{"slug": "show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows", "title": "Show HN: Claude Code AskUserQuestion which works for subagents/teams/workflows", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "| ||||||||||||\n1 point by |\nClaude 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: | |||||||||||\n|", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48320233", "published_at": "2026-05-29 07:38:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-29 07:46:47.678792+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "AskUserQuestion", "SQLite", "MCP"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-code-askuserquestion-which-works-for-subagents-teams-workflows.jsonld"}}