diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link-service.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link-service.test.ts
index 124ee465d0..a1a415c29d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link-service.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {selectOrganizationPrompt} from '@shopify/organizations'
 import {beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi} from 'vitest'
 import {inTemporaryDirectory, readFile, writeFileSync} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/fs'
 import {joinPath} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
+import {terminalSupportsPrompting} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/system'
 
 vi.mock('./use.js')
 vi.mock('../../../prompts/dev.js')
@@ -15,10 +16,12 @@ vi.mock('@shopify/organizations')
 vi.mock('../../../prompts/config.js')
 vi.mock('../../local-storage')
 vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui')
+vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/system')
 vi.mock('../../dev/fetch.js')
 vi.mock('../../../utilities/developer-platform-client.js')
 vi.mock('../../../models/app/validation/multi-cli-warning.js')
 beforeEach(async () => {
+  vi.mocked(terminalSupportsPrompting).mockReturnValue(true)
   // Default mock for selectConfigName - tests that need a specific value can override
   vi.mocked(selectConfigName).mockResolvedValue('shopify.app.toml')
 })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.test.ts
index fd47e8ee1a..501851c343 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {joinPath} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
 import {renderSuccess} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui'
 import {outputContent} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/output'
 import {setPathValue} from '@shopify/cli-kit/common/object'
+import {terminalSupportsPrompting} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/system'
 
 vi.mock('./use.js')
 vi.mock('../../../prompts/config.js')
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ vi.mock('../../../models/app/loader.js', async () => {
 })
 vi.mock('../../local-storage')
 vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui')
+vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/system')
 vi.mock('../../context/partner-account-info.js')
 vi.mock('../../context.js')
 vi.mock('../select-app.js')
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ function buildDeveloperPlatformClient(extraFields: Partial<DeveloperPlatformClie
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   vi.mocked(fetchAppRemoteConfiguration).mockResolvedValue(DEFAULT_REMOTE_CONFIGURATION)
+  vi.mocked(terminalSupportsPrompting).mockReturnValue(true)
   // Default mock for selectConfigName - tests that need a specific value can override
   vi.mocked(selectConfigName).mockResolvedValue('shopify.app.toml')
 })
@@ -115,6 +118,28 @@ describe('link', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('throws in non-TTY when the remote app would require prompting', async () => {
+    await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmp) => {
+      // Given
+      vi.mocked(terminalSupportsPrompting).mockReturnValue(false)
+      const developerPlatformClient = buildDeveloperPlatformClient()
+      const options: LinkOptions = {
+        directory: tmp,
+        developerPlatformClient,
+      }
+      await mockLoadOpaqueAppWithApp(tmp)
+
+      // When
+      const result = link(options)
+
+      // Then
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(/app config link requires additional flags/)
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(/--client-id/)
+      expect(fetchOrCreateOrganizationApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(selectConfigName).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
   test('does not ask for a name when a file name is provided as a flag', async () => {
     await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmp) => {
       // Given
@@ -877,6 +902,31 @@ describe('link', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('throws in non-TTY when the config file name would require prompting', async () => {
+    await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmp) => {
+      // Given
+      vi.mocked(terminalSupportsPrompting).mockReturnValue(false)
+      const developerPlatformClient = buildDeveloperPlatformClient()
+      const remoteApp = mockRemoteApp({developerPlatformClient, apiKey: 'new-api-key'})
+      const options: LinkOptions = {
+        directory: tmp,
+        apiKey: remoteApp.apiKey,
+        developerPlatformClient,
+      }
+      writeFileSync(joinPath(tmp, 'shopify.app.toml'), 'client_id = "existing-api-key"')
+      await mockLoadOpaqueAppWithApp(tmp)
+      vi.mocked(appFromIdentifiers).mockResolvedValue(remoteApp)
+
+      // When
+      const result = link(options)
+
+      // Then
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(/app config link requires additional flags/)
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(/--file-name/)
+      expect(selectConfigName).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
   test('uses scopes on platform if defined', async () => {
     await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmp) => {
       // Given
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.ts
index 362f911bbe..f72bcbcd1b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app/config/link.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {fileExists} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/fs'
 import {joinPath} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
 import {AbortError} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/error'
 import {PackageManager} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/node-package-manager'
+import {terminalSupportsPrompting} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/system'
 
 export interface LinkOptions {
   directory: string
@@ -94,6 +95,16 @@ export default async function link(options: LinkOptions, shouldRenderSuccess = t
   return {remoteApp, configFileName, configuration: mergedAppConfiguration}
 }
 
+function abortIfLinkPromptCannotRun(missingFlags: string[]) {
+  if (terminalSupportsPrompting() || missingFlags.length === 0) return
+
+  const flags = missingFlags.map((flag) => `--${flag}`).join(' ')
+  throw new AbortError(
+    `app config link requires additional flags in non-interactive terminal environments. Run shopify app config link ${flags} with the required values.`,
+    `Run shopify app config link ${flags} with the required values, or run the command in an interactive terminal.`,
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * Choose or create an app on the platform to link to.
  *
@@ -125,6 +136,7 @@ async function selectOrCreateRemoteAppToLinkTo(options: LinkOptions): Promise<{
     }
   }
 
+  abortIfLinkPromptCannotRun(['client-id'])
   const remoteApp = await fetchOrCreateOrganizationApp({...creationOptions, directory: appDirectory})
 
   const developerPlatformClient = remoteApp.developerPlatformClient
@@ -322,6 +334,7 @@ async function loadConfigurationFileName(
   // If no TOML files exist at all, use the default filename without prompting
   if (isEmpty(existingTomls)) return 'shopify.app.toml'
 
+  abortIfLinkPromptCannotRun(['file-name'])
   return selectConfigName(localAppInfo.appDirectory ?? options.directory, remoteApp.title)
 }