The agent's question tool

The coding agent's question tool puts a structured question to a person and waits for the answer. It is built into the agent, and works only where a person is present to answer.

Finding it

• Built in: AskUserQuestion in Claude Code; other coding agents have an equivalent, or ask in the chat.
• The agent's settings can allow or deny it like any other tool.
• In an unattended run there is no one to answer: the agent states its assumption instead, for a person to confirm later.

Using it

• Two to four options, the recommended one first and marked so; a free answer is always possible.
• One decision per question, with what each option costs.
• Before an action that cannot be undone, not after it.
• Keep the question and the answer, so the decision can be found later.

Examples: AskUserQuestion in Claude Code, and the equivalents in other coding agents.