diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1547b99..cf60623 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.81"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.82"
 }
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index d6227e8..0b3b470 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 22
 openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/stainless%2Fstainless-v0-ef33241ec003fafbf4f2ffe434c3d8c2ac0ba929137942185663ff59974d2138.yml
 openapi_spec_hash: 87bd0d9c684517522cbbbd48bbe8ad83
-config_hash: 038aa9961f259a8ee53e61dfb2454763
+config_hash: 63178ec4b1d2ea5636c8619cffcf129b
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e238eb1..38bceb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.82 (2026-03-12)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.81...v0.1.0-alpha.82](https://github.com/stainless-api/stainless-api-cli/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.81...v0.1.0-alpha.82)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix api-key being passed into command ([74a2a46](https://github.com/stainless-api/stainless-api-cli/commit/74a2a46a697ca526395d7ee360c54204d5f86656))
+* fix auth ([ace94ad](https://github.com/stainless-api/stainless-api-cli/commit/ace94ad5a0ee88b334b5752e12cfa8c60e9a88ca))
+* fix for test cases with newlines in YAML and better error reporting ([d7ddfce](https://github.com/stainless-api/stainless-api-cli/commit/d7ddfcefaf919400d052b9741eb4f61163c6da62))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.81 (2026-03-11)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.80...v0.1.0-alpha.81](https://github.com/stainless-api/stainless-api-cli/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.80...v0.1.0-alpha.81)
diff --git a/internal/requestflag/requestflag.go b/internal/requestflag/requestflag.go
index 986afed..7698744 100644
--- a/internal/requestflag/requestflag.go
+++ b/internal/requestflag/requestflag.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type Flag[
 	Sources     cli.ValueSourceChain // sources to load flag value from
 	Required    bool                 // whether the flag is required or not
 	Hidden      bool                 // whether to hide the flag in help output
+	Local       bool                 // whether or not this flag should be applied to subcommands
 	Default     T                    // default value for this flag if not set by from any source
 	Aliases     []string             // aliases that are allowed for this flag
 	Validator   func(T) error        // custom function to validate this flag value
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ type InRequest interface {
 	IsBodyRoot() bool
 }
 
+func (f Flag[T]) IsLocal() bool {
+	return f.Local
+}
+
 func (f Flag[T]) GetQueryPath() string {
 	return f.QueryPath
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cmdutil.go b/pkg/cmd/cmdutil.go
index d23fce0..f271454 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cmdutil.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cmdutil.go
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ func getDefaultRequestOptions(cmd *cli.Command) []option.RequestOption {
 		option.WithHeader("X-Stainless-Package-Version", Version),
 		option.WithHeader("X-Stainless-Runtime", "cli"),
 		option.WithHeader("X-Stainless-CLI-Command", cmd.FullName()),
-		option.WithAPIKey(cmd.String("api-key")),
-		option.WithProject(cmd.String("project")),
+	}
+
+	if cmd.IsSet("api-key") {
+		opts = append(opts, option.WithAPIKey(cmd.String("api-key")))
+	}
+
+	if cmd.IsSet("project") {
+		opts = append(opts, option.WithProject(cmd.String("project")))
 	}
 
 	// Override base URL if the --base-url flag is provided
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/flagoptions.go b/pkg/cmd/flagoptions.go
index 533ebab..9aee10d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/flagoptions.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/flagoptions.go
@@ -227,19 +227,20 @@ func flagOptions(
 
 		if len(pipeData) > 0 {
 			var bodyData any
-			if err := yaml.Unmarshal(pipeData, &bodyData); err == nil {
-				if bodyMap, ok := bodyData.(map[string]any); ok {
-					if flagMap, ok := requestContents.Body.(map[string]any); ok {
-						maps.Copy(bodyMap, flagMap)
-						requestContents.Body = bodyMap
-					} else {
-						bodyData = requestContents.Body
-					}
-				} else if flagMap, ok := requestContents.Body.(map[string]any); ok && len(flagMap) > 0 {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot merge flags with a body that is not a map: %v", bodyData)
+			if err := yaml.Unmarshal(pipeData, &bodyData); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse piped data as YAML/JSON:\n%w", err)
+			}
+			if bodyMap, ok := bodyData.(map[string]any); ok {
+				if flagMap, ok := requestContents.Body.(map[string]any); ok {
+					maps.Copy(bodyMap, flagMap)
+					requestContents.Body = bodyMap
 				} else {
-					requestContents.Body = bodyData
+					bodyData = requestContents.Body
 				}
+			} else if flagMap, ok := requestContents.Body.(map[string]any); ok && len(flagMap) > 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot merge flags with a body that is not a map: %v", bodyData)
+			} else {
+				requestContents.Body = bodyData
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index caefff0..23013c3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-const Version = "0.1.0-alpha.81" // x-release-please-version
+const Version = "0.1.0-alpha.82" // x-release-please-version