fix(cli): report an unusable terminal instead of a prompt_toolkit traceback

- Windows terminals without a console buffer raised NoConsoleScreenBufferError
  before the first prompt, surfacing a raw traceback with no guidance
- gate the Windows-only import on sys.platform so a broken prompt_toolkit still
  surfaces there, and the handler stays inert on other platforms #1138

cli/main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
 import os
+import sys
 import time
 from collections import deque
 from functools import wraps
@@ -52,6 +53,18 @@ from tradingagents.reporting import write_report_tree
 
 console = Console()
 
+# prompt_toolkit's win32 output module is importable only on Windows (it asserts
+# the platform at import time), so gate on the platform rather than catching the
+# failure — that way a genuinely broken prompt_toolkit on Windows still surfaces
+# instead of silently disabling the handler below. Off Windows this stays an
+# empty tuple, which `except` accepts and never matches (#1138).
+if sys.platform == "win32":  # pragma: no cover - platform dependent
+    from prompt_toolkit.output.win32 import NoConsoleScreenBufferError
+
+    _NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS: tuple[type[BaseException], ...] = (NoConsoleScreenBufferError,)
+else:
+    _NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS = ()
+
 app = typer.Typer(
     name="TradingAgents",
     help="TradingAgents CLI: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework",
@@ -1285,7 +1298,19 @@ def analyze(
         from tradingagents.graph.checkpointer import clear_all_checkpoints
         n = clear_all_checkpoints(DEFAULT_CONFIG["data_cache_dir"])
         console.print(f"[yellow]Cleared {n} checkpoint(s).[/yellow]")
-    run_analysis(checkpoint=checkpoint)
+    try:
+        run_analysis(checkpoint=checkpoint)
+    except _NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS:
+        # A terminal with no console buffer cannot host the interactive prompts.
+        # Emit one actionable line on stderr instead of a prompt_toolkit
+        # traceback; plain text, since rich may not render here either (#1138).
+        typer.echo(
+            "Error: no Windows console available. The interactive CLI needs a real "
+            "console buffer — run it from Windows Terminal, PowerShell, or cmd.exe "
+            "rather than a piped or embedded terminal.",
+            err=True,
+        )
+        raise typer.Exit(code=1) from None
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

tests/test_cli_no_console.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+"""A terminal without a console buffer must fail with one actionable line (#1138).
+
+prompt_toolkit raises NoConsoleScreenBufferError before the first prompt in
+non-interactive Windows terminals; the CLI should not surface that traceback.
+The Windows-only exception import must also stay inert on other platforms.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+
+from typer.testing import CliRunner
+
+import cli.main as m
+
+
+def test_no_console_error_tuple_matches_platform():
+    # Off Windows the win32 module is never imported (it asserts the platform),
+    # so the tuple is empty — which `except` accepts and never matches. On
+    # Windows it holds the real exception type, and a broken prompt_toolkit
+    # would raise at import rather than silently disabling the handler.
+    assert isinstance(m._NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS, tuple)
+    assert all(issubclass(e, BaseException) for e in m._NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS)
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        assert m._NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS, "Windows must resolve the console error type"
+    else:
+        assert m._NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS == ()
+
+
+def test_missing_console_prints_actionable_message(monkeypatch):
+    class _NoConsole(Exception):
+        pass
+
+    # Simulate the Windows failure on any platform by registering a stand-in.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(m, "_NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS", (_NoConsole,))
+
+    def _boom(*a, **k):
+        raise _NoConsole("No Windows console found. Are you running cmd.exe?")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(m, "run_analysis", _boom)
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(m.app, [])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "no Windows console available" in result.output
+    # The raw prompt_toolkit traceback must not reach the user.
+    assert "Traceback" not in result.output
+
+
+def test_unrelated_errors_still_propagate(monkeypatch):
+    # The handler must stay narrow: only the console error is translated.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(m, "_NO_CONSOLE_ERRORS", (RuntimeError,))
+
+    def _boom(*a, **k):
+        raise ValueError("unrelated")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(m, "run_analysis", _boom)
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(m.app, [])
+    assert isinstance(result.exception, ValueError)