Deprecated for Pi 0.80.6+. Remove this extension unless you specifically need its MiniMax/Kimi dual-cache-breakpoint workaround.
Pi 0.80.6's built-in Anthropic provider now owns raw SSE parsing, repairs malformed tool-call JSON, and safely parses partial tool arguments. This extension's former streaming control-character fix is therefore no longer needed.
The extension still adds a cache_control marker to the last assistant
tool_use block. That workaround can improve cache-hit rates for providers
with MiniMax/Kimi-style cache windows, but it replaces Pi's full Anthropic
provider and bypasses its newer transport, caching, retry, and thinking support.
It is not recommended for native Anthropic use.
pi remove npm:@mcowger/pi-better-messages-cacheThis restores the built-in Anthropic stream handler automatically.
The extension implements the dual-cache-breakpoint strategy proposed in
pi#1737: it marks both the
last assistant tool_use block and the last user/tool-result block. Pi 0.80.6
does not add the assistant marker, but does cache the system prompt, latest tool
definition, and latest user block.
If you still use a provider affected by the cache-window issue, install this extension only after verifying that its cache-hit improvement outweighs losing Pi's built-in Anthropic-provider updates.
- Pi 0.80.6+
@earendil-works/pi-coding-agentand@earendil-works/pi-ai(bundled with Pi)
MIT © mcowger