Summary
Plan mode shows a highlighted version diff (the +N/-M badge → PlanDiffViewer) when a plan is revised, powered by previousPlan/versionInfo that the plan server saves to ~/.plannotator/history/.... Annotate mode has no equivalent — plannotator annotate <file> never tracks history, so there's no way to see what changed between edits of a standalone Markdown note or an HTML spec, even though the diff UI and block-level commenting already exist in the editor.
This is especially useful for an iterative loop: annotate a doc → the agent edits it → reopen and immediately see the highlighted changes before the next round.
Request
Bring the version diff to annotate mode for both:
.md / .txt — the existing rendered Markdown diff (clean/classic/raw)..html with --render-html — render the diff as the real page with inline <ins>/<del> highlights, so you see where it changed (not a source dump), with commenting still working on the diff view.
Notes / constraints
- History should be keyed by file path (stable across edits) rather than the plan flow's first-heading+date slug — re-opening the same file should group its versions even when headings change.
- The diff UI (
PlanDiffViewer, Version Browser, block annotations) is already mode-agnostic and consumes previousPlan/versionInfo; the annotate server just needs to send them.
- Per
CLAUDE.md, the change must land in both the Bun (packages/server/annotate.ts) and Pi (apps/pi-extension/server/serverAnnotate.ts) runtimes.
Happy to contribute this — PR incoming.
Summary
Plan mode shows a highlighted version diff (the
+N/-Mbadge →PlanDiffViewer) when a plan is revised, powered bypreviousPlan/versionInfothat the plan server saves to~/.plannotator/history/.... Annotate mode has no equivalent —plannotator annotate <file>never tracks history, so there's no way to see what changed between edits of a standalone Markdown note or an HTML spec, even though the diff UI and block-level commenting already exist in the editor.This is especially useful for an iterative loop: annotate a doc → the agent edits it → reopen and immediately see the highlighted changes before the next round.
Request
Bring the version diff to annotate mode for both:
.md/.txt— the existing rendered Markdown diff (clean/classic/raw)..htmlwith--render-html— render the diff as the real page with inline<ins>/<del>highlights, so you see where it changed (not a source dump), with commenting still working on the diff view.Notes / constraints
PlanDiffViewer, Version Browser, block annotations) is already mode-agnostic and consumespreviousPlan/versionInfo; the annotate server just needs to send them.CLAUDE.md, the change must land in both the Bun (packages/server/annotate.ts) and Pi (apps/pi-extension/server/serverAnnotate.ts) runtimes.Happy to contribute this — PR incoming.