Neutral chat background for colour tags; answer Claude Code's AskUserQuestion with the question card

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 All notable changes to CodeCraft. Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/);
 until 1.0, minor versions may contain breaking changes.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+
+- A chat's colour no longer tints the chat background (pane, message field, agent bubbles, top bar
+  fill); it still marks the top bar line, the list entry, the badge and your own bubbles.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Claude Code can ask questions again**: its `AskUserQuestion` was always rejected; now the question
+  appears as a question card in the chat (single and multiple choice) and the answers go back to it.
+
 ## [v202611-00038] – 2026-11-15
 
 ### Changed

server/src/claude_code.rs

@@ -112,7 +112,47 @@ fn command(app: &App, owner: Option<&str>, cwd: &Path, args: &[String]) -> Resul
 // --- tool mapping -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /// Claude Code tool → (our tool name, input with our key names), so the chat renders it like ours.
+/// Claude Code's `AskUserQuestion` input → our questions (it writes `multiSelect`).
+fn cc_questions(input: &Value) -> Vec<crate::types::Question> {
+    input["questions"]
+        .as_array()
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .filter_map(|q| {
+            let question = q["question"].as_str()?.to_string();
+            let options = q["options"]
+                .as_array()
+                .into_iter()
+                .flatten()
+                .filter_map(|o| Some(crate::types::QuestionOption { label: o["label"].as_str()?.to_string(), description: o["description"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string() }))
+                .collect();
+            Some(crate::types::Question { question, header: q["header"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string(), options, multi_select: q["multiSelect"].as_bool().or(q["multi_select"].as_bool()).unwrap_or(false) })
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Our answers (question → text or list) as the CLI expects them: question → text, lists joined by ", ".
+fn cc_answers(answers: &serde_json::Map<String, Value>) -> Value {
+    Value::Object(
+        answers
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(q, a)| {
+                let text = match a {
+                    Value::String(s) => s.clone(),
+                    Value::Array(l) => l.iter().filter_map(|x| x.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", "),
+                    other => other.to_string(),
+                };
+                (q.clone(), Value::String(text))
+            })
+            .collect(),
+    )
+}
+
 fn map_tool(name: &str, input: &Value) -> (String, Value) {
+    // Questions to the user show up as our question card / ask_user call.
+    if name == "AskUserQuestion" {
+        return ("ask_user".to_string(), json!({"questions": cc_questions(input)}));
+    }
     // Our own tools reach the CLI over MCP: shown and judged under their usual names.
     if let Some(ours) = name.strip_prefix(crate::mcp_bridge::PREFIX) {
         return (ours.to_string(), input.clone());
@@ -194,9 +234,6 @@ fn title_of(name: &str, input: &Value, claude_input: &Value) -> String {
 /// Ask our permission system whether a tool call of Claude Code may run: (allow, message for a rejection).
 async fn decide(app: &Arc<App>, session: &Session, claude_name: &str, claude_input: &Value, cancel: &CancellationToken) -> (bool, Option<String>) {
     let (name, input) = map_tool(claude_name, claude_input);
-    if claude_name == "AskUserQuestion" {
-        return (false, Some("Questions to the user are not available in this mode – decide yourself or state your assumption.".into()));
-    }
     let info = CcTool { name: name.clone() };
     let cfg = app.config();
     let root = app.root_session_id(&session.id);
@@ -417,6 +454,8 @@ pub async fn run(app: Arc<App>, session_id: &str, cancel: CancellationToken) ->
     let mut cur: Option<Cur> = None;
     let mut calls: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
     let mut diffs: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
+    // Answers to AskUserQuestion calls, kept as the result's data for the question card.
+    let mut asked: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
     let mut final_text = String::new();
     let mut got_result = false;
     let mut failure: Option<String> = None;
@@ -498,7 +537,7 @@ pub async fn run(app: Arc<App>, session_id: &str, cancel: CancellationToken) ->
                     }
                     let id = b["tool_use_id"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string();
                     let is_error = b["is_error"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false);
-                    let meta = if is_error { None } else { diffs.remove(&id).map(|d| json!({"diff": d})) };
+                    let meta = if is_error { None } else { diffs.remove(&id).map(|d| json!({"diff": d})).or_else(|| asked.remove(&id).map(|a| json!({"answers": a}))) };
                     parts.push(Part::ToolResult { name: calls.get(&id).cloned().unwrap_or_default(), call_id: id, content: result_text(&b["content"]), images: result_images(&b["content"]), is_error, meta });
                 }
                 if !parts.is_empty() {
@@ -511,6 +550,30 @@ pub async fn run(app: Arc<App>, session_id: &str, cancel: CancellationToken) ->
             "control_request" if ev["request"]["subtype"] == "can_use_tool" => {
                 finalize(&app, session_id, &mut cur, &model_id);
                 let req = &ev["request"];
+                // A question for the user: shown as a question card; the answers go back to the CLI.
+                if req["tool_name"] == "AskUserQuestion" {
+                    let questions = cc_questions(&req["input"]);
+                    let response = if questions.is_empty() {
+                        json!({"behavior": "deny", "message": "No usable question was given."})
+                    } else {
+                        match app.ask_user(session_id, "agent", questions, cancel.clone()).await {
+                            Ok(Some(answers)) => {
+                                let mut input = req["input"].clone();
+                                input["answers"] = cc_answers(&answers);
+                                if let Some(id) = req["tool_use_id"].as_str() {
+                                    asked.insert(id.to_string(), Value::Object(answers));
+                                }
+                                json!({"behavior": "allow", "updatedInput": input})
+                            }
+                            _ => json!({"behavior": "deny", "message": "The user dismissed the questions without answering."}),
+                        }
+                    };
+                    let reply = json!({"type": "control_response", "response": {"subtype": "success", "request_id": ev["request_id"], "response": response}});
+                    if stdin.write_all(format!("{reply}\n").as_bytes()).await.is_err() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
                 let (allow, message) = decide(&app, &session, req["tool_name"].as_str().unwrap_or(""), &req["input"], &cancel).await;
                 if allow {
                     let (name, input) = map_tool(req["tool_name"].as_str().unwrap_or(""), &req["input"]);
@@ -893,6 +956,28 @@ pub async fn update() -> Result<String> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn questions_roundtrip_with_the_cli_format() {
+        let input = json!({"questions": [
+            {"question": "Which database?", "header": "DB", "multiSelect": false, "options": [{"label": "SQLite", "description": "file"}, {"label": "Postgres"}]},
+            {"question": "Which extras?", "header": "Extras", "multiSelect": true, "options": [{"label": "Auth"}, {"label": "Docs"}]},
+            {"nonsense": true}
+        ]});
+        let qs = cc_questions(&input);
+        assert_eq!(qs.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!((qs[0].question.as_str(), qs[0].options.len(), qs[0].multi_select), ("Which database?", 2, false));
+        assert!(qs[1].multi_select);
+        // The tool card shows it as our ask_user.
+        let (name, shown) = map_tool("AskUserQuestion", &input);
+        assert_eq!(name, "ask_user");
+        assert_eq!(shown["questions"][1]["multi_select"], true);
+        // Answers: text stays, a multiple choice is joined.
+        let answers = json!({"Which database?": "SQLite", "Which extras?": ["Auth", "Docs"]});
+        let out = cc_answers(answers.as_object().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(out["Which database?"], "SQLite");
+        assert_eq!(out["Which extras?"], "Auth, Docs");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn tool_result_images_are_kept() {
         let content = json!([{"type": "text", "text": "ok"}, {"type": "image", "source": {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/jpeg", "data": "QUJD"}}]);

web/src/styles.css

@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ button.session-group:hover {
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 38%, var(--bg1));
   border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 70%, transparent);
 }
-.chat-pane[data-color] .msg.bubble.agent {
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 7%, var(--bg1));
-}
 @media (max-width: 700px) {
   .msg.user-msg {
     max-width: 94%;
@@ -4758,15 +4755,10 @@ span.chat-tab > button {
   }
 }
 
-.chat-pane[data-color] {
+/* The chat's colour marks the top bar (line), the list entry, the badge and your own bubbles –
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 16%, var(--bg0));
+ * the chat background itself stays neutral. */
-}
-.chat-pane[data-color] .composer-wrap {
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 16%, var(--bg0));
-}
 .topbar[data-color] {
   border-bottom: 3px solid var(--tag);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tag) 28%, var(--bg0));
 }
 .session-item[data-color] {
   box-shadow: inset 4px 0 0 var(--tag);

web/src/whatsnew.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * under "unreleased"; scripts/release.sh renames the key to the release version.
  */
 export const WHATS_NEW: Record<string, { en: string[]; de: string[] }> = {
+  unreleased: {
+    en: ["The chat colour no longer tints the chat background", "Claude Code can ask you questions again (question card in the chat)"],
+    de: ["Die Chat-Farbe färbt den Hintergrund des Chats nicht mehr ein", "Claude Code kann dir wieder Fragen stellen (Fragenkarte im Chat)"],
+  },
   "202611-00038": {
     en: ["Sidebar chat menu: Delete added; colour and icon are now chosen in the chat's own menu"],
     de: ["Chat-Menü in der Sidebar: Löschen hinzugefügt; Farbe und Icon wählst du jetzt im Menü des Chats"],