fix(hush): clear no-TTY error for the interactive TUI

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Problem

Running bare hush (the interactive TUI) from any non-interactive context — an agent harness, a script, a piped command — exits 1 with crossterm's cryptic error:

Error: failed to enable terminal input mode
Caused by: Device not configured (os error 6)

Nothing in the message explains the cause or the way out. The script-friendly subcommands (list, get, exec) work fine in the same context; only the TUI entry path fails. Tracked in #57.

Fix

tui::run() now checks TTY availability before touching terminal state and, when neither stdin nor stdout is a terminal, returns an actionable error naming the subcommands to use instead:

Error: hush's interactive TUI needs a terminal session (no TTY found). Run `hush` from an interactive terminal, or use the script-friendly subcommands: `hush list`, `hush get --key <KEY>`, `hush exec --key <KEY> -- <cmd>`

stdout alone satisfies the gate because crossterm opens /dev/tty directly for input when stdin is piped, so hush < /dev/null from a real terminal still launches the TUI.

Validation

• bun run check:bws-tui (cargo fmt --check, cargo test, cargo clippy -D warnings): 19 tests pass, including the new tui_gate_accepts_a_tty_on_either_side unit test.
• Built the binary and probed behavior directly: no-TTY run prints the new actionable message (exit 1, unchanged code); a real-pty run via tmux still renders the TUI normally.
• Before: old binary exits 1 with "Device not configured". After: new binary exits 1 with the guidance message. The exit code stays 1 because there is no TUI without a TTY; the fix is the message, not a silent success.

Live steps remaining

None; the local hush binary can be refreshed with cargo install bws-tui or cargo install --path bws-tui after merge, and the published crates.io version will pick it up on the next release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • The hush TUI now displays a clear error when launched without an interactive terminal.
  • Error messaging includes guidance to use an appropriate subcommand when terminal interaction is unavailable.
  • The TUI correctly recognizes interactive sessions when either standard input or output is connected to a terminal.

• Documentation

  • Added an entry describing the improved no-terminal error handling to the unreleased changelog.

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Walkthrough

The TUI now checks for an interactive terminal before configuring terminal state. It returns guidance for non-interactive sessions. Tests cover terminal detection for each input combination, and the changelog records the fix.

Changes

TUI terminal validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Interactive terminal gate and validation bws-tui/src/tui/terminal.rs, bws-tui/src/tui/tests.rs, CHANGELOG.md	The TUI checks whether stdin or stdout is attached to a terminal before setup. Non-interactive sessions receive guidance for using an interactive terminal or script-friendly subcommands. Tests cover all terminal-state combinations, and the changelog documents the updated error behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d7937

The TUI change is otherwise ready, but the Unreleased changelog entries should be consolidated before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: improving the no-TTY error for the interactive hush TUI.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the existing [Unreleased] ### Fixed section.

CHANGELOG.md already contains another ### Fixed heading at Line 52. Move this entry under that heading to avoid splitting one release category across duplicate sections.

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In `@CHANGELOG.md` around lines 11 - 13, Move the hush TUI “no TTY” fix entry into
the existing [Unreleased] ### Fixed section associated with the later ### Fixed
heading, removing the duplicate earlier heading while preserving the entry text.

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