Skip to content

[FEATURE]: Opt-in assistant auto-continue for generic continuation prompts #18156

Closed as not planned

Description

@anduimagui

Feature hasn't been suggested before.

  • I have verified this feature I'm about to request hasn't been suggested before.

Describe the enhancement you want to request

Today OpenCode can auto-handle some permission and question flows, but it still pauses on low-information assistant prompts like:

  • "If you'd like, I can continue."
  • "Let me know if you want me to proceed."

That creates an unnecessary extra user turn in long coding sessions and unattended opencode run workflows, even when the assistant is clearly waiting for a generic continue signal rather than real user input.

Requested behavior:

  • add an opt-in config such as experimental.auto_continue
  • listen for finalized assistant messages
  • match a narrow, configurable set of continuation phrases against the assistant's closing paragraph
  • dedupe by assistant message ID
  • submit a synthetic follow-up such as Yes. Do this.

Why this helps:

  • removes redundant confirmation turns
  • keeps autonomous and CI-like workflows moving
  • fits existing async prompt and synthetic-message infrastructure
  • stays safe if the behavior is opt-in, phrase-matched, deduped, and configurable

This is different from finish_reason: "length" auto-resume. That token-limit case is already discussed in #17471. This request is about assistants that voluntarily end a turn with generic continuation phrasing even though no substantive user decision is needed.

Related context:

Activity

  1. added
    coreAnything pertaining to core functionality of the application (opencode server stuff)
    on Mar 18, 2026
  2. removed
    coreAnything pertaining to core functionality of the application (opencode server stuff)
    on May 3, 2026
  3. github-actions commented on Jul 3, 2026

    @github-actions
    Contributor

    To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

Labels

No labels
No labels

Type

No type

Projects

No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions