diff --git a/src/cmds/login.ts b/src/cmds/login.ts
index 887712ce3..4fb386248 100644
--- a/src/cmds/login.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/login.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default class LoginCommand extends Command {
     ];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     prompts.override(opts);
diff --git a/src/cmds/logout.ts b/src/cmds/logout.ts
index 377bb79ab..4f6d93640 100644
--- a/src/cmds/logout.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/logout.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import Command, { CommandCategories } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 import config from '../lib/config';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class LogoutCommand extends Command {
     this.args = [];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<{}>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<{}>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     if (configStore.has('email') && configStore.has('project')) {
diff --git a/src/cmds/oas.ts b/src/cmds/oas.ts
index 1b617926c..889e5a388 100644
--- a/src/cmds/oas.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/oas.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import Command, { CommandCategories } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 import isHidden from '../lib/decorators/isHidden';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class OASCommand extends Command {
     this.args = [];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<{}>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<{}>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const message = [
diff --git a/src/cmds/open.ts b/src/cmds/open.ts
index 17ecce073..7d29c3e16 100644
--- a/src/cmds/open.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/open.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import open from 'open';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default class OpenCommand extends Command {
     ];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { dash } = opts;
diff --git a/src/cmds/openapi/convert.ts b/src/cmds/openapi/convert.ts
index 78aabe96e..765bf3912 100644
--- a/src/cmds/openapi/convert.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/openapi/convert.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
 import type { OASDocument } from 'oas/dist/rmoas.types';
 
 import fs from 'fs';
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIConvertCommand extends Command {
     ];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { spec, workingDirectory } = opts;
diff --git a/src/cmds/openapi/inspect.ts b/src/cmds/openapi/inspect.ts
index c1297808b..388fca366 100644
--- a/src/cmds/openapi/inspect.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/openapi/inspect.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Analysis, AnalyzedFeature } from '../../lib/analyzeOas';
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
 import type { OASDocument } from 'oas/dist/rmoas.types';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIInspectCommand extends Command {
     return report.join('\n');
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { spec, workingDirectory, feature: features } = opts;
diff --git a/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts b/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
index 3581bb3b6..46cd4d4a9 100644
--- a/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
 import type { OASDocument } from 'oas/dist/rmoas.types';
 
 import fs from 'fs';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIReduceCommand extends Command {
     ];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { spec, title, workingDirectory } = opts;
diff --git a/src/cmds/openapi/validate.ts b/src/cmds/openapi/validate.ts
index dcbecf22a..cb92be1f1 100644
--- a/src/cmds/openapi/validate.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/openapi/validate.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIValidateCommand extends Command {
     ];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { spec, workingDirectory } = opts;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIValidateCommand extends Command {
 
     const { specPath, specType } = await prepareOas(spec, 'openapi:validate');
     return Promise.resolve(chalk.green(`${specPath} is a valid ${specType} API definition!`)).then(msg =>
-      createGHA(msg, this.command, this.args, { ...opts, spec: specPath } as CommandOptions<Options>),
+      createGHA(msg, this.command, this.args, { ...opts, spec: specPath } as ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cmds/validate.ts b/src/cmds/validate.ts
index fb4839a52..3c8fb1f70 100644
--- a/src/cmds/validate.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/validate.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Options } from './openapi/validate';
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import Command from '../lib/baseCommand';
 import isHidden from '../lib/decorators/isHidden';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class ValidateAliasCommand extends OpenAPIValidateCommand {
     this.description = 'Alias for `rdme openapi:validate` [deprecated].';
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<Options>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<Options>) {
     Command.warn('`rdme validate` has been deprecated. Please use `rdme openapi:validate` instead.');
     return super.run(opts);
   }
diff --git a/src/cmds/whoami.ts b/src/cmds/whoami.ts
index d43df443b..c3e0fc7ab 100644
--- a/src/cmds/whoami.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/whoami.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
+import type { ZeroAuthCommandOptions } from '../lib/baseCommand';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class WhoAmICommand extends Command {
     this.args = [];
   }
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<{}>) {
+  async run(opts: ZeroAuthCommandOptions<{}>) {
     await super.run(opts);
 
