feat(cli): Add interactive edit flow to CLI and improve UX

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-08-31 - 5.9.0 - feat(cli)
+Add interactive edit flow to CLI and improve UX
+
+- Add -i / --interactive flag to tspm add to open an interactive editor immediately after adding a process
+- Implement interactiveEditProcess helper (smartinteract-based) to provide interactive editing for process configs
+- Enable tspm edit to launch the interactive editor (replaces prior placeholder flow)
+- Improve user-facing message when no processes are configured in tspm list
+- Lower verbosity for missing saved configs on daemon startup (changed logger.info → logger.debug)
+
 ## 2025-08-31 - 5.8.0 - feat(core)
 Add core TypeScript TSPM implementation: CLI, daemon, client, process management and tests
 

readme.md

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Add a new process configuration without starting it. This is the recommended way
 - `--watch` - Enable file watching for auto-restart
 - `--watch-paths <paths>` - Comma-separated paths to watch
 - `--autorestart` - Auto-restart on crash (default: true)
+- `-i, --interactive` - Enter interactive edit mode after adding
 
 **Examples:**
 ```bash
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ tspm add "tsx watch src/index.ts" --name dev-server --watch --watch-paths "src,c
 
 # Add without auto-restart
 tspm add "node worker.js" --name one-time-job --autorestart false
+
+# Add and immediately edit interactively
+tspm add "node server.js" --name api -i
 ```
 
 #### `tspm start <id|id:N|name:LABEL>`

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@git.zone/tspm',
-  version: '5.8.0',
+  version: '5.9.0',
   description: 'a no fuzz process manager'
 }

ts/cli/commands/process/add.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function registerAddCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
         console.log('  --watch               Watch for file changes');
         console.log('  --watch-paths <paths> Comma-separated paths');
         console.log('  --autorestart         Auto-restart on crash (default true)');
+        console.log('  -i, --interactive     Enter interactive edit mode after adding');
         return;
       }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ export function registerAddCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
         ? parseMemoryString(argvArg.memory)
         : 512 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+      // Check for interactive flag
+      const isInteractive = argvArg.i || argvArg.interactive;
+
       // Resolve .ts single-file execution via tsx if needed
       const parts = script.split(' ');
       const first = parts[0];
@@ -112,6 +116,12 @@ export function registerAddCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
 
       console.log('✓ Added');
       console.log(`  Assigned ID: ${response.id}`);
+
+      // If interactive flag is set, enter edit mode
+      if (isInteractive) {
+        const { interactiveEditProcess } = await import('../../helpers/interactive-edit.js');
+        await interactiveEditProcess(response.id);
+      }
     },
     { actionLabel: 'add process config' },
   );

ts/cli/commands/process/edit.ts

@@ -16,58 +16,12 @@ export function registerEditCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
         return;
       }
 
-      // Resolve and load current config
+      // Resolve the target to get the process ID
       const resolved = await tspmIpcClient.request('resolveTarget', { target: String(target) });
-      const { config } = await tspmIpcClient.request('describe', { id: resolved.id });
       
-      // Interactive editing is temporarily disabled - needs smartinteract API update
+      // Use the shared interactive edit function
-      console.log('Interactive editing is temporarily disabled.');
+      const { interactiveEditProcess } = await import('../../helpers/interactive-edit.js');
-      console.log('Current configuration:');
+      await interactiveEditProcess(resolved.id);
-      console.log(`  Name: ${config.name}`);
-      console.log(`  Command: ${config.command}`);
-      console.log(`  Directory: ${config.projectDir}`);
-      console.log(`  Memory: ${formatMemory(config.memoryLimitBytes)}`);
-      console.log(`  Auto-restart: ${config.autorestart}`);
-      console.log(`  Watch: ${config.watch ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}`);
-      
-      // For now, just update environment variables to current
-      const essentialEnvVars: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
-        PATH: process.env.PATH || '',
-        HOME: process.env.HOME,
-        USER: process.env.USER,
-        SHELL: process.env.SHELL,
-        LANG: process.env.LANG,
-        LC_ALL: process.env.LC_ALL,
-        // Node.js specific
-        NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
-        NODE_PATH: process.env.NODE_PATH,
-        // npm/pnpm/yarn paths
-        npm_config_prefix: process.env.npm_config_prefix,
-        // Include any TSPM_ prefixed vars
-        ...Object.fromEntries(
-          Object.entries(process.env).filter(([key]) => key.startsWith('TSPM_'))
-        ),
-      };
-
-      // Remove undefined values
-      Object.keys(essentialEnvVars).forEach(key => {
-        if (essentialEnvVars[key] === undefined) {
-          delete essentialEnvVars[key];
-        }
-      });
-
-      // Update environment variables
-      const updates = {
-        env: { ...(config.env || {}), ...essentialEnvVars }
-      };
-
-      const updateResponse = await tspmIpcClient.request('update', {
-        id: resolved.id,
-        updates,
-      });
-
-      console.log('✓ Environment variables updated');
-      console.log('  Process configuration updated successfully');
     },
     { actionLabel: 'edit process config' },
   );

ts/cli/commands/process/list.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ export function registerListCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
       const processes = response.processes;
 
       if (processes.length === 0) {
-        console.log('No processes running.');
+        console.log('No processes configured.');
+        console.log('Use "tspm add <command>" to add one, e.g.:');
+        console.log('  tspm add "pnpm start"');
         return;
       }
 

