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Editing prompts in editor should include some conversation history #5016
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I recently noticed Claude has the AskUserQuestion tool which is an interactive picker with tabs and all. Looks something like this:
Now I'm not sure this is the best solution, but it is true, that currently answering followup questions is quite the pain, since sometimes it can overflow the screen.
What would be pretty awesome, and probably useful for other things as well, if I could invoke the editor with the previous agent output quoted, instead of just what I have in the prompt, just like when I would be replying to an email in TUI. This would also be useful when I want to write something more complex, but I want the context of where we are (the editor takes over the entire screen so I'm left to remember).
How I imagine this is having a command like editor-reply, and assuming you already had something typed into the prompt it would open your EDITOR with
> This was the LLM output
> Question 1
> Question 2
My partial prompt is here
Answering question inline would be a breeze (and very familiar to people who write emails in a TUI editor).
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github-actions commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Testing if comments work
github-actions commentedon Dec 3, 2025
This issue might be a duplicate of or related to existing issues. Please check:
Feel free to ignore if these don't address your specific request for showing LLM output context in the editor with quoted responses.
rekram1-node commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Yeah we are going to add this to the plan mode
rekram1-node commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Do you think we can put this under:
#3844
benceferdinandy-signifyd commentedon Dec 3, 2025
@rekram1-node I see that is for tracking the Claude Code style question, which is fine. What do you think about the quote-reply thing I mentioned? I can open a new issue for that or rename this one if that is better for you.
rekram1-node commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Yeah I think we could rename this one, I get what you're saying
We could have things commented out or something and then you can see the convo history
[-][FEATURE]: better UX for responding to LLM questions (and improved experience with EDITOR)[/-][+]Editing prompts in editor should include some conversation history[/+]benceferdinandy-signifyd commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Ack. Although I would definitely suggest using quote
>instead of comment#.rekram1-node commentedon Dec 3, 2025
Yeah I wasn't trying to suggest which variation
>works for me, just wanted to communicate we need something that makes it clear that it's commented outdbpolito commentedon Dec 15, 2025
hey, just opened #5563 with a different approach, let me know your thoughts
rekram1-node commentedon Dec 15, 2025
@dbpolito Im not sure that pr is relevant to this discussion unless I misunderstood?
dbpolito commentedon Dec 15, 2025
hmm, maybe not... i saw the mention of
AskUserQuestionand thought it was more related to that feature... nvm thenbenceferdinandy-signifyd commentedon Jan 26, 2026
@rekram1-node I still often run into the situation where the a) the question tool is not used and b) where it would make sense for me to have the original output available in the editor without me having to manually select it with the mouse. I still often find myself doing "select with mouse, open prompt in editor, paste selection"
github-actions commentedon Mar 29, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 90 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.