don't try interactive login in ci, link to docs

Author: nicktrn

packages/cli-v3/src/commands/login.ts

@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ import { logger } from "../utilities/logger.js";
 import { spinner } from "../utilities/windows.js";
 import { isLinuxServer } from "../utilities/linux.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
-import { env } from "std-env";
+import { env, isCI } from "std-env";
 import { CLOUD_API_URL } from "../consts.js";
 import {
   isPersonalAccessToken,
   NotPersonalAccessTokenError,
 } from "../utilities/isPersonalAccessToken.js";
+import { links } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3";
 
 export const LoginCommandOptions = CommonCommandOptions.extend({
   apiUrl: z.string(),
@@ -210,6 +211,24 @@ export async function login(options?: LoginOptions): Promise<LoginResult> {
         }
       }
 
+      if (isCI) {
+        const apiUrl =
+          env.TRIGGER_API_URL ?? authConfig?.apiUrl ?? opts.defaultApiUrl ?? CLOUD_API_URL;
+
+        const isSelfHosted = apiUrl !== CLOUD_API_URL;
+
+        // This is fine, as the api URL will generally be the same as the dashboard URL for self-hosted instances
+        const dashboardUrl = isSelfHosted ? apiUrl : "https://cloud.trigger.dev";
+
+        throw new Error(
+          `Authentication required in CI environment. Please set the TRIGGER_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable with a Personal Access Token.
+
+- You can generate one here: ${dashboardUrl}/account/tokens
+
+- For more information, see: ${links.docs.gitHubActions.personalAccessToken}`
+        );
+      }
+
       if (opts.embedded) {
         log.step("You must login to continue.");
       }

packages/core/src/v3/links.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export const links = {
         "https://trigger.dev/docs/queue-concurrency#waiting-for-a-subtask-on-the-same-queue",
       deadlock: "https://trigger.dev/docs/queue-concurrency#deadlock",
     },
+    gitHubActions: {
+      personalAccessToken:
+        "https://trigger.dev/docs/github-actions#creating-a-personal-access-token",
+    },
   },
   site: {
     home: "https://trigger.dev",