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Problem

t3 up --base-dir <dir> and t3 status --base-dir <dir> still print four hints that drop --base-dir: "Run t3 to use T3 Code here.", "Run t3 connect." for a revoked link, "Turn it off: t3 up --no-lan." for the old LAN default, and t3 status's "Change access: t3 up." Each bare command runs against the default ~/.t3 home, not the one you asked about.

To see it on a Linux machine with no T3 Code service installed:

t3 status --base-dir /tmp/t3-other      # ends with: Change access: `t3 up`.
t3 up --base-dir /tmp/t3-other --no-lan  # ends with: Remote access is off. Run `t3` to use T3 Code here.

Change

In apps/server/src/cli/up.ts, a new resolveHints resolves every command these hints name once, through resolveHostCliCommand with the caller's --base-dir. formatSetup (shared by t3 up and t3 status) and formatNextSteps take that result instead of hard-coding bare t3 commands. The pairing hint (#29684) and the retry hint (#30480) now read from the same object. The retry hint is now resolved up front with the rest rather than only on the branch that prints it, since t3 status needs the same up command. The serve and service restart hints still resolve on the branch that prints them.

With the fix the hints read t3 --base-dir <dir>, t3 connect --base-dir <dir>, t3 up --base-dir <dir> --no-lan and t3 up --base-dir <dir>. The root command and t3 connect both take --base-dir. Like the other resolved hints, they also print the runner form (npx t3@… up) or this install's launcher when that is how the CLI ran. Run as plain t3 with no --base-dir, the text is unchanged. t3 status --json prints no hints and skips the lookup.

resolveHostCliCommand builds t3 <subcommand>, so the empty subcommand for the root command used to leave a trailing space (t3 / t3 --base-dir …). In apps/server/src/cli/invocation.ts it now trims that before joining the arguments.

Scope and approval

This is the follow-up #30480 ("t3 up's retry and restart hints keep --base-dir") named and left out. Its body says: "Three bare hints that t3 up --base-dir can still print are left for a follow-up, because two of them come from formatSetup, which t3 status shares: "Run t3 connect.", "t3 up --no-lan" and "Run t3 to use T3 Code here."" #29684 fixed the pairing hint the same way. t3 status's "Change access: t3 up." is the same defect in the same output, so it is included.

It is a small, focused fix for an obvious bug: printed hints only, with no contract, setting or other behaviour change. No open PR changes these hints. #23878 edits nearby lines in up.ts for a different problem (a service that belongs to another home). #25417 edits invocation.ts but not this function's argument join.

Verification

Two cases in apps/server/src/cli/up.test.ts. The existing table row a route turns off with no service to run already runs t3 up --base-dir <baseDir> --no-lan and now also checks its last hint. A new t3 status names commands that keep --base-dir case runs t3 status --base-dir <baseDir> against an installed service with an empty service.env (the old LAN default) and checks the "Turn it off" note and the "Change access" line. The revoked-link hint has no case of its own: it needs a T3 Connect build config and a revoked-link secret, which this table does not set up. It reads hints.connect from the same resolveHints call.

The expected commands come from resolveHostCliCommand with --base-dir <baseDir>, the call the hints use, so the cases hold on Windows, where it quotes each word for PowerShell, as well as on Linux. The table's prints rows from #29684 and #30480 use the same helper now; they spelled the command POSIX-style and failed on Windows on main. How words are quoted stays covered in invocation.test.ts.

On main's up.ts with the test commit, vp test run src/cli/up.test.ts (from apps/server, Windows):

× keeps service changes and access settings consistent: a route turns off with no service to run
× t3 status names commands that keep --base-dir
Tests  2 failed | 23 passed (25)

With the fix: Tests 25 passed (25), on Windows with no local test edits.

vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql and typecheck pass. Its test step fails only on the Windows quoting rows above and on two invocation.test.ts cases (npm-global launcher detection) that also fail on main on Windows.

A real t3 status --base-dir run from the source CLI, on Windows with no T3 Code service installed, before and after (it only reads state):

main:   Change access: `t3 up`.
branch: Change access: `& "C:\Users\…\.t3\bin\t3.cmd" up "--base-dir" "C:\Users\…\Temp\tmp.E4TFLSJIzq"`.

On Windows the command prints in this machine's PowerShell launcher form, as the pairing hint already does.

Not checked: a real t3 up run, which would replace this machine's service, and the revoked-link hint in a T3 Connect build.

Bug: t3 up and t3 status hints drop --base-dir

This was written with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, driven from T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 768168a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Setup and status hints now preserve the selected base directory and launcher, reducing the chance of follow-up commands targeting another installation. Service behavior, access defaults, and JSON status output remain unchanged.

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Setup and non-JSON status output use command hints resolved with the caller’s base directory and launcher. JSON status output remains unchanged. Command construction trims trailing whitespace from its prefix.

Changes: CLI command hints

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve and format command hints apps/server/src/cli/invocation.ts, apps/server/src/cli/up.ts	Command prefixes are trimmed before arguments are added. Setup and next-step formatters accept resolved hints for the CLI root, pair, up, no-LAN, and connect commands.
Use hints in setup and status output apps/server/src/cli/up.ts, apps/server/src/cli/up.test.ts	Setup and non-JSON status output use resolved hints in their instructions. Tests check base-directory-aware command strings, including commands to turn off LAN access and change access.

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The CLI hints printed by t3 up and t3 status now keep the requested --base-dir. This is a small, localized output change with tests, and no remaining merge risk was found.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the bug, reproduction commands, and the affected hints. The Change section explains the resolveHints approach and the invocation.ts trim. The Scope section links the follow-up issue #30480 and explains why the change is small. The Verification section lists the tests run, the Windows results before and after, and what was not checked. The Problem section also says the change is a bug fix. The author notes the model used (Claude Opus 5.5), which matches the template's agent note. The description does not include before/after screenshots, but the template only requires them for UI changes, and this change affects CLI text only.

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Extend the existing status-command table instead of adding a separate test.

The existing table already runs statusCommand with a mocked service and service.env. Add a text-status row there and make its JSON assertion conditional. This avoids a second service fixture for the same behavior. As per coding guidelines, “Extend before you add. When an existing test or table covers the behavior, add a row or an assertion there.” As per path instructions, changed tests must follow docs/internals/testing.md, which says to extend existing tests before adding a case.

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Evidence

Ran status → up --no-lan → status on both built CLI bundles, with --base-dir ./t3-other, non-TTY stdin, fresh synthetic homes and isolated HOME/XDG/user-bus state. Base drops the selected home; head preserves it. All six commands exited 0. Images are verbatim transcript renderings.

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Not shown:

• Revoked Connect-link hint was not triggered; these fresh homes had no linked Connect account.
• Older-install LAN-on hint was not triggered; these fresh homes had no older service installation.
• Alternative launcher selection was not exercised; evidence covers the Node CLI bundle's plain t3 hints.

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Evidence

Run t3 status --base-dir ./t3-other, t3 up --base-dir ./t3-other --no-lan, then status again. Both sides use built Linux CLIs, fresh homes, isolated user bus/configuration, and non-TTY stdin. Base drops the selected home; head preserves it. Images show verbatim CLI transcripts.

Before	After
3e29748f96	17a8bc15f7

Reproduction driver · Before output · After output

Not shown:

• Revoked Connect-link hint: fresh homes had no revoked Connect link.
• Older-install LAN-on hint: fresh homes had no older service installation.
• Alternative launcher selection and platform-specific quoting were not exercised by the local Node CLI invocation.