Remove interactive apply in favor of more detailed --apply

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Enable swarm mode (via `tengu_brass_pebble`) (#414) - @mike1858
 - Add a `--restore`/`--revert` flag to undo patches and restore original CC installation (#431) - @bl-ue
 - Redesign `--apply` output (#433) - @bl-ue
+- Remove interactive apply in favor of more detailed `--apply` (#434) - @bl-ue
 
 ## [v3.4.0](https://github.com/Piebald-AI/tweakcc/releases/tag/v3.4.0) - 2026-01-18
 

src/index.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,39 @@ import {
 } from './installationBackup';
 import { clearAllAppliedHashes } from './systemPromptHashIndex';
 
+// =============================================================================
+// Invocation Command Detection
+// =============================================================================
+
+/**
+ * Detects how the user invoked tweakcc to show the correct --apply command.
+ * Handles: tweakcc, npx tweakcc, pnpm dlx tweakcc, yarn dlx tweakcc, etc.
+ */
+function getInvocationCommand(): string {
+  const args = process.argv;
+
+  // args[0] is the node executable, args[1] is the script path
+  // For npx/pnpm/yarn, the script path often contains clues
+  const scriptPath = args[1] || '';
+
+  // Check for package manager dlx/npx patterns in the path
+  if (scriptPath.includes('npx') || scriptPath.includes('.npm/_npx')) {
+    return 'npx tweakcc';
+  }
+  if (scriptPath.includes('pnpm') || scriptPath.includes('.pnpm')) {
+    return 'pnpm dlx tweakcc';
+  }
+  if (scriptPath.includes('yarn')) {
+    return 'yarn dlx tweakcc';
+  }
+  if (scriptPath.includes('bun')) {
+    return 'bunx tweakcc';
+  }
+
+  // Default to just 'tweakcc' (globally installed or via PATH)
+  return 'tweakcc';
+}
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Patch Results Display
 // =============================================================================
@@ -57,7 +90,9 @@ function printPatchResults(results: PatchResult[]): void {
     }
   }
 
-  console.log('\nPatches applied:');
+  console.log(
+    '\nPatches applied (run with --show-unchanged to show all patches):'
+  );
 
   for (const group of groupOrder) {
     const groupResults = byGroup.get(group)!;
@@ -383,8 +418,14 @@ async function startApp(
     );
   }
 
+  const invocationCommand = getInvocationCommand();
+
   render(
-    <App startupCheckInfo={startupCheckInfo} configMigrated={configMigrated} />
+    <App
+      startupCheckInfo={startupCheckInfo}
+      configMigrated={configMigrated}
+      invocationCommand={invocationCommand}
+    />
   );
 }
 

src/types.ts

@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ export interface StartupCheckInfo {
 }
 
 export enum MainMenuItem {
-  APPLY_CHANGES = '*Apply customizations',
   THEMES = 'Themes',
   THINKING_VERBS = 'Thinking verbs',
   THINKING_STYLE = 'Thinking style',

src/ui/App.tsx

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   updateConfigFile,
 } from '../config';
 import { openInExplorer, revealFileInExplorer } from '../utils';
-import { applyCustomization, ApplyCustomizationResult } from '../patches/index';
 import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from '../defaultSettings';
 import {
   restoreNativeBinaryFromBackup,
@@ -40,9 +39,11 @@ export const SettingsContext = createContext({
 export default function App({
   startupCheckInfo,
   configMigrated,
+  invocationCommand,
 }: {
   startupCheckInfo: StartupCheckInfo;
   configMigrated: boolean;
+  invocationCommand: string;
 }) {
   const [config, setConfig] = useState<TweakccConfig>({
     settings: DEFAULT_SETTINGS,
@@ -131,23 +132,6 @@ Please reapply your changes below.`,
   const handleMainSubmit = (item: MainMenuItem) => {
     setNotification(null);
     switch (item) {
-      case MainMenuItem.APPLY_CHANGES:
-        if (startupCheckInfo.ccInstInfo) {
-          setNotification({
-            message: 'Applying patches...',
-            type: 'info',
-          });
-          applyCustomization(config, startupCheckInfo.ccInstInfo).then(
-            (result: ApplyCustomizationResult) => {
-              setConfig(result.config);
-              setNotification({
-                message: 'Customization patches applied successfully!',
-                type: 'success',
-              });
-            }
-          );
-        }
-        break;
       case MainMenuItem.THEMES:
       case MainMenuItem.THINKING_VERBS:
       case MainMenuItem.THINKING_STYLE:
@@ -211,6 +195,8 @@ Please reapply your changes below.`,
             notification={notification}
             configMigrated={configMigrated}
             showPiebaldAnnouncement={showPiebaldAnnouncement}
+            changesApplied={config.changesApplied}
+            invocationCommand={invocationCommand}
           />
         ) : currentView === MainMenuItem.THEMES ? (
           <ThemesView onBack={handleBack} />

src/ui/components/MainMenu.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { CONFIG_FILE } from '@/config';
 import { MainMenuItem } from '@/types';
-import { useContext, useState } from 'react';
-import { SettingsContext } from '../App';
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { SelectInput, SelectItem } from './SelectInput';
 
 const baseMenuItems: SelectItem[] = [
@@ -63,23 +62,7 @@ const systemMenuItems: SelectItem[] = [
 ];
 
 const MainMenu = ({ onSubmit }: { onSubmit: (item: MainMenuItem) => void }) => {
-  const settings = useContext(SettingsContext);
-
-  const menuItems: SelectItem[] = [
-    ...(settings.changesApplied
-      ? []
-      : [
-          {
-            name: MainMenuItem.APPLY_CHANGES,
-            desc: 'Required: Updates Claude Code in-place with your changes',
-            selectedStyles: {
-              color: 'green',
-            },
-          },
-        ]),
-    ...baseMenuItems,
-    ...systemMenuItems,
-  ];
+  const menuItems: SelectItem[] = [...baseMenuItems, ...systemMenuItems];
 
   const [selectedIndex, setSelectedIndex] = useState(0);
 

src/ui/components/MainView.tsx

@@ -84,13 +84,17 @@ interface MainViewProps {
   } | null;
   configMigrated: boolean;
   showPiebaldAnnouncement: boolean;
+  changesApplied: boolean;
+  invocationCommand: string;
 }
 
 export const MainView = ({
   onSubmit,
   notification,
   configMigrated,
   showPiebaldAnnouncement,
+  changesApplied,
+  invocationCommand,
 }: MainViewProps) => (
   <Box flexDirection="column" gap={1}>
     {configMigrated && (
@@ -119,6 +123,15 @@ export const MainView = ({
 
     {notification && <NotificationBanner notification={notification} />}
 
+    {!changesApplied && !notification && (
+      <NotificationBanner
+        notification={{
+          message: `Your changes are configured but not applied.\nRun \`${invocationCommand} --apply\` to apply your customizations!`,
+          type: 'info',
+        }}
+      />
+    )}
+
     <MainMenu onSubmit={onSubmit} />
   </Box>
 );