When using slash commands with `mode:` frontmatter (e.g., `/cli-release`
with `mode: code`), the CLI would fail with "Could not resolve
authentication method" from the Anthropic SDK, even when using a
non-Anthropic provider like `--provider roo`.
Root cause: In `markWebviewReady()`, the `webviewDidLaunch` message was
sent before `updateSettings`, creating a race condition. The
`webviewDidLaunch` handler's "first-time init" sync would read
`getState()` before CLI-provided settings were applied to the context
proxy. Since `getState()` defaults `apiProvider` to "anthropic" when
unset, this default was saved to the provider profile. When a slash
command triggered `handleModeSwitch()`, it found this corrupted profile
with `apiProvider: "anthropic"` (but no API key) and activated it,
overwriting the CLI's working roo provider configuration.
Fix:
1. Reorder `markWebviewReady()` to send `updateSettings` before
`webviewDidLaunch`, ensuring the context proxy has CLI-provided
values when the initialization handler runs.
2. Guard the first-time init sync with `checkExistKey(apiConfiguration)`
to prevent saving a profile with only the default "anthropic"
fallback and no actual API keys configured.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Allow --api-key and ROO_API_KEY env var for the roo provider instead of
requiring cloud auth token
- Switch dev/start scripts to use tsx for running directly from source
without building first
- Fix path resolution (version.ts, extension.ts, extension-host.ts) to
work from both source and bundled locations
- Disable debug log file (~/.roo/cli-debug.log) unless --debug is passed
- Update README with complete env var table and dev workflow docs
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
