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Interrupting & Steering

Don't wait for the agent to finish a wrong turn. Ante lets you interrupt and redirect at any time.

Interrupting​

Press Ctrl+C while the agent is generating to stop the turn immediately. Escape also interrupts when no popup is open. The agent keeps whatever context it had up to that point, so you can course-correct with a follow-up message — no need to start over.

Interrupting the agent

This saves both time and tokens, especially when you see the agent heading in the wrong direction early on.

Steering without interrupting​

You don't have to stop the turn to redirect it. Type a message while the agent is working and press Enter — instead of starting a new turn, it's queued. Then:

  • Press Ctrl+S to steer: flush the queued messages into the running turn as live guidance, without interrupting it.
  • Or do nothing — queued messages are submitted automatically once the current turn ends.

Steering keeps the agent's momentum while nudging its direction, which is ideal when it's on the right track but missing a detail ("also update the tests", "use the existing helper").

Command history​

Press the Up arrow key in the input area to cycle through your previous prompts. This makes it easy to re-send or tweak a recent message after interrupting.

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You can also use Ctrl+R to search through your full prompt history with reverse-i-search — handy when you want to find something from earlier in the session.