diff --git a/pkgs/clan-app/ui/src/hooks/queries.ts b/pkgs/clan-app/ui/src/hooks/queries.ts
index c6eb86f29..93eeab34f 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-app/ui/src/hooks/queries.ts
+++ b/pkgs/clan-app/ui/src/hooks/queries.ts
@@ -318,8 +318,13 @@ export const useMachineGenerators = (
     ],
     queryFn: async () => {
       const call = client.fetch("get_generators", {
-        base_dir: clanUri,
-        machine_name: machineName,
+        machine: {
+          name: machineName,
+          flake: {
+            identifier: clanUri,
+          },
+          full_closure: true, // TODO: Make this configurable
+        },
         // TODO: Make this configurable
         include_previous_values: true,
       });
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_vars.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_vars.py
index 98482e17e..372234f93 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_vars.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_vars.py
@@ -725,8 +725,9 @@ def test_api_set_prompts(
     )
     assert store.get(my_generator, "prompt1").decode() == "input2"
 
+    machine = Machine(name="my_machine", flake=Flake(str(flake.path)))
     generators = get_generators(
-        machine_name="my_machine", base_dir=flake.path, include_previous_values=True
+        machine=machine, full_closure=True, include_previous_values=True
     )
     # get_generators should bind the store
     assert generators[0].files[0]._store is not None
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/generate.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/generate.py
index 1ab22fa8a..0f4277364 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/generate.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/generate.py
@@ -427,12 +427,25 @@ def _get_previous_value(
     return None
 
 
-def _get_closure(
+@API.register
+def get_generators(
     machine: "Machine",
-    generator_name: str | None,
     full_closure: bool,
+    generator_name: str | None = None,
     include_previous_values: bool = False,
 ) -> list[Generator]:
+    """
+    Get generators for a machine, with optional closure computation.
+
+    Args:
+        machine: The machine to get generators for.
+        full_closure: If True, include all dependency generators. If False, only include missing ones.
+        generator_name: Name of a specific generator to get, or None for all generators.
+        include_previous_values: If True, populate prompts with their previous values.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of generators based on the specified selection and closure mode.
+    """
     from . import graph
 
     vars_generators = Generator.get_machine_generators(machine.name, machine.flake)
@@ -510,31 +523,6 @@ def _generate_vars_for_machine(
             )
 
 
-@API.register
-def get_generators(
-    machine_name: str,
-    base_dir: Path,
-    include_previous_values: bool = False,
-) -> list[Generator]:
-    """
-    Get the list of generators for a machine, optionally with previous values.
-    If `full_closure` is True, it returns the full closure of generators.
-    If `include_previous_values` is True, it includes the previous values for prompts.
-
-    Args:
-        machine_name (str): The name of the machine.
-        base_dir (Path): The base directory of the flake.
-    Returns:
-        list[Generator]: A list of generators for the machine.
-    """
-
-    return Generator.get_machine_generators(
-        machine_name,
-        Flake(str(base_dir)),
-        include_previous_values,
-    )
-
-
 @API.register
 def run_generators(
     machine_name: str,
@@ -585,7 +573,7 @@ def create_machine_vars_interactive(
     regenerate: bool,
     no_sandbox: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
-    generators = _get_closure(machine, generator_name, regenerate)
+    generators = get_generators(machine, regenerate, generator_name)
     if len(generators) == 0:
         return
     all_prompt_values = {}
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/list.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/list.py
index 42b387436..4f3d4e1bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/list.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/list.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
-from pathlib import Path
 
 from clan_cli.completions import add_dynamic_completer, complete_machines
 from clan_lib.flake import Flake, require_flake
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def get_machine_vars(base_dir: str, machine_name: str) -> list[Var]:
 
     all_vars = []
 
-    generators = get_generators(base_dir=Path(base_dir), machine_name=machine_name)
+    generators = get_generators(machine=machine, full_closure=True)
     for generator in generators:
         for var in generator.files:
             if var.secret:
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/tests/test_create.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/tests/test_create.py
index ae8b67354..53c9951e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/tests/test_create.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/tests/test_create.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def test_clan_create_api(
     # Invalidate cache because of new inventory
     clan_dir_flake.invalidate_cache()
 
-    generators = get_generators(machine.name, machine.flake.path)
+    generators = get_generators(machine=machine, full_closure=True)
     all_prompt_values = {}
     for generator in generators:
         prompt_values = {}