From a9a42e3fa012ebf9dc0b56a6cc97a10eb8999dcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ellie Huxtable <ellie@elliehuxtable.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:48:04 -0700
Subject: feat: error if value not provided and no stdin

---
 crates/atuin/src/command/client/kv.rs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'crates')

diff --git a/crates/atuin/src/command/client/kv.rs b/crates/atuin/src/command/client/kv.rs
index 2736c7a6..88e3edeb 100644
--- a/crates/atuin/src/command/client/kv.rs
+++ b/crates/atuin/src/command/client/kv.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::io::{self, IsTerminal, Read};
 
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use eyre::{Context, Result, eyre};
@@ -84,12 +84,16 @@ impl Cmd {
 
                 let value = if let Some(v) = value {
                     v.clone()
-                } else {
+                } else if !io::stdin().is_terminal() {
                     let mut buf = String::new();
                     io::stdin()
                         .read_to_string(&mut buf)
                         .context("failed to read value from stdin")?;
                     buf
+                } else {
+                    return Err(eyre!(
+                        "no value provided. Pass as an argument or pipe via stdin"
+                    ));
                 };
 
                 kv_store.set(namespace, key, &value).await
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