@@ -106,13 +106,16 @@ function printHelp(context: ActionContext): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * Without a TTY there are no shortcuts to offer, so point at the way to talk to
- * the server instead: non-interactive callers (scripts, agents) otherwise have
- * no indication that one exists.
+ * Without a readable stdin there are no shortcuts to offer, so point at the way
+ * to talk to the server instead: a caller driving the CLI without a keyboard
+ * (an agent, a wrapper script) otherwise has no indication that one exists.
+ *
+ * `/` is suggested rather than an API route because it is the one path every
+ * project serves.
  */
 function printRequestHint(): void {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.log(`\n  ${styleText('dim', 'run')} ${styleText('bold', 'nuxt curl /api/hello')} ${styleText('dim', 'to send a request to this server')}\n`)
+  console.log(`\n  ${styleText('dim', 'run')} ${styleText('bold', 'nuxt curl /')} ${styleText('dim', 'to send a request to this server')}\n`)
 }
 
 function availableShortcuts(context: ShortcutContext): Shortcut[] {
@@ -127,7 +130,9 @@ function availableShortcuts(context: ShortcutContext): Shortcut[] {
  */
 export function setupShortcuts(context: ShortcutContext): void {
   if (!process.stdin.isTTY || isCI || isTest) {
-    if (!isCI && !isTest) {
+    // A hint written into a redirected log is read by nobody and answered by
+    // nobody, so it is only offered while stdout is still a terminal.
+    if (process.stdout.isTTY && !isCI && !isTest) {
       context.onReady(() => printRequestHint())
     }
     return
 
@@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ describe('setupShortcuts', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks()
   })
 
-  function setup(context: Partial<ShortcutContext> = {}, { isTTY = true, isRaw = false } = {}) {
+  function setup(context: Partial<ShortcutContext> = {}, { isTTY = true, isRaw = false, stdoutIsTTY = true } = {}) {
     const stdin = new PassThrough() as unknown as typeof process.stdin
     Object.assign(stdin, { isTTY, isRaw, setRawMode: vi.fn((raw: boolean) => Object.assign(stdin, { isRaw: raw })) })
 
     const original = process.stdin
     Object.defineProperty(process, 'stdin', { value: stdin, configurable: true })
     restores.push(() => Object.defineProperty(process, 'stdin', { value: original, configurable: true }))
 
+    const originalStdoutIsTTY = process.stdout.isTTY
+    Object.defineProperty(process.stdout, 'isTTY', { value: stdoutIsTTY, configurable: true })
+    restores.push(() => Object.defineProperty(process.stdout, 'isTTY', { value: originalStdoutIsTTY, configurable: true }))
+
     const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
 
     const listener = {
@@ -89,10 +93,16 @@ describe('setupShortcuts', () => {
     expect(setup().stdin.listenerCount('data')).toBe(0)
   })
 
-  it('should suggest `nuxt curl` when there is no TTY', () => {
+  it('should suggest `nuxt curl` when stdin cannot be read', () => {
     const { log } = setup({}, { isTTY: false })
 
-    expect(log.mock.calls.join('\n')).toContain('nuxt curl /api/hello')
+    expect(log.mock.calls.join('\n')).toContain('nuxt curl /')
+  })
+
+  it('should stay silent when the output is redirected', () => {
+    const { log } = setup({}, { isTTY: false, stdoutIsTTY: false })
+
+    expect(log.mock.calls.join('\n')).not.toContain('nuxt curl')
   })
 
   it('should stay silent in CI', () => {