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# Steering

> Redirect the agent mid-flight without aborting.

Type while the agent is working. Your message queues up and injects into the next agent step — no abort, no restart.

## How to use it

Just keep typing. The chat input stays active even while the agent is busy:

```
> refactor the auth module
Agent: [reads files, starts edits...]
> actually, just do the middleware first, skip the handlers
```

At the next natural boundary, your message appears in the conversation and the agent adjusts.

## Limits

* **Up to 5 messages queued** — the 6th is rejected (not dropped).
* **Not after Ctrl+X** — abort clears the queue and blocks new steers until the next prompt.
* **Visible as you queue** — queued messages show below the chat with a "queued" label.

## Why it matters

Watching the agent drift for 10 seconds and then aborting to restart is expensive. Steering redirects for the cost of one extra user message.