{
  "slug": "shopify-app-config-link-adds-noninteractive-file-selection-and-overwrite-flags-b26ce4d6aed1",
  "title": "shopify app config link adds noninteractive file selection and overwrite flags",
  "tools": [
    "shopify"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-31T10:50:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-31T10:50:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When the destination filename can't be inferred, link the app with `--client-id` and `--file-name`. If that file already exists, add `--force` to overwrite it without prompting.",
    "examples": [
      "shopify app config link --client-id <client-id> --file-name <name>",
      "shopify app config link --client-id <client-id> --file-name <name> --force"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 4.6.0",
      "--client-id <value> (required): Client ID of the remote app to link; required if non-interactive.",
      "--file-name <value>: Name of the configuration file to create or overwrite; requires `--force` to overwrite an existing file.",
      "--force: Overwrite an existing configuration file without prompting.",
      "`--force` overwrites an existing configuration file without prompting."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Link an app configuration by client ID in automation when its filename is not inferable or the target file already exists.",
  "before": "The release note says `shopify app config link --client-id <id>` could prompt for a local filename when the target could not be inferred.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/Shopify/cli/releases/tag/4.6.0",
    "https://github.com/Shopify/cli/pull/7630",
    "https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/app/app-config-link"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98024,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-3fbe85e62061d099-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "c18f66bfdf0ef73e2b9944b21032f4440dc24250840bfdb8abfd9c6c04584085"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "b68c97f5dcb4b0ab25bcd28528e6b6198d9e47af73a082b9e350258298231d45",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.81 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}