Answer Agents in Conversation
When a running agent asks a multiple-choice question, Conversation shows it as an interactive card above the composer — pick a numbered option, type a free-text answer, or check several at once — so you respond without switching back to the Terminal. Every choice becomes the exact keystrokes the agent expects.
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Why You Need This
How this feature boosts your daily productivity
Conversation exists so you can read an agent as a chat instead of a raw terminal. But the one moment the agent truly needs you — a decision it cannot make alone — used to bounce you back to the Terminal to answer. The answer card keeps that moment where you already are: read the question, choose, and the agent gets a clean, correctly-formatted response.
How It Works
Get started in 4 simple steps
Read the question as a card
When a running agent asks a multiple-choice question, Conversation surfaces it as a card headed "The agent needs your answer", right above the composer instead of only pointing you to Terminal.
Pick an option or type your own
Numbered options each carry a one-line description; click one to answer. Prefer to say something that was not listed? The "Type something" row takes a free-text reply to the same question.
Check several, then Next
For multi-select questions the options become checkboxes — toggle everything that applies and press Next to move on, instead of being forced into a single pick.
Review, then Submit answers
A final tab lists exactly what you chose. Confirm with Submit answers, drop back with Answer in Terminal, or Cancel to close the question without sending anything.
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Key Capabilities
Everything included with Answer Agents in Conversation
Why It Matters
The productivity impact of having terminal & ai agents built into your workspace
No Context-Switch Tax
The one moment an agent stops to ask you something is the one moment you no longer have to leave the chat for — the decision happens where you are already reading.
Answers That Land Right
Every pick is turned into the exact keystrokes the agent expects, so you never miscount a menu or fat-finger a number in the raw terminal.
Say What Was Not Offered
The "Type something" row lets you give a free-text answer to the same question, instead of cancelling and starting a whole new prompt.
The Terminal Is Still There
Answer in Terminal rides along on every card, so the raw prompt is one click away whenever you want it.
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