Decouple profiles and orgs by ankrgyl · Pull Request #295 · braintrustdata/bt

Ankur Goyal (ankrgyl) · 2026-07-31T21:03:13Z

[Edit by cedric: To the llm reviewing this pr for docs changes: this is a breaking change and needs to be triaged.]

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Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T21:13:28Z

bt switch doesn't show other orgs in the interactive picker, but --org org-name-that-is-not-the-current-one works.
Same with --profile.

I'd prefer an interactive picker for both by default.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T21:44:30Z

Profiles store the app url, OAuth profiles also store the api url.
It's in ~.config/bt/auth.json and I think it would be useful to show it in bt auth profiles.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T21:55:35Z

bt init doesn't ask me for the org to use when using an OAuth profiles (that has access to many orgs) but does save an org. However it also asks me which project to use, even though there's only 1 project in the org.

❯ bt auth profiles
✓ a-a — api_key — org: a-a — sk-****V4Tve
✓ cedric — oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json
❯ bt status
org: a-a
project: My Project
profile: cedric
user: Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json
❯ bt init
Link to a Braintrust project...
✔ Select profile · cedric
✔ Link to project · My Project
✓ Project linked to a-a/My Project
✓ Created .bt/config.json
❯ bt status
org: a-a
project: My Project
profile: cedric
user: Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/repos/bt-fix-profiles/.bt/config.json

Ankur Goyal (ankrgyl) · 2026-07-31T22:00:36Z

There are so many commands now for authentication. bt init, bt auth login, and bt switch. Let me think about this a bit. Thanks for finding these issues.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T22:01:24Z

I think merging bt status and bt auth profiles would be fine.

Then move bt auth login to bt login and bt auth refresh to a flag of bt login.
All bt auth subcommands would be removed and it could be deprecated.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T22:01:44Z

Something like this:

✓ https://fix-secure-mermaid-rendering.preview.braintrust.dev — oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ a-a — api_key — sk-****V4Tve

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: a-a
org_id: (unset)
project: My Project
project_id: 4af72cce-546c-43b0-a770-d41afaf7a2cd
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: https://api.braintrust.dev
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T22:02:08Z

I think bt init and bt status shouldn't confuse people too much since it's close to git.

Ankur Goyal (ankrgyl) · 2026-07-31T22:13:11Z

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (@viadezo1er) give it a fresh go

Ankur Goyal (ankrgyl) · 2026-07-31T23:03:03Z

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (@viadezo1er) i removed even more

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-07-31T23:33:36Z

bt auth login --org invalid-name has different behavior between OAuth and API key: API keys failures is mostly recoverable, while OAuth failure is a complete failure.

For API keys, after detecting the org name is invalid, you can choose to use the API key with the correct org:

Details

❯ bt status --all
No saved profiles. Run `bt login` to create one.
org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
❯ bt login --org invalid-name
✔ Select login method · API key
Braintrust API key: [hidden]
✔ Org 'invalid-name' is not available for this API key. Continue with · API key (a-a)
✓ Logged in as a-a (profile: a-a, api: https://api.braintrust.dev)
✓ Switched to a-a
Wrote to /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json
❯ bt status --all
✓ a-a — https://www.braintrust.dev — api_key — org: a-a — sk-****vejVL

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: a-a
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
profile: a-a
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: (derived per org)
auth: api_key — sk-****vejVL
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json

or to use OAuth (in case the org does exist but the API key isn't from it I suppose?):

Details

❯ bt status --all
No saved profiles. Run `bt login` to create one.
org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
❯ bt login --org a/a
✔ Select login method · API key
Braintrust API key: [hidden]
✔ Org 'a/a' is not available for this API key. Continue with · OAuth (browser)
Opening browser for OAuth authorization...
If it does not open, visit:
https://api.braintrust.dev/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=bt_cli_default&state=...
Waiting for browser authorization...
Paste code=...&state=... if callback doesn't complete
✓ Logged in as a/a (profile: cedric, api: https://api.braintrust.dev)
✓ Switched to a/a
Wrote to /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json
❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: a/a
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
profile: cedric
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: https://api.braintrust.dev
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json

However it fails with OAuth, and the login isn't saved even though it completed successfully:

Details

❯ bt status --all
No saved profiles. Run `bt login` to create one.
org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
❯ bt login --org invalid-name
✔ Select login method · OAuth (browser)
Opening browser for OAuth authorization...
If it does not open, visit:
https://api.braintrust.dev/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=bt_cli_default&state=...
Waiting for browser authorization...
Paste code=...&state=... if callback doesn't complete
error: org 'invalid-name' not found. Available: ced-test-1, a-a, -/, a/a, Ced_test_account, eval-prompt, Braintrust SDKs, BT Staging, delete-this, a%20a, cross-org
❯ bt status --all
No saved profiles. Run `bt login` to create one.
org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)

In the OAuth failure case, instead of failing and printing error: org 'invalid-name' not found. Available: ced-test-1, a-a, -/, a/a, Ced_test_account..., we could prompt the user to choose between:

use a valid org (if selected, opens the interactive picker)
save the login without selecting an org
cancel.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-08-01T00:00:07Z

bt login can create a broken config. Using profile/org/project from a local app url, then logging in www.braintrust.dev updates the profile used:

