Using Better-Auth CLI with Encore

[Maraket]

Issue

When attempting to run pnpx @better-auth/cli generate I get the error:

2025-01-11T09:26:32.971Z ERROR [Better Auth]: Couldn't read your auth config. Error: The ENCORE_RUNTIME_LIB environment variable is not set. It must be set to the path of the Encore runtime library ('encore-runtime.node').

Current Investigation

After finding #1611, I understand I can't simply add the env variable to solve the issue.

I found I can do the schema manually, as per https://better-auth.vercel.app/docs/concepts/database#core-schema, though this both bypasses the issue, and wouldn't resolve the issue if I opted to use the migrate command for better-auth

Expectation

Potentially a way to run commands in context to the running encore application.

Currently my stack

System

• Node Version: 20.18.0
• Encore Version: 1.45.6
• OS: MacOS 14.2.1