[FEATURE] An "Answer Now" ability if Claudes been thinking for over 5 minutes

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 24, 2026 by SephReed Closed Jun 25, 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

Sometimes Claude never stops thinking.
It just went 20 minutes of thinking before I gave up and cancelled it.

Proposed Solution

I would like to be able to say:

Stop thinking and answer

Alternative Solutions

None really.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

prompt thinks for 10 minutes It's probably almost done 5 more minutes surely it's almost done 5 more minutes stop it, ask again and say "don't think for 20 minutes" 30 seconds later it answers

Additional Context

_No response_

View original on GitHub ↗

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