VS Code: 'Tell Claude what to do instead' text not shown in conversation

Summary

When using the VS Code extension's permission dialog (the 4-option prompt that appears for tool approvals), the 4th option — "Tell Claude what to do instead" — accepts free-text input but the text the user types does not appear anywhere in the conversation UI after submission.

The tool use is correctly rejected, and Claude does receive the text as part of the rejection reason (confirmed by testing). But from the user's perspective, their typed feedback simply vanishes — there's no visual confirmation it was delivered.

Current behavior

1. Permission dialog appears with 4 options (Yes / Yes for all / No / Tell Claude what to do instead)
2. User types text in the 4th box and submits
3. The tool use is rejected
4. The text the user typed does not appear in the conversation thread
5. User has no way to know if Claude received their feedback

Expected behavior

The text typed in the 4th box should appear in the conversation as a visible user message (or at minimum, as an annotation on the rejected tool call), so the user can see:

• What they said was recorded
• That Claude is responding to their specific feedback

Why it matters

Without visual confirmation, users assume the feature is broken and stop using it. It's actually a useful redirection mechanism — but the lack of feedback makes it feel like a black hole.

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