Automations that ask you first
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Let an lpm automation stop and ask you before it makes a call that's yours. Say when to ask right in its prompt; when the agent needs you, the Automations row says Needs you and a notice brings its question. Answer with one click, or in your own words, and Claude Code picks up in the same conversation, remembering everything it read.
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Intro
Your automation stops before it decides: patch, minor or major? One click, and Claude picks up right where it left off.
Tell it when to ask
Say an automation gets storefront ready for a release every Friday, with Claude Code. In the sidebar, click Automations, then Release prep. Click Edit, and at the end of its prompt, say when to ask: ask me first whether it's a patch, minor or major release, and ask me to approve the changelog entry before you save it. There's nothing to switch on: in every AI prompt automation, lpm tells the agent how to ask, and to ask only what it can't decide by itself. Just click Save changes.
It asks
Click Run now instead of waiting for Friday, and get on with your work, here in client-portal: you don't have to watch it. When the agent needs you, the Automations row says Needs you, and a notice shows its question: click Answer. The question leads its page. Each option is a button, and one click answers it, while Skip question closes it unanswered. Until you answer, the automation waits: Run now is off, and a scheduled run that comes due is skipped.
Answer with a click
It's a minor release, so click minor. Claude picks up in the same conversation, so it remembers everything it read. It drafts the changelog entry for 1.5.0 and, as you asked, wants your approval: this one is a yes or no.
Answer in your own words
To say more, open the run: the whole conversation is here, with the new question at the bottom. In the reply box, type yes, and put today's date in the heading, then send it. Claude saves the entry with today's date and says what it did, and the question now reads Answered in a reply.
Good to know
An agent can also ask for a written answer, or several things at once, and lpm Link puts the question on your phone too, so you can answer away from your desk.
