Interactive questions
Interactive questions let an agent collect the decisions it needs before continuing a task. In Slack, a short set of choices appears in the thread; longer requests and written questions open a form from Answer questions.
Answer a request
Section titled “Answer a request”- Read the request and choose an option, several options, or a written answer.
- Use a custom answer when the provided choices do not fit.
- Complete required questions. Longer forms preserve drafts as you move between pages.
- Select Submit answers, or the final Submit in the form.
The submitted answers continue the same requester’s thread. Selecting a choice on the message card saves a draft. Use the form’s Next, Back, or Save answer controls to save form changes; closing an unsaved page does not save its new fields or submit a decision. Only the requester can answer their request.
Ask for a structured decision
Section titled “Ask for a structured decision”For example, tell the agent:
Before preparing the rollout, ask me which team, chat platform, and first workflow to use. Show choices where possible.
The agent can create single-choice, multiple-choice, and written questions when the tool is available. A request supports up to 20 questions. A short message can contain up to four choice questions; longer sets use a form.
Understand the boundary
Section titled “Understand the boundary”Question cards gather information. They do not grant permission to execute a tool or change a conversation’s access policy. A task can need both an answer and a separate approval.
Requests and draft answers survive a daemon restart. Stopping or clearing a thread cancels its pending questions; the old controls cannot continue the cancelled request. When interactive questions are unavailable on a surface or run, the agent can ask in an ordinary message.
Answers and submission summaries are visible in the conversation. Enter credentials through Variables and secrets, rather than in a question form.