Agents Can Now Ask You Clarifying Questions

🎯 What is it?

The "Ask user question" capability is now built into every agent by default. This means any agent can pause mid-task to ask you a clarifying question when it needs more information, instead of guessing or proceeding with incomplete instructions. Previously, this had to be manually enabled on a per-agent basis.

💡 Why is it useful?

Until now, this capability was opt-in, which made it hard to discover and easy to forget when building a custom agent. By making it a default for all agents, you get more reliable, conversational interactions out of the box — agents can check in with you before heading in the wrong direction.

⚙️ How does it work?

When an agent encounters ambiguity or needs a decision from you, it can now ask you directly during a task. You answer, and the agent continues with the right context. No setup or configuration is needed.

✨ Concrete Use Cases

Here's how you could use it:

Ambiguous requests: You ask an agent to "draft the email to the client" — instead of assuming which client, it asks you to confirm before writing.
Missing details: An agent working on a report notices a required figure is missing and asks you for it, rather than leaving a gap or inventing a value.

📈 Benefits for you

More accurate results, fewer back-and-forth corrections, and a smoother collaboration with your agents — especially for custom agents where this previously had to be configured manually.

🚀 How to access it?

There's nothing to set up. This is now active by default for all agents across your workspace, including any custom agents you've already built.