agent-cards engineer ask --help
Usage: agent-cards engineer ask [options]
Ask the AgentCard engineer a question and BLOCK for the answer (for coding
agents)
Options:
--repo <path> Repo root (default: current directory)
--question <text> The question to ask
--snippet <path...> File(s) to attach as code snippets (each capped at
8000 chars)
--timeout <seconds> Seconds to wait for the answer (default 480)
--resume <questionId> Keep waiting on a previously asked question instead of
asking a new one
--json Machine-readable output (one JSON line on stdout)
-h, --help display help for command
For AI agents: run with a generous shell timeout (the command blocks up to
--timeout seconds). A timeout exits 0 with {"ok":false,"timedOut":true,
"questionId":"env_…"} — proceed with your best judgment and optionally re-run
with --resume <questionId> later; the answer also arrives in the shared Slack
channel. Requires the daemon (agent-cards engineer connect) to be running.
Never include secrets (API keys, tokens, client secrets) in a question.