[Bug]: Cannot set provider or log in

[mslinn]

Bug Description

I installed Forgecode for the first time. Following the docs:

$ forge provider login
● [11:47:26] Cancelled

I tried running forge by itself and discovered that some config files are missing:

$ ls -alF ~/forge/
total 76
drwxrwxr-x  3 mslinn mslinn  4096 Apr 10 11:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 95 mslinn mslinn  4096 Apr 10 10:46 ../
-rw-rw-r--  1 mslinn mslinn   425 Apr 10 10:44 .credentials.json
-rw-r--r--  1 mslinn mslinn 57344 Apr 10 11:26 .forge.db
-rw-rw-r--  1 mslinn mslinn    94 Apr 10 11:26 .forge_history
drwxrwxr-x  3 mslinn mslinn  4096 Apr 10 10:44 cache/

Without a config file, nothing works.

$ forge config set provider google
● [11:17:13] ERROR: Provider Google is not available. Login again to configure it.
mslinn@Bear instrument_recorder (master)
$ forge config set provider gemini
● [11:17:20] ERROR: Provider Gemini is not available. Login again to configure it.
mslinn@Bear instrument_recorder (master)
$ forge config set provider minimax
● [11:17:33] ERROR: Parameter selection cancelled

As a new user, I think the road ahead with this product looks bleak.

Steps to Reproduce

As described

Expected Behavior

As described

Actual Behavior

As described

Forge Version

2.8.0

Operating System & Version

WSL (current)

AI Provider

None possible

Model

None possible

Installation Method

npm install -g forgecode@latest

Configuration

Missing

[tusharmath]

Can u try exec zsh once and then retry.

[mslinn]

❯ exec zsh
● [11:54:42] ERROR: No default provider set.

[tusharmath]

Can u run forge zsh doctor. Most probably fzf isn't installed.

[tusharmath]

Also if you install via curl you won't need to install fzf.

curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/cli | sh

We had a small issue in the script for a few hours, but its fixed now.

[mslinn]

$ curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/cli | sh
Installing Forge and dependencies (fzf, bat, fd)...
Detected platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Removing any previous npm-managed forge installation...

removed 1 package in 287ms
Downloading Forge from https://github.com/tailcallhq/forgecode/releases/latest/download/forge-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu...
Installing to /home/mslinn/.local/bin/forge...

✓ Forge has been successfully installed!
forge 2.9.8
Run 'forge' to get started.

Installing dependencies...
✓ fzf 0.60 is already installed and compatible
Installing bat...
✓ bat installed successfully
Installing fd...
✓ fd installed successfully

Installation complete!
Tools installed: forge, fzf, bat, fd
Because this installer runs via '| sh', your current shell may still use old PATH values.
Open a new terminal or run: exec bash

$ forge zsh doctor
-bash: /home/mslinn/.nvm/versions/node/v25.8.2/bin/forge: No such file or directory

$ exec bash

$ forge zsh doctor
● [12:00:44] ERROR: Failed to execute zsh doctor script
    Caused by: No such file or directory (os error 2)

[tusharmath]

Can u run exec zsh instead of exec bash