ts/cli/helpers/interactive-edit.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import * as plugins from '../plugins.js';
+import { tspmIpcClient } from '../../client/tspm.ipcclient.js';
+import { formatMemory, parseMemoryString } from './memory.js';
+
+export async function interactiveEditProcess(processId: number): Promise<void> {
+  // Load current config
+  const { config } = await tspmIpcClient.request('describe', { id: processId as any });
+
+  // Create interactive prompts for editing
+  const smartInteract = new plugins.smartinteract.SmartInteract([
+    {
+      name: 'name',
+      type: 'input',
+      message: 'Process name:',
+      default: config.name,
+      validate: (input: string) => {
+        return input && input.trim() !== '';
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'command',
+      type: 'input',
+      message: 'Command to execute:',
+      default: config.command,
+      validate: (input: string) => {
+        return input && input.trim() !== '';
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'projectDir',
+      type: 'input',
+      message: 'Working directory:',
+      default: config.projectDir,
+      validate: (input: string) => {
+        return input && input.trim() !== '';
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'memoryLimit',
+      type: 'input',
+      message: 'Memory limit (e.g., 512M, 1G):',
+      default: formatMemory(config.memoryLimitBytes),
+      validate: (input: string) => {
+        const parsed = parseMemoryString(input);
+        return parsed !== null;
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'autorestart',
+      type: 'confirm',
+      message: 'Enable auto-restart on failure?',
+      default: config.autorestart
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'watch',
+      type: 'confirm',
+      message: 'Enable file watching for auto-restart?',
+      default: config.watch || false
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'updateEnv',
+      type: 'confirm',
+      message: 'Update environment variables to current environment?',
+      default: true
+    }
+  ]);
+
+  console.log('\n📝 Edit Process Configuration');
+  console.log(`   Process ID: ${processId}`);
+  console.log('   (Press Enter to keep current values)\n');
+
+  // Run the interactive prompts
+  const answerBucket = await smartInteract.runQueue();
+
+  // Get answers from the bucket
+  const name = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('name');
+  const command = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('command');
+  const projectDir = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('projectDir');
+  const memoryLimit = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('memoryLimit');
+  const autorestart = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('autorestart');
+  const watch = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('watch');
+  const updateEnv = answerBucket.getAnswerFor('updateEnv');
+
+  // Prepare updates object
+  const updates: any = {};
+  
+  // Check what has changed
+  if (name !== config.name) {
+    updates.name = name;
+  }
+  
+  if (command !== config.command) {
+    updates.command = command;
+  }
+  
+  if (projectDir !== config.projectDir) {
+    updates.projectDir = projectDir;
+  }
+  
+  const newMemoryBytes = parseMemoryString(memoryLimit);
+  if (newMemoryBytes !== config.memoryLimitBytes) {
+    updates.memoryLimitBytes = newMemoryBytes;
+  }
+  
+  if (autorestart !== config.autorestart) {
+    updates.autorestart = autorestart;
+  }
+  
+  if (watch !== config.watch) {
+    updates.watch = watch;
+  }
+
+  // Handle environment variables update if requested
+  if (updateEnv) {
+    const essentialEnvVars: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
+      PATH: process.env.PATH || '',
+      HOME: process.env.HOME,
+      USER: process.env.USER,
+      SHELL: process.env.SHELL,
+      LANG: process.env.LANG,
+      LC_ALL: process.env.LC_ALL,
+      // Node.js specific
+      NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
+      NODE_PATH: process.env.NODE_PATH,
+      // npm/pnpm/yarn paths
+      npm_config_prefix: process.env.npm_config_prefix,
+      // Include any TSPM_ prefixed vars
+      ...Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(process.env).filter(([key]) => key.startsWith('TSPM_'))
+      ),
+    };
+
+    // Remove undefined values
+    Object.keys(essentialEnvVars).forEach(key => {
+      if (essentialEnvVars[key] === undefined) {
+        delete essentialEnvVars[key];
+      }
+    });
+
+    updates.env = { ...(config.env || {}), ...essentialEnvVars };
+  }
+
+  // Only update if there are changes
+  if (Object.keys(updates).length === 0) {
+    console.log('\n✓ No changes made');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Send updates to daemon
+  await tspmIpcClient.request('update', {
+    id: processId as any,
+    updates,
+  });
+
+  // Display what was updated
+  console.log('\n✓ Process configuration updated successfully');
+  if (updates.name) console.log(`  Name: ${updates.name}`);
+  if (updates.command) console.log(`  Command: ${updates.command}`);
+  if (updates.projectDir) console.log(`  Directory: ${updates.projectDir}`);
+  if (updates.memoryLimitBytes) console.log(`  Memory limit: ${formatMemory(updates.memoryLimitBytes)}`);
+  if (updates.autorestart !== undefined) console.log(`  Auto-restart: ${updates.autorestart}`);
+  if (updates.watch !== undefined) console.log(`  Watch: ${updates.watch ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}`);
+  if (updateEnv) console.log('  Environment variables: updated');
+}

ts/daemon/processmanager.ts

@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ export class ProcessManager extends EventEmitter {
           throw configError;
         }
       } else {
-        this.logger.info('No saved process configurations found');
+        // First run / no configs yet — keep this quiet unless debugging
+        this.logger.debug('No saved process configurations found');
       }
     } catch (error: Error | unknown) {
       // Only throw if it's not the "no configs found" case
@@ -748,9 +749,7 @@ export class ProcessManager extends EventEmitter {
       }
 
       // If no configs found or error reading, just continue with empty configs
-      this.logger.info(
+      this.logger.debug('No saved process configurations found or error reading them');
-        'No saved process configurations found or error reading them',
-      );
     }
   }