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[FEATURE]: /btw — ask a quick side question without polluting session history #41910

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Description

@afonsoft

Requested feature

Add a /btw slash command (inspired by Claude Code's /btw) to ask a fast secondary question that does not become a permanent part of the conversation history used for context.

Why

There is no ephemeral question channel today. Side questions that aren't relevant to the task currently get added to the session, inflating the context window and the transcript.

Proposed behavior

  • /btw <question> routes the prompt through the model but marks it non-durable / excluded from session history synthesis (packages/opencode/src/session).
  • The answer is shown inline (or in a toast/dialog) but not stored as a first-class user+assistant message pair.
  • Configurable via a flag so it can be persisted if desired.

Benefits

  • Maintain a lean context window; keep tangential questions out of the record.
  • Quick Q&A without creating noise in exported/compressed sessions.

Activity

  1. github-actions commented on Aug 12, 2026

    @github-actions
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    This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

  2. github-actions commented on Oct 11, 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.

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