Asks and answers

rimz asks reads the blocking prompt that currently owns an agent's input, and rimz answer answers a supported prompt through the agent's native terminal interface.

List open asks

rimz asks
rimz asks --json
rimz asks list --all
rimz asks show @planner --json
rimz asks show ask_0123456789abcdef

The default list follows the current channel. --all includes every channel. show accepts the current ask id or one agent address.

JSON rows have this shape:

{
  "ask_id": "ask_0123456789abcdef",
  "agent": { "handle": "@planner#auth", "kind": "claude", "channel": "auth" },
  "kind": "question",
  "since": "2026-07-09T12:00:00Z",
  "detail": "Choose a rollout",
  "questions": [
    {
      "question": "Choose a rollout",
      "options": [
        { "label": "safe", "description": "Stage the rollout", "mutates_trust": false, "caution": null },
        { "label": "fast", "description": null, "mutates_trust": false, "caution": null }
      ],
      "multi_select": false
    }
  ]
}

Permission asks expose only allow, which approves the current tool call once. Plan approvals expose only approve, whose caution reports that it enables auto-accept for subsequent edits. The JSON options contain only those deliverable actions; denial, persistent grants, keep-planning, refinement text, and manual-review approval remain in the Claude pane.

Answer an ask

rimz answer @planner 2
rimz answer @planner safe
rimz answer @planner 1,3
rimz answer @planner --text "Use the staged route"
rimz answer ask_0123456789abcdef --json answers.json
rimz answer ask_0123456789abcdef --json < answers.json

One positional selector answers each question in order. A comma selects several options on a multi-select question. Selectors accept one-based indices or case-insensitive full labels. --text applies only to a single question; use structured JSON to mix answer forms across several questions.

Structured input is one object per question:

[
  { "pick": ["safe"] },
  { "pick": [1, 3] },
  { "text": "Notify the release channel" }
]

RimZ validates every answer before sending a keystroke. An ask-id target also acts as a compare-and-swap token: a prompt answered or superseded in the pane is stale and receives no input. Unsupported permission and plan actions exit 3 before pane delivery, list the valid remote option, and direct you to the Claude pane.

Confirmation waits 30 seconds by default. --wait 5m changes the deadline; --no-wait returns after the pane write. Exit 0 means confirmed or intentionally not waited, 2 means the ask was stale or its pane unavailable, 3 means validation or adapter capability failed, and 4 means the agent did not confirm before the deadline.

Claude questions support single picks, multi-select picks, and free text. Permission allow uses the stable first menu action. Plan approve uses Shift-Tab and enables auto-accept edits. The Escape-based deny and keep-planning actions stay pane-only because Claude Code 2.1.205 emits no lifecycle confirmation for them.