fix(windows): use stdin for long prompts to avoid command line limit #274
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Summary
--printmode which accepts stdin inputProblem
On Windows, the command line has a length limit of ~8191 characters. When the wizard builds up conversation history, the prompt can exceed this limit, causing the agent process to fail immediately with exit code 1 and no output.
Symptoms:
Solution
Detect when a prompt exceeds 7000 characters (leaving margin for command and args) on Windows, and instead of passing it as a CLI argument, write it to the process's stdin. Claude Code's
--printmode accepts prompts via stdin, so this maintains compatibility.Test plan
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