pi-clear-on-double-esc

A pi extension that clears the editor input on double Escape.

What it does

Press Esc twice within 500 ms while the editor has content to clear it.

• First Esc passes through normally — autocomplete dismissal and other built-in Esc behaviour still works.
• Only the second Esc (within the window) is consumed.
• When the editor is already empty, both presses pass through to pi's built-in doubleEscapeAction (tree, fork, or none).

Works with both legacy terminals and the Kitty keyboard protocol.

Install

pi install https://github.com/iRonin/pi-clear-on-double-esc

Or add to ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{
  "packages": [
    "https://github.com/iRonin/pi-clear-on-double-esc"
  ]
}

How it interacts with doubleEscapeAction

Editor state	Single Esc	Double Esc
Has content	passes through (autocomplete, etc.)	clears editor
Empty	passes through	triggers doubleEscapeAction (tree/fork/none)