Details

❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — http://localhost:3000 — oauth — api: http://localhost:8000 — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: local-org
project: My Project
project_id: 73f2eb4e-4dd6-469a-9924-beb0aaf929c9
profile: cedric-2
app_url: http://localhost:3000
api_url: http://localhost:8000
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/repos/bt-fix-profiles/.bt/config.json
❯ cat .bt/config.json
{
  "profile": "cedric-2",
  "org": "local-org",
  "project": "My Project",
  "project_id": "73f2eb4e-4dd6-469a-9924-beb0aaf929c9"
}
❯ bt login
✔ Select login method · OAuth (browser)
Opening browser for OAuth authorization...
If it does not open, visit:
https://api.braintrust.dev/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=bt_cli_default&state=-FFZpy7aOBTabtNGCr8iTZaDcRIKErnBUP_SR7WlRis&code_challenge=FKITtrLsDO3GNh2MumhL7pUcbJVzuHeg_w7j8hcasDI&code_challenge_method=S256&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A55434%2Fcallback&scope=mcp
Waiting for browser authorization...
Paste code=...&state=... if callback doesn't complete
✔ Save to · Local (bt-fix-profiles/.bt)
✓ Logged in (profile: cedric, api: https://api.braintrust.dev)
✓ Using profile 'cedric' (organization unchanged)
Wrote to /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/repos/bt-fix-profiles/.bt/config.json
❯ cat .bt/config.json
{
  "profile": "cedric",
  "org": "local-org",
  "project": "My Project",
  "project_id": "73f2eb4e-4dd6-469a-9924-beb0aaf929c9"
}
❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — http://localhost:3000 — oauth — api: http://localhost:8000 — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: local-org
project: My Project
project_id: 73f2eb4e-4dd6-469a-9924-beb0aaf929c9
profile: cedric
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: https://api.braintrust.dev
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/repos/bt-fix-profiles/.bt/config.json
❯ bt projects
error: invalid configuration: Organization 'local-org' not found

I'm unsure whether it's best not to update the configuration, or to update the profile and unset org/project/project-id.

Technically, changing the profile name in the config isn't enough to check if the profile changed.
If I have the profile cedric and cedric-2:

Details

❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — http://localhost:3000 — oauth — api: http://localhost:8000 — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

I can swap what the profiles refer to using bt login --app-url http://localhost:3000 --api-url http://localhost:8000 --profile cedric and bt login --app-url https://www.braintrust.dev --api-url https://api.braintrust.dev --profile cedric2:

Details

❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — http://localhost:3000 — oauth — api: http://localhost:8000 — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Checking if the org name exist also technically doesn't work since 2 different planes can have the same org names, same with project name. It is possible to check using the project_id. ~~Yes it's theoretically possible that 2 different projects from 2 different orgs could have the same project id if they are from different planes. No I don't believe it's relevant.~~

Using https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/project/{project_id}, we could update the profile on success and save the credentials + warn the user + let the config untouched on failure.

[ Nitpick: The Save to message in

Waiting for browser authorization...
Paste code=...&state=... if callback doesn't complete
? Save to ›
  Global (~/.config/bt)
❯ Local (bt-fix-profiles/.bt)

is a bit cryptic, it should explicitly say it will update the profile.]

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-08-01T00:50:18Z

There are a few changes related to bt init/switch I'll port from #274 (not in this PR but in branch based on fix-profiles).

Example:
bt init bt switch --local searches for org and projects before checking if it's allowed to create a local project (in a git repo without a .bt, in a read-only filesystem...).
Example, in a folder without .bt in it:

❯ bt switch --local
✔ Select profile · cedric
✔ Select organization · a%20a
error: No local .bt directory found. Use bt init to initialize this directory.
If this seems like a bug, file an issue at https://github.com/braintrustdata/bt/issues/new and include `bt --version`, `bt status --json`, and the command you ran.

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-08-01T00:50:22Z

bt init tries to use the org from the config regardless of the selected profile.

❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — http://localhost:3000 — oauth — api: http://localhost:8000 — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
✓ cedric-2 — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: Braintrust SDKs
project: cedric-test-glm
project_id: a8dc9dd9-effe-4494-83d5-180f4c7c333e
profile: cedric-2
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: https://api.braintrust.dev
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)
source: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/config.json
❯ bt init
Link to a Braintrust project...
✔ Select profile · cedric
error: invalid configuration: Organization 'Braintrust SDKs' not found

Ankur Goyal (ankrgyl) · 2026-08-01T00:52:02Z

I'll fix #295 (comment) and #295 (comment)

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-08-01T01:55:33Z

Looking again

Cedric / ViaDézo1er (viadezo1er) · 2026-08-01T02:09:16Z

Specifying an org doesn't save it in the config. This makes the --org option detrimental: it can make bt login fail, but doesn't do anything on success.

It does make sense not to edit the config with bt login, but maybe ignore the --org flag then?

I'm not sure which behavior is desirable.

Details

❯ bt status --all
No saved profiles. Run `bt login` to create one.
org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
❯ bt login --org ced-test-1
✔ Select login method · OAuth (browser)
Opening browser for OAuth authorization...
If it does not open, visit:
https://api.braintrust.dev/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=bt_cli_default&state=FC-Zw1vD4WkNgdGQNxsKFualGoEXB3r5-AKOHkn-HIU&code_challenge=5NF3wsiaiyLmuxW4zITaWF5gKmNjQ9piuZxYSiQic08&code_challenge_method=S256&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A59752%2Fcallback&scope=mcp
Waiting for browser authorization...
Paste code=...&state=... if callback doesn't complete
✓ Logged in as ced-test-1 (profile: cedric, api: https://api.braintrust.dev)
❯ bt status --all
✓ cedric — https://www.braintrust.dev — oauth — api: https://api.braintrust.dev — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

Credentials: /Users/cedric@braintrustdata.com/.config/bt/auth.json

org: (unset)
project: (unset)
project_id: (unset)
profile: cedric
app_url: https://www.braintrust.dev
api_url: https://api.braintrust.dev
auth: oauth — Cédric Halber (cedric@braintrustdata.com)

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