diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index 3942f4ad9..cca550011 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 	// Instantiate the view, even if there are flag errors, so that we render
 	// diagnostics according to the desired view
 	var view views.Apply
-	view = views.NewApply(args.ViewType, c.Destroy, c.RunningInAutomation, c.View)
+	view = views.NewApply(args.ViewType, c.Destroy, c.View)
 
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		view.Diagnostics(diags)
diff --git a/command/plan.go b/command/plan.go
index f4c81053f..8f3d1195b 100644
--- a/command/plan.go
+++ b/command/plan.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 
 	// Instantiate the view, even if there are flag errors, so that we render
 	// diagnostics according to the desired view
-	view := views.NewPlan(args.ViewType, c.RunningInAutomation, c.View)
+	view := views.NewPlan(args.ViewType, c.View)
 
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		view.Diagnostics(diags)
diff --git a/command/refresh.go b/command/refresh.go
index c7dbf7173..77942fd67 100644
--- a/command/refresh.go
+++ b/command/refresh.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (c *RefreshCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 	// Instantiate the view, even if there are flag errors, so that we render
 	// diagnostics according to the desired view
 	var view views.Refresh
-	view = views.NewRefresh(args.ViewType, c.RunningInAutomation, c.View)
+	view = views.NewRefresh(args.ViewType, c.View)
 
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		view.Diagnostics(diags)
diff --git a/command/views/apply.go b/command/views/apply.go
index 4f2b3bba5..988924f99 100644
--- a/command/views/apply.go
+++ b/command/views/apply.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Apply interface {
 }
 
 // NewApply returns an initialized Apply implementation for the given ViewType.
-func NewApply(vt arguments.ViewType, destroy bool, runningInAutomation bool, view *View) Apply {
+func NewApply(vt arguments.ViewType, destroy bool, view *View) Apply {
 	switch vt {
 	case arguments.ViewJSON:
 		return &ApplyJSON{
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewApply(vt arguments.ViewType, destroy bool, runningInAutomation bool, vie
 		return &ApplyHuman{
 			view:         view,
 			destroy:      destroy,
-			inAutomation: runningInAutomation,
+			inAutomation: view.RunningInAutomation(),
 			countHook:    &countHook{},
 		}
 	default:
diff --git a/command/views/apply_test.go b/command/views/apply_test.go
index 3d4ccee6e..fac161ac4 100644
--- a/command/views/apply_test.go
+++ b/command/views/apply_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func TestApply_new(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, true, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true))
 	hv, ok := v.(*ApplyHuman)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", v)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestApply_new(t *testing.T) {
 // elsewhere.
 func TestApplyHuman_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{
 		"foo": {Value: cty.StringVal("secret")},
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestApplyHuman_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 // Outputs should do nothing if there are no outputs to render.
 func TestApplyHuman_outputsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{})
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestApplyHuman_outputsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 func TestApplyHuman_operation(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, true, NewView(streams)).Operation()
+	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true)).Operation()
 	if hv, ok := v.(*OperationHuman); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", v)
 	} else if hv.inAutomation != true {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestApplyHuman_help(t *testing.T) {
 	for name, destroy := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-			v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, destroy, false, NewView(streams))
+			v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, destroy, NewView(streams))
 			v.HelpPrompt()
 			got := done(t).Stderr()
 			if !strings.Contains(got, name) {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestApply_resourceCount(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, viewType := range views {
 			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s view)", name, viewType), func(t *testing.T) {
 				streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-				v := NewApply(viewType, tc.destroy, false, NewView(streams))
+				v := NewApply(viewType, tc.destroy, NewView(streams))
 				hooks := v.Hooks()
 
 				var count *countHook
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestApplyHuman_resourceCountStatePath(t *testing.T) {
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-			v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, false, NewView(streams))
+			v := NewApply(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams))
 			hooks := v.Hooks()
 
 			var count *countHook
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestApplyHuman_resourceCountStatePath(t *testing.T) {
 // elsewhere.
 func TestApplyJSON_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewJSON, false, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewApply(arguments.ViewJSON, false, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{
 		"boop_count": {Value: cty.NumberIntVal(92)},
diff --git a/command/views/plan.go b/command/views/plan.go
index bddf8aac3..fca9f0ec6 100644
--- a/command/views/plan.go
+++ b/command/views/plan.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Plan interface {
 }
 
