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Why

A Macro run through the CLI without ui should return "aborted":true when its user script asks for something only a person can answer. Before this change it hung forever, because the script prompt opened a modal on a desktop nobody was watching.

What

Every script-facing prompt in quickAddApi (suggester, inputPrompt, wideInputPrompt, yesNoPrompt, checkboxPrompt, infoDialog, datePrompt) and requestInputs now calls abortIfHeadless first. In a non-interactive run with no remote provider, that throws a ChoiceAbortError naming the prompt, for example:

A script opened a suggester "Pick a source", but this run is non-interactive. Re-run with the ui flag.

requestInputs only aborts for inputs that are still missing, and its message names the ids to pass in vars. Runs with ui, GUI runs, and quickadd:interactive sessions are unchanged. The wrappers became async, so the abort is a rejection rather than a synchronous throw.

Verification

In the isolated vault, a macro whose script opens each prompt kind, run through quickadd:run:

• Before: no output after 30s with a "Pick a source" suggester open on the desktop.
• After: all eight kinds return aborted:true in 1-7 ms, with no modal left open and no file written.
• requestInputs with the value preset in vars returns ok:true.
• With ui, the suggester opens. Accepting it completes the run and writes the file.

The new unit tests fail on all eight prompt kinds with the fix reverted. pnpm run lint and pnpm run test pass.

Release impact

A script that relied on a CLI run (without ui) showing a modal on the desktop now aborts. That was the hang this fixes.

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Note

Medium Risk
Changes non-interactive CLI behavior for every script prompt entry point; callers that depended on desktop modals will now abort instead of hang.

Overview
Non-interactive CLI macro runs no longer hang when user scripts call prompt APIs. Instead they fail fast with ChoiceAbortError (aborted: true) and a message naming the prompt.

A shared abortIfHeadless helper in routePrompt.ts runs when interactive === false and there is no remote promptProvider. It is wired into every script-facing quickAddApi prompt (suggester, inputPrompt, wideInputPrompt, yesNoPrompt, checkboxPrompt, infoDialog, datePrompt) and into requestInputs only when inputs are still missing—requestInputs suggests passing ids in vars or re-running with ui. Preset variables still resolve without prompting. Interactive, ui, and remote sessions are unchanged.

The API wrappers are now async so abort surfaces as a rejected promise. New tests cover all eight prompt paths plus requestInputs with preset vars.

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Note

Abort non-interactive CLI runs when scripts open prompts

• Adds abortIfHeadless in routePrompt.ts, which throws ChoiceAbortError when the executor is marked non-interactive and no prompt provider is set; otherwise it returns normally
• Wraps the QuickAdd API prompt methods (inputPrompt, datePrompt, yesNoPrompt, suggester, checkboxPrompt, and others) in quickAddApi.ts to call this guard before routing to a provider or modal
• requestInputs in requestInputs.ts aborts only when requested fields are missing; fully preset inputs resolve as before
• Adds tests in quickAddApi.audit-api-prompts.test.ts covering abort behavior for all wrapped prompt methods and preset-value resolution
• Behavioral Change: non-interactive runs without a prompt provider now reject with ChoiceAbortError instead of hanging on a prompt; runs with a provider or not explicitly marked non-interactive keep existing routing

^{Macroscope summarized de679fd.}

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Prompt requests now stop with a clear message when they require user interaction during a non-interactive run, with guidance to rerun using the UI.
  • Missing inputs are reported before the app attempts to open a prompt. Inputs supplied in advance remain available during non-interactive runs.

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Record an abort when a script does not await the prompt.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/quickAddApi.ts:
- Line 188: Update the infoDialog implementation so a headless abort is recorded
independently of whether the caller awaits its returned promise, and ensure the
macro runner stops before executing the next command. Also handle rejection when
the caller discards the promise, while preserving the intended failure behavior
for callers that do await it.

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• src/api/requestInputs.ts
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• src/quickAddApi.audit-api-prompts.test.ts
• src/quickAddApi.ts

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Walkthrough

The change adds a shared guard for prompts during explicitly non-interactive execution. QuickAdd prompt APIs and the missing-input flow call the guard before routing prompts. Tests cover prompt rejection and caller-preset inputs.

Changes: Headless Prompt Guards

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define the headless prompt guard src/interactive/routePrompt.ts	Adds abortIfHeadless, which throws ChoiceAbortError when execution is explicitly non-interactive and no prompt provider is attached.
Guard prompt entry points src/api/requestInputs.ts, src/quickAddApi.ts, src/quickAddApi.audit-api-prompts.test.ts	Calls the guard before routing prompts or requesting missing inputs. Tests cover prompt rejection and resolution with a caller-preset variable.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant QuickAddApi
  participant abortIfHeadless
  participant PromptProvider
  participant ObsidianAPI
  QuickAddApi->>abortIfHeadless: Check executor and prompt details
  alt Explicitly non-interactive with no provider
    abortIfHeadless-->>QuickAddApi: Throw ChoiceAbortError
  else Guard permits routing
    abortIfHeadless-->>QuickAddApi: Return
    alt Prompt provider is attached
      QuickAddApi->>PromptProvider: Dispatch prompt
    else No prompt provider
      QuickAddApi->>ObsidianAPI: Use prompt fallback
    end
  end

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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to de679

Prompt wrappers now reject asynchronously. A script that calls one without awaiting it, such as infoDialog, may not stop a non-interactive run, and the CLI could report success even though the dialog was never shown. Confirm how the runner handles a discarded rejection before merging, or accept this edge case explicitly.

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_{A rabbit checks the prompt before it hops,
If headless, ChoiceAbortError stops the stops.
With preset vars, the form can pass,
Or UI brings prompts to the grass.
Eight prompt paths now heed the guard,
The rabbit stamps its review card.}

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