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Show HN: Claude Code AskUserQuestion which works for subagents/teams/workflows

A developer released an open-source tool called `ask_human_question` that fixes a limitation in Claude Code where subagents, agent teams, and workflows cannot use the AskUserQuestion function. Built on SQLite and MCP, the tool blocks execution until a human answers, supporting all question types through a CLI or web interface. This fills a critical gap for efficiently managing swarms of AI agents in multi-agent systems.

read1 min publishedMay 29, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | Claude Code does not support AskUserQuestion in spawned sessions - subagents, agent teams, and workflows — which makes a swarm of agents less efficient in the original implementation. This can be easily fixed with an additional MCP. Built on a SQLite DB and MCP, blocking until the question is answered, supporting all possible question types, with a CLI or web interface for answers, ask_human_question fills the gap in efficient subagent management. Repo: | ||||||||||| |

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news.ycombinator.com — original article Don't read any books written post-2024 Ask HN: How are you handling upfront AI token costs when building products? Ask HN: Is Claude Opus 4.8 broken?
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