@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ describe("init", () => {
 
     expect(keys).toEqual([
       "$schema",
-      "changelog",
       "baseBranch",
-      "commit",
       "access",
+      "format",
+      "changelog",
+      "commit",
       "ignore",
       "fixed",
       "linked",
-      "format",
       "updateInternalDependencies",
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ async function getInteractiveConfig() {
     false,
   );
 
-  config.access = (await cli.askList(
+  config.access = await cli.askList<AccessType>(
     "Should packages be published publicly or privately by default?",
     [
       { label: "Private", value: "restricted" },
       { label: "Public", value: "public" },
     ],
-  )) as AccessType;
+  );
 
   const baseBranchInput = await cli.askQuestion(
     "Which base branch should be used?",
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export type WrittenConfig = {
   commit?: boolean | readonly [string, null | Record<string, unknown>] | string;
   fixed?: Fixed;
   linked?: Linked;
-  access?: AccessType;
+  access?: AccessType | "private";
   baseBranch?: string;
   changedFilePatterns?: readonly string[];
   format?: "auto" | "prettier" | "oxfmt" | "deno" | "dprint" | false;