diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a6de4e7..ebad221c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ uis = [
     "pyqt6 >=6.7.0, <7.0.0",
     "pyqtgraph",
 
-    # for consideration,
-    # - 'visidata'
-
     # TODO: add an `--only daemon` group for running non-ui / pikerd
     # service tree in distributed mode B)
     # https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#optional-dependencies
@@ -107,11 +104,19 @@ uis = [
 dev = [
     "pytest >=6.0.0, <7.0.0",
     "elasticsearch >=8.9.0, <9.0.0",
+    "cython >=3.0.0, <4.0.0",
+    "ruff>=0.9.6",
+
+    # `tractor.pause_from_sync()` support
+    "greenback >=1.1.1, <2.0.0",
+
+    # `piker.tsp/storage` console anal
+    "visidata>=3.1.1",
+
+    # @goodboy's shell Bp
     "xonsh >=0.14.2, <0.15.0",
     "prompt-toolkit ==3.0.40",
-    "cython >=3.0.0, <4.0.0",
-    "greenback >=1.1.1, <2.0.0",
-    "ruff>=0.9.6",
+    "pyperclip>=1.9.0",  # clipboard interop for `xonsh`
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a1701521..65f270bf 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
+revision = 1
 requires-python = "==3.12.*"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -707,8 +708,10 @@ dev = [
     { name = "elasticsearch" },
     { name = "greenback" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit" },
+    { name = "pyperclip" },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "ruff" },
+    { name = "visidata" },
     { name = "xonsh" },
 ]
 
@@ -747,6 +750,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "typer", specifier = ">=0.9.0,<1.0.0" },
     { name = "websockets", specifier = "==12.0" },
 ]
+provides-extras = ["uis"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [
@@ -754,8 +758,10 @@ dev = [
     { name = "elasticsearch", specifier = ">=8.9.0,<9.0.0" },
     { name = "greenback", specifier = ">=1.1.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = "==3.0.40" },
+    { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=6.0.0,<7.0.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" },
+    { name = "visidata", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },
     { name = "xonsh", specifier = ">=0.14.2,<0.15.0" },
 ]
 
@@ -888,6 +894,12 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyperclip"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/30/23/2f0a3efc4d6a32f3b63cdff36cd398d9701d26cda58e3ab97ac79fb5e60d/pyperclip-1.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b7de0142ddc81bfc5c7507eea19da920b92252b548b96186caf94a5e2527d310", size = 20961 }
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyqt6"
 version = "6.8.0"
@@ -1377,6 +1389,20 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "visidata"
+version = "3.1.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "importlib-metadata" },
+    { name = "python-dateutil" },
+    { name = "windows-curses", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6c/41/b026336b7075a2c8461c1ba0dfffd456902f736722f4a016f21fee1e6d7c/visidata-3.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8c4484158f0851e4887e595542bd65bdd991de9c20652b442b3fd9742ce8b031", size = 13166704 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/60/5026e693dbd4c38d2d13a697aa61846a6791bd6131e8a84c8aa61c0d5180/visidata-3.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:903d8bff23df18c794499bee2a653bdeff3a48f899638656287c704ceca63e8b", size = 526914 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wcwidth"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -1406,6 +1432,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/79/4d/9cc401e7b07e80532ebc8c8e993f42541534da9e9249c59ee0139dcb0352/websockets-12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc284bbc8d7c78a6c69e0c7325ab46ee5e40bb4d50e494d8131a07ef47500e9e", size = 118370 },
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+[[package]]
+name = "windows-curses"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/99/60f34e51514c82631aa5c6d21eab88ce1701562de9844608411e39462a46/windows_curses-2.4.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:bdbe7d58747408aef8a9128b2654acf6fbd11c821b91224b9a046faba8c6b6ca", size = 71489 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/62/8f/d908bcab1954375b156a9300fa86ceccb110f39457cd6fd59c72777626ab/windows_curses-2.4.1-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:5c9c2635faf171a229caca80e1dd760ab00db078e2a285ba2f667bbfcc31777c", size = 81777 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wrapt"
 version = "1.17.2"