diff --git a/plugins/pi-automaton-context/index.ts b/plugins/pi-automaton-context/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2a6738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-automaton-context/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import type { ExtensionAPI, ExtensionContext, BeforeAgentStartEventResult } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "fs";
+import { basename, join } from "path";
+import { homedir } from "os";
+
+const AUTOMATON_HOME = join(homedir(), ".automaton");
+const STALE_MINUTES = 30;
+
+interface TaskInfo {
+  name: string;
+  phase: string;
+  mtime: Date;
+}
+
+function getTasks(autoDir: string): TaskInfo[] {
+  const tasksDir = join(autoDir, ".automaton", "tasks");
+  if (!existsSync(tasksDir)) return [];
+  try {
+    const entries = readdirSync(tasksDir);
+    const tasks: TaskInfo[] = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const stateFile = join(tasksDir, entry, ".state");
+      if (existsSync(stateFile)) {
+        try {
+          const phase = readFileSync(stateFile, "utf-8").trim();
+          if (!phase) continue;
+          const stat = statSync(stateFile);
+          tasks.push({ name: entry, phase, mtime: stat.mtime });
+        } catch {
+          // skip unreadable
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    tasks.sort((a, b) => b.mtime.getTime() - a.mtime.getTime());
+    return tasks;
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+function getLoopInfo(autoDir: string): string[] {
+  const loopsDir = join(autoDir, ".automaton", "loops");
+  if (!existsSync(loopsDir)) return [];
+  try {
+    const entries = readdirSync(loopsDir);
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const stateFile = join(loopsDir, entry, ".state.loop");
+      if (existsSync(stateFile)) {
+        try {
+          const content = readFileSync(stateFile, "utf-8").trim();
+          const state = JSON.parse(content);
+          const taskRef = state.current_task ? `, active task: ${state.current_task}` : "";
+          lines.push(`Loop "${entry}": ${state.status || "unknown"}${taskRef}`);
+        } catch {
+          // skip unparseable
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return lines;
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
+  pi.on("before_agent_start", async (_event, ctx): Promise<BeforeAgentStartEventResult | undefined> => {
+    const cwd = ctx.cwd;
+    const inFramework = cwd === AUTOMATON_HOME || cwd.startsWith(AUTOMATON_HOME + "/");
+
+    let baseDir: string | null = null;
+    let scopeLabel: string;
+
+    if (inFramework) {
+      baseDir = AUTOMATON_HOME;
+      scopeLabel = "framework (~/.automaton/)";
+    } else {
+      const projectAuto = join(cwd, ".automaton");
+      if (existsSync(projectAuto)) {
+        baseDir = cwd;
+        const projectName = basename(cwd) || "project";
+        scopeLabel = `project (${projectName}/.automaton/)`;
+      } else {
+        return; // not in automaton context
+      }
+    }
+
+    const tasks = getTasks(baseDir);
+    const editTasks = tasks.filter((t) => t.phase === "implement" || t.phase === "doc_review");
+    const currentTask = editTasks.length > 0 ? editTasks[0] : tasks.length > 0 ? tasks[0] : null;
+
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+    lines.push(`Automaton scope: ${scopeLabel}`);
+    lines.push("");
+
+    lines.push("How Automaton works:");
+    lines.push("- Automaton enforces a task phase state machine. File edits are ONLY allowed when a task is in 'implement' or 'doc_review' phase.");
+    lines.push("- When the user asks you to build, fix, or change something, you MUST first create a task (use automaton_create_task) and transition it to 'implement' before you can edit any files.");
+    lines.push("- Without a task in 'implement', the automaton-guard-pi extension will BLOCK all file edits.");
+    lines.push(`- Available tools: automaton_create_task (create+transition), automaton_transition (change phase), automaton_status (check state).`);
+    lines.push("");
+
+    if (currentTask) {
+      lines.push(`State: Active task "${currentTask.name}" is in "${currentTask.phase}" phase.`);
+
+      if (currentTask.phase === "implement" || currentTask.phase === "doc_review") {
+        lines.push(`You CAN edit files under this task.`);
+        const ageMinutes = Math.round((Date.now() - currentTask.mtime.getTime()) / 60000);
+        if (ageMinutes > STALE_MINUTES) {
+          lines.push(
+            `Note: task has been in ${currentTask.phase} for ${ageMinutes} min and is considered stale. ` +
+            `Run automaton_transition (or touch via status.py) if still active.`,
+          );
+        }
+      } else {
+        lines.push(`File edits are BLOCKED. Call automaton_transition to move it to 'implement' before editing.`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      lines.push(`State: No active tasks. When the user makes a work request, call automaton_create_task first.`);
