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
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
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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