Ask

Ask for something

Open /console and choose Ask for something, or run bitcadence ask in a terminal. Both use the same planner: say what you want in plain words, check the drawn plan, and approve once.

In the console

1. Type what should happen, for example: Research open PRs, run tests, if green draft release notes and ask me to publish. Two example buttons fill the box for you.
2. Draft a plan draws the steps in order. "If everything passes" appears between steps that only run after a check. A dashed step marked "you decide" is a point where it stops and asks you.
3. Make only light tweaks:
   • Remove a step shows a Remove button on each step. A plan always keeps at least one step.
   • Always ask me at the end adds a final "Ask you before finishing" step.
   • Make it repeat offers every day, every weekday or every Friday at 9 AM. The plan then also shows up under Schedules.
4. Approve and start creates the work. Your Approve click is the OK, so only the plan's own "ask you" steps wait for you again. Change my request goes back to the text box; to change the plan itself, edit the request and draft again.

Nothing is created until you approve. If you are not connected yet (demo mode), the page asks you to connect first.

In a terminal

bitcadence ask "tidy the install docs"
bitcadence ask "Research open PRs, run tests, if green draft release notes and ask me to publish."
bitcadence ask "tidy the install docs" --remove 2 --ask-me --repeat "every Friday at 9 AM"

The plan prints as a numbered list and asks Start this? [Y/n]. --remove N leaves out step N (repeat it for more), --ask-me always asks at the end, --repeat makes it repeat, and --yes skips the question. From a terminal the first step also waits for bitcadence approve.

Workflow files

The drag-and-drop workflow builders are gone from the console. Workflow YAML files still work and run exactly as before:

bitcadence ask --file plan.yaml
mco workflow plan.yaml

A repeat saves the plan as ~/.mco/workflows/ask-<name>.yaml and adds a schedule to ~/.mco/schedules.yaml (the old file is kept as schedules.yaml.bak). The older mco gui --flow option still works and opens the console.

How the plan is drawn

Commas, "then" and "ask me ..." split the request into steps, one per clause. "If green" or "if it passes" becomes a condition on the next step. This is a simple, predictable reading of your sentence, not a guess about what you meant: if the drawn plan is wrong, reword the request and draft again.