clipbait 1.3.0 → 1.4.0

package/README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Turn any video into short viral clips — and auto-clip live streams — from yo
 
 ## Fastest start — one command
 ```bash
-npx clipbait
+npx clipbait@latest
 ```
 It opens Clipbait so you can grab your key, then installs a **`/clipbait`** slash command and connects the Clipbait MCP server to Claude Code. Then just type in Claude:
 ```

package/index.js

@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ const CFG = path.join(os.homedir(), ".clipbait.json");
 const BASE = (process.env.CLIPBAIT_API_URL || "https://app.clipbait.ai/api").replace(/\/$/, "");
 const KEY_PAGE = "https://app.clipbait.ai/me";
 
+// Shown whenever there's no usable key. Written so an AI agent can relay it
+// verbatim to the user and they'll know exactly what to do.
+const NEED_KEY = [
+  "",
+  "You need your Clipbait API key (starts with cbk_live_) to continue.",
+  "",
+  '  • Already have a Clipbait account?  Go to https://app.clipbait.ai/me → the',
+  '    "Developers / API" section and copy your key (click "Generate API key" if',
+  "    you don't have one yet).",
+  "  • New to Clipbait?  Sign up at https://clipbait.ai, then grab your key from /me.",
+  "",
+  "Then run:  npx clipbait@latest cbk_live_YOUR_KEY",
+  "",
+].join("\n");
+
 function loadKey() {
   if (process.env.CLIPBAIT_API_KEY) return process.env.CLIPBAIT_API_KEY;
   try { return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(CFG, "utf8")).apiKey || null; } catch { return null; }
@@ -78,18 +93,20 @@ async function runSetup(providedKey) {
   let key = providedKey && providedKey.startsWith("cbk_") ? providedKey : loadKey();
 
   if (!key) {
-    console.log("\n⚡ Let's connect Clipbait to Claude.\n");
+    console.log("\n⚡ Let's connect Clipbait to Claude.");
     if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
-      console.error(`Run this in a terminal, or pass your key:  npx clipbait <cbk_live_...>\n  Get your key at ${KEY_PAGE}`);
+      // No interactive terminal (e.g. an AI agent ran this). Print the full
+      // guidance so the agent can pass it straight to the user.
+      console.error(NEED_KEY);
       process.exit(1);
     }
-    console.log(`Opening ${KEY_PAGE} so you can copy your API key…`);
+    console.log(`\nOpening ${KEY_PAGE} so you can copy your API key…`);
     openBrowser(KEY_PAGE);
     key = (await prompt("\nPaste your API key (starts with cbk_) and press Enter:\n> ")).trim();
   }
 
   if (!key || !key.startsWith("cbk_")) {
-    console.error(`\nThat doesn't look like a Clipbait key (it should start with cbk_). Get yours at ${KEY_PAGE}`);
+    console.error(NEED_KEY);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -117,7 +134,7 @@ async function runSetup(providedKey) {
 
 const HELP = `clipbait — AI clip generation
 
-  npx clipbait                                        set up Claude Code (recommended)
+  npx clipbait@latest                                 set up Claude Code (recommended)
   clipbait login <apiKey>                             just save your API key
   clipbait generate <url> [--aspect 9:16] [--type talking_head] [--max 9]
   clipbait status <jobId>                             check a job + get clip URLs
@@ -145,7 +162,7 @@ Auth: CLIPBAIT_API_KEY env var or ~/.clipbait.json (via 'clipbait login').`;
     if (cmd === "help" || cmd === "--help" || cmd === "-h") { console.log(HELP); return; }
 
     if (!loadKey()) {
-      console.error("No API key. Run: npx clipbait  (get set up in one step)");
+      console.error(NEED_KEY);
       process.exit(1);
     }
     const { o, rest } = parseFlags(args);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "clipbait",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "Clipbait CLI — turn any video into viral clips, and auto-clip live streams, from your terminal or AI agent.",
   "bin": { "clipbait": "index.js" },
   "type": "commonjs",