From 38c859979cf73ca6c203d8f61a73902a21c5d32c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paymahn Moghadasian <paymahn1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:03:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: pass sort parameter to fetchIssuesForState

The sort option was being validated in issue-list.ts but fetchIssuesForState
was independently reading sort from config only, causing the --sort flag
to be ignored after interactive prompts (like project selection).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts | 1 +
 src/utils/linear.ts              | 7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts b/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
index 8202885..bc3b719 100644
--- a/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export const listCommand = new Command()
           allAssignees,
           limit === 0 ? undefined : limit,
           projectId,
+          sort,
         )
         spinner?.stop()
         const issues = result.issues?.nodes || []
diff --git a/src/utils/linear.ts b/src/utils/linear.ts
index 2cd2648..acebc27 100644
--- a/src/utils/linear.ts
+++ b/src/utils/linear.ts
@@ -361,13 +361,10 @@ export async function fetchIssuesForState(
   allAssignees = false,
   limit?: number,
   projectId?: string,
+  sort?: "manual" | "priority",
 ) {
-  const sort = getOption("issue_sort") as "manual" | "priority" | undefined
   if (!sort) {
-    console.error(
-      "Sort must be provided via configuration file or LINEAR_ISSUE_SORT environment variable",
-    )
-    Deno.exit(1)
+    throw new Error("sort parameter is required")
   }
 
   const filter: IssueFilter = {

From e6a40bbecc36c7a4ed06b14bfb855fe874528f82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paymahn Moghadasian <paymahn1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:51:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: address PR feedback

- Restore config fallback in fetchIssuesForState, update error message
  to mention --sort parameter
- Gate selectOption behind isTerminal check for non-interactive use

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts | 8 ++++++++
 src/utils/linear.ts              | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts b/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
index bc3b719..fc6c311 100644
--- a/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/issue/issue-list.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ export const listCommand = new Command()
             console.error(`No projects found matching: ${project}`)
             Deno.exit(1)
           }
+          if (!Deno.stdin.isTerminal()) {
+            console.error(
+              `Project "${project}" not found. Similar projects: ${
+                Object.values(projectOptions).join(", ")
+              }`,
+            )
+            Deno.exit(1)
+          }
           projectId = await selectOption("Project", project, projectOptions)
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/utils/linear.ts b/src/utils/linear.ts
index acebc27..3ac4afb 100644
--- a/src/utils/linear.ts
+++ b/src/utils/linear.ts
@@ -361,10 +361,15 @@ export async function fetchIssuesForState(
   allAssignees = false,
   limit?: number,
   projectId?: string,
-  sort?: "manual" | "priority",
+  sortParam?: "manual" | "priority",
 ) {
+  const sort = sortParam ??
+    getOption("issue_sort") as "manual" | "priority" | undefined
   if (!sort) {
-    throw new Error("sort parameter is required")
+    console.error(
+      "Sort must be provided via --sort parameter, configuration file, or LINEAR_ISSUE_SORT environment variable",
+    )
+    Deno.exit(1)
   }
 
   const filter: IssueFilter = {