     const { email, project } = getCurrentConfig();
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1f49c4e86..aad0bb4e1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
 import type Command from './lib/baseCommand';
-import type { CommandOptions, AuthenticatedCommandOptions } from './lib/baseCommand';
+import type { CommandOptions } from './lib/baseCommand';
 import type { CommandLineOptions } from 'command-line-args';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default function rdme(rawProcessArgv: NodeJS.Process['argv']) {
   }
 
   try {
-    let cmdArgv: CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}> | CommandLineOptions;
+    let cmdArgv: CommandOptions<{}> | CommandLineOptions;
     let bin: Command;
 
     // Handling for `rdme help` and `rdme help <command>` cases.
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ export default function rdme(rawProcessArgv: NodeJS.Process['argv']) {
 
     cmdArgv = { key, ...cmdArgv };
 
-    return bin.run(cmdArgv as CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>).then((msg: string) => {
+    return bin.run(cmdArgv as CommandOptions<{}>).then((msg: string) => {
       if (bin.supportsGHA) {
-        return createGHA(msg, bin.command, bin.args, cmdArgv as CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>);
+        return createGHA(msg, bin.command, bin.args, cmdArgv as CommandOptions<{}>);
       }
       return msg;
     });
diff --git a/src/lib/baseCommand.ts b/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
index 115d1e24a..f6c7af221 100644
--- a/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
+++ b/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ import isCI from './isCI';
 import { debug, info, warn } from './logger';
 import loginFlow from './loginFlow';
 
-export type CommandOptions<T> = T & {
-  github?: boolean;
-} & { key?: never };
+export type CommandOptions<T> = ZeroAuthCommandOptions<T> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<T>;
 
-export type AuthenticatedCommandOptions<T> = Omit<CommandOptions<T>, 'key'> & {
+export type AuthenticatedCommandOptions<T> = Omit<ZeroAuthCommandOptions<T>, 'key'> & {
   key: string;
   version?: string;
 };
 
+export type ZeroAuthCommandOptions<T> = T & {
+  github?: boolean;
+} & { key?: never };
+
 export enum CommandCategories {
   ADMIN = 'admin',
   APIS = 'apis',
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ export default class Command {
    */
   args!: OptionDefinition[];
 
-  async run(opts: CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>): Promise<string> {
+  async run(opts: CommandOptions<{}>): Promise<string> {
     Command.debug(`command: ${this.command}`);
     Command.debug(`opts: ${JSON.stringify(opts)}`);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/createGHA/index.ts b/src/lib/createGHA/index.ts
index f0bdba0d3..32edd5f19 100644
--- a/src/lib/createGHA/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/createGHA/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type commands from '../../cmds';
-import type { AuthenticatedCommandOptions, CommandOptions } from '../baseCommand';
+import type { CommandOptions } from '../baseCommand';
 import type { OptionDefinition } from 'command-line-usage';
 
 import fs from 'fs';
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const getGHAFileName = (fileName: string) => {
  * Returns a redacted `key` if the current command uses authentication.
  * Otherwise, returns `false`.
  */
-function getKey(args: OptionDefinition[], opts: CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>): string | false {
+function getKey(args: OptionDefinition[], opts: CommandOptions<{}>): string | false {
   if (args.some(arg => arg.name === 'key')) {
     return `••••••••••••${opts.key?.slice(-5) || ''}`;
   }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function getKey(args: OptionDefinition[], opts: CommandOptions<{}> | Authenticat
 function constructCmdString(
   command: keyof typeof commands,
   args: OptionDefinition[],
-  opts: CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>,
+  opts: CommandOptions<{}>,
 ): string {
   const optsString = args
     .sort(arg => (arg.defaultOption ? -1 : 0))
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default async function createGHA(
   msg: string,
   command: keyof typeof commands,
   args: OptionDefinition[],
-  opts: CommandOptions<{}> | AuthenticatedCommandOptions<{}>,
+  opts: CommandOptions<{}>,
 ) {
   debug(`running GHA onboarding for ${command} command`);
   debug(`opts used in createGHA: ${JSON.stringify(opts)}`);