#22 · steer a task without stopping it
Hermes Wingtips #22: steer a task without stopping it
a lot of people think you have to stop the agent and start over to change direction mid-task. you don't. there is /steer.
while it works, send a mid-run note:
/steer focus on the auth module first
it arrives after the current tool call finishes, so nothing gets interrupted and it is not a new turn, just fresh direction the agent picks up as it goes.
two siblings worth knowing:
(1) /queue (alias /q) holds a prompt for the next turn without touching the current one
(2) /busy lets you set what plain Enter does while it works: queue, steer, or interrupt.
SourcesHermes docs: Slash Commands