From 2855b87a659536a441ecf117ce9bd10b6053f55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhijay Jain <abhijay007j@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): use shell working directory on initial launch
 (#10655)

---
 ui/desktop/src/main.ts | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index 39a8b0f9b..7f27448e3 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -847,6 +847,17 @@ const parseArgs = () => {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!dirPath && process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    try {
+      const cwd = process.cwd();
+      if (path.parse(cwd).root !== cwd) {
+        dirPath = cwd;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // cwd unavailable; fall through to recentDirs
+    }
+  }
+
   return { dirPath };
 };