+    }
+
+    const byPhase = new Map<string, number>();
+    for (const t of tasks) {
+      byPhase.set(t.phase, (byPhase.get(t.phase) || 0) + 1);
+    }
+    const summary = Array.from(byPhase.entries())
+      .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
+      .map(([p, c]) => `${p} (${c})`)
+      .join(", ");
+    lines.push(`All tasks: ${summary || "none"}`);
+
+    const loopInfo = getLoopInfo(baseDir);
+    for (const l of loopInfo) {
+      lines.push(l);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      systemPrompt: `${_event.systemPrompt}\n\n## Automaton Context\n\n${lines.join("\n")}`,
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pi-automaton-context/package.json b/plugins/pi-automaton-context/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2424885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-automaton-context/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "pi-automaton-context",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Auto-injects Automaton framework context into Pi Dev system prompt — no more manual copy-paste of pi-automaton.sh output",
+  "main": "index.ts",
+  "type": "module",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/index.ts b/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e294bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
+import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { homedir } from "os";
+
+const STATUS_SCRIPT = join(homedir(), ".automaton", "scripts", "status.py");
+
+function resolveProjectDir(cwd: string): string | null {
+  const inFramework = cwd === join(homedir(), ".automaton") || cwd.startsWith(join(homedir(), ".automaton") + "/");
+  if (inFramework) return homedir() + "/.automaton";
+  if (existsSync(join(cwd, ".automaton"))) return cwd;
+  return null;
+}
+
+function getTasks(projectDir: string) {
+  const tasksDir = join(projectDir, ".automaton", "tasks");
+  if (!existsSync(tasksDir)) return [];
+  const tasks: { name: string; phase: string }[] = [];
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(tasksDir)) {
+    const stateFile = join(tasksDir, entry, ".state");
+    if (existsSync(stateFile)) {
+      try {
+        const phase = readFileSync(stateFile, "utf-8").trim();
+        if (phase) tasks.push({ name: entry, phase });
+      } catch {}
+    }
+  }
+  tasks.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+  return tasks;
+}
+
+export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
+  pi.registerTool({
+    name: "automaton_create_task",
+    label: "Create Automaton Task",
+    description:
+      "Create a new automaton task and transition it to the specified phase. " +
+      "Use this when the user asks you to do work that requires file edits — you need a task in 'implement' or 'doc_review' phase before you can edit files.",
+    promptSnippet: "Create automaton tasks for work management",
+    promptGuidelines: [
+      "When the user asks you to build, implement, fix, or change something, first call automaton_create_task to create a task and transition it to 'implement' phase",
+      "Only after the task is in 'implement' can you edit files — the guard will block edits otherwise",
+      "Use a descriptive task name based on what the user wants (e.g., 'add-login-page', 'fix-api-timeout')",
+      "Default phase is 'implement' — omit phase for most cases",
+    ],
+    parameters: Type.Object({
+      name: Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Task name (kebab-case, e.g. 'add-login-page')" }),
+      phase: Type.Optional(Type.String({ default: "implement", description: "Phase to transition to after creation" })),
+    }),
+    async execute(_toolCallId, params, _signal, _onUpdate, _ctx) {
+      const { name, phase = "implement" } = params;
+      const projectDir = resolveProjectDir(process.cwd());
+      if (!projectDir) {
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: "Not in an automaton-managed project. No .automaton/ directory found." }],
+          details: {},
+        };
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const createOut = execSync(
+          `python3 ${STATUS_SCRIPT} --create-task ${JSON.stringify(name)} --project ${JSON.stringify(projectDir)}`,
+          { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 10000 },
+        );
+        const transitionOut = execSync(
+          `python3 ${STATUS_SCRIPT} --transition ${phase} --task ${JSON.stringify(name)} --project ${JSON.stringify(projectDir)}`,
+          { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 10000 },
+        );
+
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: `Created task "${name}" and transitioned to "${phase}".` }],
+          details: { task: name, phase },
+        };
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        return {
+          content: [{
+            type: "text",
+            text: `Failed to create task: ${e.stderr || e.message || String(e)}`,
+          }],
