From 23a535c2e2da5a4ed769f1cc947a30385ba1eb22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AshwinSaklecha <ashwin.23bcs10212@ms.sst.scaler.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:15:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Reject positional prompt with --prompt-interactive

---
 packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/cli/src/config/config.ts      |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
index 04df366a98..72ac7c4ac2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
@@ -3278,6 +3278,42 @@ describe('parseArguments with positional prompt', () => {
     debugErrorSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
+  it('should throw an error when both a positional prompt and the --prompt-interactive flag are used', async () => {
+    process.argv = [
+      'node',
+      'script.js',
+      'positional',
+      'prompt',
+      '--prompt-interactive',
+      'interactive prompt',
+    ];
+
+    const mockExit = vi.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('process.exit called');
+    });
+
+    const mockConsoleError = vi
+      .spyOn(console, 'error')
+      .mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const debugErrorSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(debugLogger, 'error')
+      .mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    await expect(parseArguments(createTestMergedSettings())).rejects.toThrow(
+      'process.exit called',
+    );
+
+    expect(debugErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining(
+        'Cannot use both a positional prompt and the --prompt-interactive (-i) flag together',
+      ),
+    );
+
+    mockExit.mockRestore();
+    mockConsoleError.mockRestore();
+    debugErrorSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   it('should correctly parse a positional prompt to query field', async () => {
     process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', 'positional', 'prompt'];
     const argv = await parseArguments(createTestMergedSettings());
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
index 4e7e1db6f2..adb5f50a60 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ export async function parseArguments(
       if (argv['prompt'] && hasPositionalQuery) {
         return 'Cannot use both a positional prompt and the --prompt (-p) flag together';
       }
+      if (argv['promptInteractive'] !== undefined && hasPositionalQuery) {
+        return 'Cannot use both a positional prompt and the --prompt-interactive (-i) flag together';
+      }
       if (argv['prompt'] && argv['promptInteractive']) {
         return 'Cannot use both --prompt (-p) and --prompt-interactive (-i) together';
       }