fix(v0.3.5): compose preview skips slash commands + marker-path guard

extensions/paste.ts

@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ async function updateComposePreview(ctx: ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
   if (ctx.mode !== "tui") return; // widget is TUI-only
 
   const editorText = ctx.ui.getEditorText();
+  // Don't show compose preview for slash commands — they have their own UI
+  if (editorText.trim().startsWith("/")) {
+    if (lastPreviewTokens) {
+      ctx.ui.setWidget("vision-compose-preview", undefined);
+      lastPreviewTokens = "";
+    }
+    return;
+  }
   const tokens = findImagePathTokens(editorText);
   const tokensKey = tokens.join("\0");
 

extensions/vision.ts

@@ -738,6 +738,15 @@ export default function visionExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
             ctx.ui.notify("Usage: /vision preview <image-path>", "warning");
             return;
           }
+          // Clear compose preview widget if active (prevent interference)
+          if (typeof ctx.ui.setWidget === "function") {
+            ctx.ui.setWidget("vision-compose-preview", undefined);
+          }
+          // Helpful error if the user passed a marker instead of a path
+          if (path.includes("[Image-#") || path.startsWith("`")) {
+            ctx.ui.notify("Vision preview: pass a file path, not a marker. Example: /vision preview /tmp/screenshot.png", "warning");
+            return;
+          }
           if (ctx.mode !== "tui") {
             // Non-TUI: notify metadata as text
             const loaded = await loadImage(path, { compress: false, maxDimension: 1568, jpegQuality: 85, cwd: ctx.cwd });

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getpipher/vision",
-  "version": "0.3.4",
+  "version": "0.3.5",
   "description": "Capability-aware vision + paste extension for the pi coding agent. Delegates image analysis to a vision model only when the active primary model is text-only; passes images through natively for multimodal models (zero delegation).",
   "keywords": [
     "pi-package",