+          details: { error: e.stderr || e.message, task: name },
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  pi.registerTool({
+    name: "automaton_transition",
+    label: "Transition Automaton Task",
+    description:
+      "Transition an existing automaton task to a new phase. " +
+      "Valid phases: research, decomposition, design, implement, test_design, testing, doc_review, complete. " +
+      "Use this to move a task forward (e.g. from research to implement).",
+    promptSnippet: "Transition automaton tasks between phases",
+    parameters: Type.Object({
+      task: Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Task name" }),
+      phase: Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Target phase" }),
+    }),
+    async execute(_toolCallId, params, _signal, _onUpdate, _ctx) {
+      const { task, phase } = params;
+      const projectDir = resolveProjectDir(process.cwd());
+      if (!projectDir) {
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: "Not in an automaton-managed project." }],
+          details: {},
+        };
+      }
+
+      try {
+        execSync(
+          `python3 ${STATUS_SCRIPT} --transition ${phase} --task ${JSON.stringify(task)} --project ${JSON.stringify(projectDir)}`,
+          { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 10000 },
+        );
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: `Task "${task}" transitioned to "${phase}".` }],
+          details: { task, phase },
+        };
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        return {
+          content: [{
+            type: "text",
+            text: `Failed to transition task: ${e.stderr || e.message || String(e)}`,
+          }],
+          details: { error: e.stderr || e.message, task, phase },
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  pi.registerTool({
+    name: "automaton_status",
+    label: "Automaton Status",
+    description:
+      "Show current automaton project status — all tasks, their phases, and any running loops. " +
+      "Call this to check what state things are in before deciding what to do.",
+    promptSnippet: "Check automaton project status",
+    parameters: Type.Object({}),
+    async execute(_toolCallId, _params, _signal, _onUpdate, _ctx) {
+      const projectDir = resolveProjectDir(process.cwd());
+      if (!projectDir) {
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: "Not in an automaton-managed project." }],
+          details: {},
+        };
+      }
+
+      const tasks = getTasks(projectDir);
+      const editTasks = tasks.filter((t) => t.phase === "implement" || t.phase === "doc_review");
+      const currentTask = editTasks.length > 0 ? editTasks[0] : tasks.length > 0 ? tasks[0] : null;
+
+      const lines: string[] = [];
+      lines.push(`Project: ${projectDir.split("/").pop()}`);
+      if (currentTask) {
+        lines.push(`Current: "${currentTask.name}" (${currentTask.phase})`);
+      } else {
+        lines.push("No tasks. Create one with automaton_create_task.");
+      }
+      lines.push("");
+      for (const t of tasks) {
+        const marker = currentTask && t.name === currentTask.name ? ">" : " ";
+        lines.push(`${marker} ${t.name.padEnd(35)} ${t.phase}`);
+      }
+
+      return {
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") }],
+        details: { tasks: tasks.length, current: currentTask?.name || null },
+      };
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/package.json b/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1864846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-automaton-tools/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "pi-automaton-tools",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Registers automaton_create_task and automaton_transition tools so the agent can manage task lifecycle automatically",
+  "main": "index.ts",
+  "type": "module",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pi-read-tweet/index.ts b/plugins/pi-read-tweet/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7d8c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-read-tweet/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
+import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
+
+const BIRD_BIN = "/opt/homebrew/bin/bird";
+
+const TweetParams = Type.Object({
+  url: Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Tweet URL or numeric ID" }),
+  mode: Type.Optional(
+    Type.Union([
+      Type.Literal("read"),
+      Type.Literal("thread"),
+      Type.Literal("replies"),
+    ]),
+  ),
+});
+
+export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
+  pi.registerTool({
+    name: "read_tweet",
+    label: "Read Tweet",
+    description:
+      "Read an X/Twitter tweet or thread using the local bird CLI. " +
+      "Returns tweet author, text, media, metrics, and timestamps. " +
+      "Use this instead of webfetch for x.com/twitter.com URLs.",
+    promptSnippet: "Read X/Twitter tweets with bird CLI",
+    promptGuidelines: [
