation to state that switching to or from `ui-only` requires `/reload`
before tool registration changes take effect, while preserving the existing
runtime mode-switching description for other modes.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Outside diff comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 136-154: Update the `/fff-mode` command documentation to state
that switching to or from `ui-only` requires `/reload` before tool registration
changes take effect, while preserving the existing runtime mode-switching
description for other modes.

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• packages/pi-fff/test/config.test.ts
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[dmtrKovalenko]

I do not agree that it makes sense.

1. fff has to be better by anything else custom implemented by the user
2. if user sure that their file search is better there very little value in adding this autocomplete so I’d recommend dropping fff at all