Every answer, message, set of marks and handed picture shows a pill:
sent and waiting, then the AI has it with the time it did (delivered_at).
Panel questions can be skipped; the AI reads skipped: true.
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ask_user shows a question in the AI workbench (options with an optional
recommended one, and unless other=false a line for an answer of the
user's own; no options: a line) and waits in the same call for the
answer, returning the choice or the text. Choices blocks gain
recommended and other; the step is named ask_user ("Asked you"). The
server instructions, begin_task and the workbench prompt tell the AI to
ask every question this way, never in its own chat.
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- api/mcp_apps.py + api/mcp_app/task_card.html (MCP Apps, io.modelcontextprotocol/ui): apps that
support it (Claude, ChatGPT, VS Code…) show Anomalous's own card under begin_task, show_panel,
report and run_workflow results: the task's steps, latest thumbnails (inline), the AI's open
questions answered with a click (app_answer, plus a chat message so the AI goes on). The card
reads through app_task_view; both tools are for the card only (visibility "app"), are never
steps and never take the user's news. The card never answers a gate: an OK is only given in
Anomalous, so no tool an AI can reach grants one.
- api/mcp_prompts.py: prompts/list and prompts/get, four ready-made requests (slash commands):
workbench_task, pick_best, fix_missing_models, explain_canvas.
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