# Ask questions
URL: /en-US/docs/agent/ask-questions

Structured questionnaires that pause the agent until you answer.



`ask_questions` is how the agent asks you to decide something before it continues. The host shows a questionnaire: each item can have preset options plus a custom text field.

The run **suspends**. The tool does not execute in the background. After you submit answers, the agent resumes with those answers in context.

## Where you will see it [#where-you-will-see-it]

Plan mode is the usual place — the agent is told to clarify before drafting a plan. Agent mode can still ask when a choice would change the work.

[Bypass approval](./approvals.mdx) does **not** skip `ask_questions`.

## Headless CLI [#headless-cli]

`spirit -p` cannot show a questionnaire. If the model calls `ask_questions`, the process fails. Use the TUI, or make the prompt specific enough that no decision is needed.