pi bridge: activate the full built-in tool set (grep/find/ls)

pi ships seven built-in tools but activates only read/write/edit/bash by
default. The --tools flag can't fix this (it is a strict allowlist that drops
extension tools — verified against a live endpoint), so the bridge calls
setActiveTools with everything registered at session start: all seven built-ins
plus ask_operator and the four memory tools. Verified live: the model now
receives all twelve tool definitions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KdGv3u3DfTsP1S188KDhVH

docs/local-models.md

@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ completion gate never sees generated files:
   `PI_CONTEXT_WINDOW`, and `PI_MAX_TOKENS` tune it; everything else in the env map
   passes through to the process.
 - **`extensions/handler-bridge.ts`** — the bundled bridge extension that adapts pi's
-  events to the same `python -m handler.hooks` contract claude uses. The gates are the
+  events to the same `python -m handler.hooks` contract claude uses. It also activates
+  pi's full built-in tool set — `read`, `write`, `edit`, `bash`, plus `grep`, `find`,
+  and `ls`, which pi leaves off by default — alongside the handler tools it registers. The gates are the
   *same tested Python code*: the Stop/completion gate re-prompts pi with the blockers,
   `git push` runs the test + image-build + protected-branch approval gates and denies on
   failure, and questions go through an `ask_operator` tool that pauses the agent for the

src/handler/control/pi_bridge.ts

@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 	let stopRounds = 0;
 	let lastAssistantText = "";
 
+	// Tool parity with the claude harness: pi ships read/write/edit/bash active and
+	// leaves grep/find/ls off by default. Enable everything registered — the built-ins
+	// plus this bridge's own tools. (The --tools flag can't do this: it is a strict
+	// allowlist that would drop extension tools.)
+	pi.on("session_start", async () => {
+		pi.setActiveTools(pi.getAllTools().map((t) => t.name));
+	});
+
 	// ---- memory recall at session start (claude's SessionStart hook) ----------------
 	pi.on("before_agent_start", async () => {
 		if (contextInjected) return;

tests/test_pi_harness.py

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ def test_write_config_renders_provider_and_bridge(pi_env, tmp_path):
     assert "handler.hooks" in text
     assert "handler.mcpserver" in text
     assert "ask_operator" in text
+    # Tool parity: the bridge activates pi's full built-in set (grep/find/ls are off
+    # by default) alongside its own tools.
+    assert "setActiveTools" in text
     assert (base / "APPEND_SYSTEM.md").read_text().strip()