Allow AskQuestion tool calls in Agent Mode (or any mode)

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Feature request for product/service

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Describe the request

AskQuestion is a powerful tool but it’s currently only working in Plan Mode. It would be very useful to be able to use this in other modes; especially Agent mode. This would allow us to potentially request it’s usage in Commands, Skills, etc. instead of using more brittle prompt engineering which results in an ugly, unstructured text-based Q&A in the chat interface.

As we build more complex things using Commands and Skills (like workflows), this addition would be invaluable in improving the end user experience.

ODD revelation: Use of AskQuestion in Agent mode does not work using the “composer-1.5” model but strangely does work using Haiku 4.5? This may be model-specific and a bug.

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AskQuestion tool does not work using composer-1.5 but does work with other models
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I have put the following global user rule and it works quite well in Agent mode (at least with GPT-5.3 Codex which I am mostly using at the moment)

Use the AskQuestion tool for any interaction requiring user input like choosing between options, confirming a proposed action, or clarifying an ambiguous request.