 // NewPlan returns an initialized Plan implementation for the given ViewType.
-func NewPlan(vt arguments.ViewType, runningInAutomation bool, view *View) Plan {
+func NewPlan(vt arguments.ViewType, view *View) Plan {
 	switch vt {
 	case arguments.ViewJSON:
 		return &PlanJSON{
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewPlan(vt arguments.ViewType, runningInAutomation bool, view *View) Plan {
 	case arguments.ViewHuman:
 		return &PlanHuman{
 			view:         view,
-			inAutomation: runningInAutomation,
+			inAutomation: view.RunningInAutomation(),
 		}
 	default:
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unknown view type %v", vt))
diff --git a/command/views/plan_test.go b/command/views/plan_test.go
index 481b05605..f3c33abba 100644
--- a/command/views/plan_test.go
+++ b/command/views/plan_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 func TestPlanHuman_operation(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewPlan(arguments.ViewHuman, true, NewView(streams)).Operation()
+	v := NewPlan(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true)).Operation()
 	if hv, ok := v.(*OperationHuman); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", v)
 	} else if hv.inAutomation != true {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestPlanHuman_operation(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPlanHuman_hooks(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewPlan(arguments.ViewHuman, true, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewPlan(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation((true)))
 	hooks := v.Hooks()
 
 	var uiHook *UiHook
diff --git a/command/views/refresh.go b/command/views/refresh.go
index dbc316574..39db5a3bf 100644
--- a/command/views/refresh.go
+++ b/command/views/refresh.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Refresh interface {
 }
 
 // NewRefresh returns an initialized Refresh implementation for the given ViewType.
-func NewRefresh(vt arguments.ViewType, runningInAutomation bool, view *View) Refresh {
+func NewRefresh(vt arguments.ViewType, view *View) Refresh {
 	switch vt {
 	case arguments.ViewJSON:
 		return &RefreshJSON{
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewRefresh(vt arguments.ViewType, runningInAutomation bool, view *View) Ref
 	case arguments.ViewHuman:
 		return &RefreshHuman{
 			view:         view,
-			inAutomation: runningInAutomation,
+			inAutomation: view.RunningInAutomation(),
 			countHook:    &countHook{},
 		}
 	default:
diff --git a/command/views/refresh_test.go b/command/views/refresh_test.go
index 3a409de67..ff1451184 100644
--- a/command/views/refresh_test.go
+++ b/command/views/refresh_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestRefreshHuman_operation(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, true, NewView(streams)).Operation()
+	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true)).Operation()
 	if hv, ok := v.(*OperationHuman); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", v)
 	} else if hv.inAutomation != true {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestRefreshHuman_operation(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRefreshHuman_hooks(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
 	defer done(t)
-	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, true, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true))
 	hooks := v.Hooks()
 
 	var uiHook *UiHook
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestRefreshHuman_hooks(t *testing.T) {
 // elsewhere.
 func TestRefreshHuman_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{
 		"foo": {Value: cty.StringVal("secret")},
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestRefreshHuman_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 // Outputs should do nothing if there are no outputs to render.
 func TestRefreshHuman_outputsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{})
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestRefreshHuman_outputsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 // elsewhere.
 func TestRefreshJSON_outputs(t *testing.T) {
 	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
-	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewJSON, false, NewView(streams))
+	v := NewRefresh(arguments.ViewJSON, NewView(streams))
 
 	v.Outputs(map[string]*states.OutputValue{
 		"boop_count": {Value: cty.NumberIntVal(92)},
diff --git a/command/views/view.go b/command/views/view.go
index eb8a3bd79..f59fd4405 100644
--- a/command/views/view.go
+++ b/command/views/view.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func (v *View) SetRunningInAutomation(new bool) *View {
 	return v
 }
 
+func (v *View) RunningInAutomation() bool {
+	return v.runningInAutomation
+}
+
 // Configure applies the global view configuration flags.
 func (v *View) Configure(view *arguments.View) {
 	v.colorize.Disable = view.NoColor