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ask_user tool is not accessible in nested session

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
shell
Domain
ai, cli

Research direction

Start by tracing how the ask_user tool is exposed in the main session and how nested sessions are created in the CLI. Reproduce the example workflow with a nested plan-mode session, then verify that ask_user is available there and remains usable across the stated multi-session flow.

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Description

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Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

ask_user tool is not accessible in nested session

Proposed solution

make ask_user accessible in nested session.
See this ticket in copilot-app ask_user tool is not accessible in nested session

Example prompts or workflows
  • main session : look to all opened bug on project XX, and prioritize them.
  • For each high level bug, trigger a nested session in plan mode, up to 4 maximum. use worktree for isolation.

the user then do the plan of the fix in each of the nested session, plan, then implement,...

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