feat: add support for combining file input and interactive prompts

Author: bhouston

packages/cli/README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ mycoder "Implement a React component that displays a list of items"
 # Run with a prompt from a file
 mycoder -f prompt.txt
 
+# Combine file input with interactive prompts
+mycoder -f prompt.txt -i
+
 # Disable user prompts for fully automated sessions
 mycoder --userPrompt false "Generate a basic Express.js server"
 

packages/cli/src/commands/$default.ts

@@ -246,18 +246,36 @@ export const command: CommandModule<SharedOptions, DefaultArgs> = {
     const config = await loadConfig(argvConfig);
     let prompt: string | undefined;
 
+    // Initialize prompt variable
+    let fileContent: string | undefined;
+    let interactiveContent: string | undefined;
+
     // If promptFile is specified, read from file
     if (argv.file) {
-      prompt = await fs.readFile(argv.file, 'utf-8');
+      fileContent = await fs.readFile(argv.file, 'utf-8');
     }
 
     // If interactive mode
     if (argv.interactive) {
-      prompt = await userPrompt(
-        "Type your request below or 'help' for usage information. Use Ctrl+C to exit.",
-      );
-    } else if (!prompt) {
-      // Use command line prompt if provided
+      // If we already have file content, let the user know
+      const promptMessage = fileContent
+        ? "File content loaded. Add additional instructions below or 'help' for usage information. Use Ctrl+C to exit."
+        : "Type your request below or 'help' for usage information. Use Ctrl+C to exit.";
+
+      interactiveContent = await userPrompt(promptMessage);
+    }
+
+    // Combine inputs or use individual ones
+    if (fileContent && interactiveContent) {
+      // Combine both inputs with a separator
+      prompt = `${fileContent}\n\n--- Additional instructions ---\n\n${interactiveContent}`;
+      console.log('Combined file content with interactive input.');
+    } else if (fileContent) {
+      prompt = fileContent;
+    } else if (interactiveContent) {
+      prompt = interactiveContent;
+    } else if (argv.prompt) {
+      // Use command line prompt if provided and no other input method was used
       prompt = argv.prompt;
     }
 

packages/cli/src/options.ts

@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ export const sharedOptions = {
     type: 'boolean',
     alias: 'i',
     description:
-      'Run in interactive mode, asking for prompts and enabling corrections during execution (use Ctrl+M to send corrections)',
+      'Run in interactive mode, asking for prompts and enabling corrections during execution (use Ctrl+M to send corrections). Can be combined with -f/--file to append interactive input to file content.',
     default: false,
   } as const,
   file: {
     type: 'string',
     alias: 'f',
-    description: 'Read prompt from a file',
+    description:
+      'Read prompt from a file (can be combined with -i/--interactive)',
   } as const,
   tokenUsage: {
     type: 'boolean',