+      "Use read_tweet when the user shares an x.com or twitter.com URL and asks what it says",
+      "Use mode='thread' for full conversation threads",
+      "Use mode='replies' to fetch replies to a tweet",
+      "If fetch fails with auth errors, ask the user to sign in to x.com in their browser and retry",
+    ],
+    parameters: TweetParams,
+    async execute(_toolCallId, params, _signal, _onUpdate, _ctx) {
+      const { url, mode = "read" } = params;
+
+      try {
+        const { execSync } = await import("child_process");
+        const cmd = `${BIRD_BIN} ${mode} ${JSON.stringify(url)} --json`;
+        const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 15000 });
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout);
+
+        const author = parsed.author?.name || parsed.author?.screen_name || "unknown";
+        const text = parsed.text || parsed.content || "";
+        const createdAt = parsed.created_at || "";
+        const retweetCount = parsed.metrics?.retweet_count ?? parsed.metrics?.retweets ?? 0;
+        const likeCount = parsed.metrics?.like_count ?? parsed.metrics?.likes ?? 0;
+        const replyCount = parsed.metrics?.reply_count ?? parsed.metrics?.replies ?? 0;
+        const mediaCount = parsed.media?.length ?? 0;
+        const threadCount = parsed.thread?.tweets?.length ?? 0;
+        const repliesCount = parsed.replies?.length ?? 0;
+
+        const lines: string[] = [];
+        lines.push(`Author: ${author}`);
+        if (createdAt) lines.push(`Posted: ${createdAt}`);
+        lines.push("");
+        lines.push(text);
+        if (retweetCount || likeCount || replyCount) {
+          lines.push("");
+          lines.push(`Retweets: ${retweetCount}  Likes: ${likeCount}  Replies: ${replyCount}`);
+        }
+        if (mediaCount) lines.push(`Media: ${mediaCount} attachment(s)`);
+        if (threadCount) lines.push(`Thread: ${threadCount} tweets total`);
+        if (repliesCount) lines.push(`Replies fetched: ${repliesCount}`);
+
+        return {
+          content: [
+            { type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") },
+            { type: "text", text: `\n--- raw ---\n${JSON.stringify(parsed, null, 2)}` },
+          ],
+          details: {
+            author,
+            text: text.slice(0, 500),
+            url,
+            mode,
+            tweetCount: threadCount || repliesCount || 1,
+          },
+        };
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        const errMsg = e.stderr || e.message || String(e);
+        const hint = errMsg.includes("auth")
+          ? " Sign in to x.com in your browser and retry."
+          : "";
+
+        return {
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: `Failed to fetch tweet: ${errMsg}${hint}` }],
+          details: { error: errMsg, url, mode },
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pi-read-tweet/package.json b/plugins/pi-read-tweet/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8276805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pi-read-tweet/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "pi-read-tweet",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Read X/Twitter tweets using the local `bird` CLI — registered as a read_tweet tool for Pi Dev",
+  "main": "index.ts",
+  "type": "module",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/register-guards.sh b/scripts/register-guards.sh
index 49d7a84..8302c0b 100755
--- a/scripts/register-guards.sh
+++ b/scripts/register-guards.sh
@@ -54,18 +54,26 @@ else
     echo "OpenCode: not detected (no ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json or .jsonc)"
 fi
 
-# Pi Dev guard
-PI_SOURCE="$FRAMEWORK_DIR/plugins/automaton-guard-pi"
+# Pi Dev extensions
+PI_EXTENSIONS=(
+    "$FRAMEWORK_DIR/plugins/automaton-guard-pi"
+    "$FRAMEWORK_DIR/plugins/pi-read-tweet"
+    "$FRAMEWORK_DIR/plugins/pi-automaton-context"
+    "$FRAMEWORK_DIR/plugins/pi-automaton-tools"
+)
 if command -v pi &>/dev/null; then
-    INSTALLED=$(pi list 2>/dev/null | grep -c "automaton-guard-pi" || true)
-    if [ "$INSTALLED" -gt 0 ]; then
-        echo "Pi Dev: already installed"
-    else
-        echo "Pi Dev: installing guard extension..."
-        pi install "$PI_SOURCE" 2>&1 | sed 's/^/  /'
-        INSTALLED_PI=true
-        echo "Pi Dev: installed"
-    fi
+    for ext in "${PI_EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do
+        ext_name=$(basename "$ext")
+        INSTALLED=$(pi list 2>/dev/null | grep -c "$ext_name" || true)
+        if [ "$INSTALLED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "Pi Dev: $ext_name already installed"
+        else
+            echo "Pi Dev: installing $ext_name..."
+            pi install "$ext" 2>&1 | sed 's/^/  /'
+            INSTALLED_PI=true
+            echo "Pi Dev: $ext_name installed"
+        fi
+    done
     # Offer pi-automaton startup wrapper
     PI_WRAPPER="$FRAMEWORK_DIR/scripts/pi-automaton.sh"
     if [ -f "$PI_WRAPPER" ]; then