ask_me
Ask the user for their next plan or obtain the user's confirmation
LABSCO SUMMARY
One tool, and it buys back the turn where the assistant would have guessed.
The value is in when it gets called, not in what it does: add a rule telling the assistant to ask before ending a response, and long unattended runs turn into checkpoints where you redirect the work instead of reviewing it afterwards. Because the answer can include an image, a screenshot is a valid reply — useful when what is wrong is easier to show than to describe.
What it is
A confirmation endpoint. The assistant reports what it just did and waits; a terminal UI opens on your machine, and whatever you type — text or an image — comes back as the tool's result.
What you get
- One call that pauses the assistant and asks you what to do next, taking a summary of the work just completed as its argument
- Your reply returned into the conversation, with text and image input both supported
- The prompt raised in the terminal app you already use — Warp, iTerm2, macOS Terminal, Kitty, Alacritty or Hyper
Requirements
Nothing to authorize; it runs as npx askme-cli. ASKME_CLI_TERMINAL picks the terminal it opens in — warp is the default, with iterm2, terminal, kitty, alacritty and hyper also supported. It expects a terminal it can open on the machine running the server, so it suits a local assistant rather than a remote one, and Windows support is not yet confirmed by the author. MIT.
Setup effort
One command — npx askme-cli
USE CASES
01
Being asked before the assistant finishes and moves on
It reports what it did and waits for your next instruction in the terminal, rather than choosing a direction on your behalf.
02
Approving a plan before code gets written
The assistant lays out what it intends to do and holds until you confirm, change it, or stop it.
03
Answering with a screenshot
Replies take images as well as text, so the answer to what is broken can simply be the picture of it.
1 tool
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
1 tool when we connected.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- A supported terminal app: Warp by default, or iTerm2, Terminal, Kitty, Alacritty or Hyper chosen with ASKME_CLI_TERMINAL
Where it runs
Both documented clients run the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the one tool definition that rides along on every turn
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx askme-cliMCP Clients
Cursor
CURSOR · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"askme-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"askme-cli"
],
"env": {
"ASKME_CLI_TERMINAL": "warp"
}
}
}
}Any MCP client
ANY MCP CLIENT · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"askme-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"askme-cli"
],
"env": {
"ASKME_CLI_TERMINAL": "iterm2"
}
}
}
}
