From 130879390acf995869bb96d6befe321359bf4d36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Drendel <me@anthonydrendel.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 23:38:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Default to speak if stdin has piped data

---
 cmd/root.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 6069591..14a506c 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func init() {
 // maybeDefaultToSpeak injects the "speak" subcommand when the user calls `sag` like macOS `say`.
 func maybeDefaultToSpeak() {
 	if len(os.Args) <= 1 {
+		// Still default to speak if stdin has piped data
+		if !isStdinTTY() {
+			os.Args = append(os.Args, "speak")
+		}
 		return
 	}
 

From b8b711df40a35feac09613631f37f43be841139d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Drendel <me@anthonydrendel.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 23:44:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add test

Fails without the fix
---
 cmd/root_test.go | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/root_test.go b/cmd/root_test.go
index 2ad30c8..49c1c17 100644
--- a/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -113,3 +113,33 @@ func TestExecuteHelp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unreachable")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMaybeDefaultToSpeak_PipedStdin(t *testing.T) {
+	defer keepArgs(t)()
+
+	// Replace stdin with a pipe (non-TTY)
+	origStdin := os.Stdin
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create pipe: %v", err)
+	}
+	os.Stdin = r
+	defer func() {
+		os.Stdin = origStdin
+		r.Close()
+		w.Close()
+	}()
+
+	os.Args = []string{"sag"}
+	maybeDefaultToSpeak()
+
+	want := []string{"sag", "speak"}
+	if len(os.Args) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", want, os.Args)
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if os.Args[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("args mismatch at %d: got %q want %q", i, os.Args[i], want[i])
+		}
+	}
+}

From f27cce48c1903fba712a7ef9637b5515a405bb6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Drendel <me@anthonydrendel.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 23:47:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Apply pull request comment

---
 cmd/root_test.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/root_test.go b/cmd/root_test.go
index 49c1c17..95f8265 100644
--- a/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ func TestMaybeDefaultToSpeak_PipedStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Stdin = r
 	defer func() {
 		os.Stdin = origStdin
-		r.Close()
 		w.Close()
+		r.Close()
 	}()
 
 	os.Args = []string{"sag"}