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Félix Malfait c2cf3eac50 feat(sdk): confirm authentication method on remote add (#19947)
## Summary

`yarn twenty remote add` only prints `✓ Default remote set to X.` after
authenticating. When using the OAuth path, the browser flow happens
silently — there's no line that says _"you authenticated"_ — so users
(including me this morning while installing a Twenty app) are left
wondering whether auth actually completed and which method was used.

This PR adds explicit confirmation of the auth step:

**New remote via OAuth**
```
✓ Remote "myremote" added (https://app.twenty.com) via OAuth.
✓ Default remote set to "myremote".
```

**New remote via API key**
```
✓ Remote "myremote" added (https://app.twenty.com) via API key.
✓ Default remote set to "myremote".
```

**Re-authenticating an existing remote**
```
✓ Re-authenticated "myremote" via OAuth.
✓ Default remote set to "myremote".
```

## Implementation

- `authenticate()` now returns the method actually used (`'OAuth' | 'API
key'`) instead of `void`. This correctly surfaces OAuth → API-key
fallback: if OAuth fails and the user drops into the API-key prompt, the
success line reflects that.
- New-remote and re-auth paths print distinct messages so the user can
tell which path they took.
- No new API calls — method name comes from which branch of
`authenticate()` succeeded.

## Test plan

- [x] `nx typecheck twenty-sdk` — clean
- [x] `nx lint twenty-sdk` — clean
- [ ] Manual smoke test: `yarn twenty remote add --as test --api-url
...` via OAuth, API key, and re-auth

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A CLI and SDK to develop, build, and publish applications that extend Twenty CRM.

Quick start

The recommended way to start is with create-twenty-app:

npx create-twenty-app@latest my-app
cd my-app
yarn twenty dev

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Full documentation is available at docs.twenty.com/developers/extend/apps:

  • Getting Started — scaffolding, local server, authentication, dev mode
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Manual installation

If you are adding twenty-sdk to an existing project instead of using create-twenty-app:

yarn add twenty-sdk twenty-client-sdk

Then add a twenty script to your package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "twenty": "twenty"
  }
}

Run yarn twenty help to see all available commands.

Configuration

The CLI stores credentials per remote in ~/.twenty/config.json. Run yarn twenty remote add to configure a remote, or yarn twenty remote list to see existing ones.

Troubleshooting

  • Auth errors: run yarn twenty remote add to re-authenticate.
  • Typings out of date: restart yarn twenty dev to refresh the client and types.
  • Not seeing changes in dev: make sure dev mode is running (yarn twenty dev).

Contributing

Development setup

git clone https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty.git
cd twenty
yarn install

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npx nx run twenty-sdk:dev

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npx nx run twenty-sdk:build

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