🧘 pi-monk

Pi coding agent extension — translate → AAAK compress → LLM reply EN (cheapest tokens).

Pipeline

User (VN/FR/CN/AR/...) → [detect language] → [Google Translate → EN] → [AAAK compress] → LLM → [translate EN → user language] → User

Features

• 🌐 Multi-language input: Auto-detect language, translate to EN for cheapest LLM tokens
• AAAK Compress: 9-stage text compression → 27-57% token savings on EN
• 🌍 Multi-language output: LLM replies in EN (cheapest), Google Translate → user's detected language
• Code-safe: Code blocks are never translated
• Austerity Directives: Injects concise-response rules into system prompt
• 0 cost translate: Google Translate free API, ~0.5s per direction
• UI Indicator: Widget/footer showing real-time compression %

Why translate?

Language	Token cost vs EN	With pi-monk
Vietnamese	~1.5-3x	EN tokens (cheapest)
Chinese	~2-4x	EN tokens (cheapest)
Arabic	~2-3x	EN tokens (cheapest)
French	~1.2-1.5x	EN tokens (cheapest)

LLM generates EN → cheapest tokens. User still sees output in their language.

Install

pi install pi-monk

Or add to .pi/settings.json:

{
  "packages": ["github:maphim/pi-monk"]
}

Then /reload in pi.

Usage

Zero config. Just type in any language.

User: dạ thưa anh cho em hỏi hôm nay có gì mới không ạ
  → detect(vi) → translate EN → AAAK compress → LLM
  → LLM replies EN → translate VI
Widget: 🧘 Monk -42%

User: J'aime le Vietnam, est-ce une citation d'Einstein ?
  → detect(fr) → translate EN → AAAK compress → LLM
  → LLM replies EN → translate FR
Widget: 🧘 Monk -31%

How AAAK compress works

User input → [detect + translate → EN] → [AAAK compress] → LLM

AAAK 9 stages:
s1: VN courtesies (dạ thưa, cảm ơn, ạ...)
s2: EN courtesies (dear, thanks, please...)
s3: Filler phrases (I think, basically, actually...)
s4: Condense patterns (I have a question → q:)
s5: Nano-syntax (a/an/the, is/are/was...)
s6: Abbreviation (configuration → config)
s7: Artifact cleanup
s8: Structure detection (|q=| |err=| |ctx=|)
s9: Whitespace

UI Indicator

State	Display
Idle	🧘 Monk
Active	🧘 Monk -38% (cumulative savings)
Per-compress	Notification: 🧘 Monk -42% (180 tok)
Session end	Notification: 🧘 pi-monk: 3 comp, 5 in, 7 out, ~420 tok

Development

npm test              # 37 tests
npm run lint          # biome lint
npm run lint:check    # check only

Test standalone (no pi)

node --experimental-strip-types -e "
import {compressAAAK} from './src/compress.ts';
console.log(compressAAAK('Hello, I was wondering if you could help me'));
"

License

MIT