question — the model asks, you answer
Sometimes the model needs a decision before it can continue. question is how it
asks: one to four questions, each with labelled options, answered in a small
dialog instead of a wall of prose.
- You answer; you never call it. The model decides when a decision is needed.
- Options, plus your own words: every question carries an
Otherrow you can type into, and a question with no options asks for plain text. Esccancels, and the model is told you cancelled rather than being left waiting.- The dialog reaches you where the turn is — terminal, RPC, or the WeChat bridge.
What you can do
| What you want | What to do |
|---|---|
| Answer with one of the options | ↑/↓ to the row, Enter |
| Answer in your own words | choose Other, then type |
| Pick several | Space toggles, Enter confirms |
| Move between questions | the tab row, Tab/Shift+Tab |
| Submit a batch | the Submit tab, once every question is answered |
| Cancel the questions | Esc |
Try it
Ask for something with a real decision in it:
Add rate limiting, and ask me which store to keep the counters in.
The model asks; you pick an option, or type one it did not list, and the turn continues with the answer.
Reference
Shape. Up to four questions in one call, each with up to four options and an
optional second line describing one. A question may take several selections, and
a batch is answered in one pass — Submit refuses until every question has an
answer and names the missing ones. A single question submits on Enter without a
Submit tab.
Where it appears. The TUI shows the dialog and waits for the editor’s focus;
RPC and remote turns use the same dialog through Pi’s own select/input/editor
fallbacks; a print or json run with no dialog channel gets unavailable
instead of a hang.
History. The answers are part of the transcript, so /resume and /tree
show the questions and what you chose.
Limits
- The model decides when to ask; there is no command to open the dialog yourself.
- At most four questions per call and four options per question — a decision with more branches is better asked in prose.
- An answer is not saved anywhere else: it lives in the transcript, not in config.