GitHub Copilot app adds /ask to question agents mid-task without waiting
DanWahlin · x · 2026-09-15
Burke Holland shows a new GitHub Copilot app feature: you can now use /ask to question the agent while it's still working, no need to wait for the task to finish — a meaningful UX improvement for steering long-running agent tasks.
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