GitHub - damianofalcioni/pi-for-word: Pi Agent as add-in for M365 Office Word

Pi4Word

Pi4Word is a Microsoft Word task pane add-in that embeds a Pi Agent-powered assistant using @mariozechner/pi-agent-core.

For architecture, runtime behavior, tools, storage, and streaming details, see SPECS.md.

Manifests

File	Purpose	Task pane URL
`manifest.xml`	Local development and Word sideloading	`https://localhost:3000/public/index.html`
`manifest.production.xml`	Production usage in Word	`https://damianofalcioni.github.io/pi-for-word/public/index.html`

Requirements

Node.js and npm
Desktop Microsoft Word for local sideloading
HTTPS on https://localhost:3000 for local development

On Windows, npm run cert creates the local TLS material expected by npm run serve.

Local Development

npm install
npm run build
npm run cert
npm run word

npm run word starts the HTTPS dev server and sideloads manifest.xml into Word.

Build

npm run build

The build runs tests, linting, and scripts/esbuild.mjs. Output is written to public/, including:

public/index.html
public/index.min.js
public/index.min.css
copied runtime assets under public/assets/ and public/pdfjs-dist/

Production Usage

Use manifest.production.xml to load the production add-in in Word. This manifest points Word to the public GitHub Pages build at https://damianofalcioni.github.io/pi-for-word/public/.

Word on the Web

Open a document in Word on the web.
Open Insert > Add-ins > Advanced....
Choose Upload My Add-in.
Select manifest.production.xml.

After the add-in is loaded, use Open Pi4Word from the Word ribbon.

Word on Windows

Create a local folder for the add-in catalog, for example C:\OfficeAddinCatalog.
Copy manifest.production.xml into that folder.
Right-click the folder, open Properties > Sharing > Advanced Sharing, enable Share this folder, and make sure your Windows user has at least read access.
Copy the folder's network path from the Sharing tab, for example \\YOUR-PC\OfficeAddinCatalog. Use this network path in Word, not the local C:\... path.
In Word, open File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Trusted Add-in Catalogs.
Paste the network path into Catalog Url, select Add catalog, enable Show in Menu for that catalog, select OK, then restart Word.
Open Home > Add-ins > Shared Folder, select Pi4Word, and add it to the document.