[FEATURE] Add "reject with comments" option to CLI permission prompt (parity with VS Code extension)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 17, 2026 by hydropax Closed Mar 21, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

When Claude Code CLI prompts for tool approval, the only options are Yes, Yes (approve all), and No. Selecting No gives Claude no context about why the action was rejected, so it has to guess or ask a follow-up question. The VS Code extension already solves this with a fourth option that says "Tell Claude what to do instead". This gap means CLI users lose a turn of back-and-forth every time they want to redirect Claude after a rejection.

Proposed Solution

Add a fourth option to the CLI permission prompt — "Tell Claude what to do instead", like in the VS Code extension — that opens a text input for the user to type a comment before the rejection is sent back to Claude. This matches the existing VS Code extension behavior and lets Claude immediately adjust its approach without needing an extra clarification round.

Alternative Solutions

_No response_

Priority

Low - Nice to have

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

_No response_

Additional Context

_No response_

View original on GitHub ↗

This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