How to ask another mm agent from your session

This guide shows how to put a question to another mm agent — another model, another system prompt, other tools — and keep its answer in your conversation. It assumes you already run mm with a working provider.

Steps

Write (or reuse) one configuration file per agent you want to ask. Each is an ordinary mm configuration; demo-llmman/ ships two, for llmman:
- demo-llmman/agent.jan-nano.yaml — hf.co/Menlo/Jan-nano-gguf:Q4_K_M, named Jan;
- demo-llmman/agent.lucy.yaml — hf.co/Menlo/Lucy-gguf:Q4_K_M, named Lucy.
Declare them in YOUR configuration, under mmConfigs. Paths are relative to the directory of the file you write them in:
```
mmConfigs:
  jan: agent.jan-nano.yaml
  lucy: agent.lucy.yaml
```
demo-llmman/agent.llmman.yaml already does this.
Start mm with that configuration:
```
cd demo-llmman
../mm agent.llmman.yaml
```
An agent whose file is missing shows up as a [warning: mmConfigs: …] line; the others work.

Ask a question:

> /ask-jan In one short sentence: what is the capital of France?
🗣 asking jan (llmman/hf.co/Menlo/Jan-nano-gguf:Q4_K_M)…
The capital of France is Paris.
🗣 jan's answer is in the history for your next question

The first ask of an agent starts it, so it takes a little longer; the next ones reuse it.

Use the answer: your next question goes to your own model, which now sees Jan's answer.
```
> What did Jan answer?
🤖 Jan answered that the capital of France is Paris.
```

Variants

Let the other agent see the conversation. Use /ask-with-context-lucy <prompt>: Lucy receives a transcript of the conversation (questions, answers, one line per tool call — never tool outputs) before your question.
In the terminal or the window, by name. /ask lucy <prompt> and /ask-with-context lucy <prompt> are the same commands with the agent as an argument.
In an editor (ACP). The menu lists /ask-jan, /ask-with-context-jan, /ask-lucy, /ask-with-context-lucy; when Lucy wants to run a command, your agent's yolo decides: with yolo: true it runs, with yolo: false the editor's own permission dialog asks you — whatever Lucy's own file says. See How to confirm tool calls.
Stop a long answer. /abort, Esc or Ctrl+C — nothing is kept from a cancelled ask.
Agents on other providers. Any mm configuration works: an Ollama agent next to an llmman one is just another mmConfigs entry.

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# How to ask another mm agent from your session

This guide shows how to put a question to another mm agent — another model, another system prompt, other tools — and keep its answer in your conversation. It assumes you already run `mm` with a working provider.

## Steps

1. Write (or reuse) one configuration file per agent you want to ask. Each is an ordinary mm configuration; `demo-llmman/` ships two, for llmman:

   - `demo-llmman/agent.jan-nano.yaml` — `hf.co/Menlo/Jan-nano-gguf:Q4_K_M`, named Jan;
   - `demo-llmman/agent.lucy.yaml` — `hf.co/Menlo/Lucy-gguf:Q4_K_M`, named Lucy.

2. Declare them in YOUR configuration, under `mmConfigs`. Paths are relative to the directory of the file you write them in:

   ```yaml
   mmConfigs:
     jan: agent.jan-nano.yaml
     lucy: agent.lucy.yaml
   ```

   `demo-llmman/agent.llmman.yaml` already does this.

3. Start `mm` with that configuration:

   ```bash
   cd demo-llmman
   ../mm agent.llmman.yaml
   ```

   An agent whose file is missing shows up as a `[warning: mmConfigs: …]` line; the others work.

4. Ask a question:

   ```text
   > /ask-jan In one short sentence: what is the capital of France?
   🗣 asking jan (llmman/hf.co/Menlo/Jan-nano-gguf:Q4_K_M)…
   The capital of France is Paris.
   🗣 jan's answer is in the history for your next question
   ```

   The first ask of an agent starts it, so it takes a little longer; the next ones reuse it.

5. Use the answer: your next question goes to your own model, which now sees Jan's answer.

   ```text
   > What did Jan answer?
   🤖 Jan answered that the capital of France is Paris.
   ```

## Variants

- **Let the other agent see the conversation.** Use `/ask-with-context-lucy <prompt>`: Lucy receives a transcript of the conversation (questions, answers, one line per tool call — never tool outputs) before your question.
- **In the terminal or the window, by name.** `/ask lucy <prompt>` and `/ask-with-context lucy <prompt>` are the same commands with the agent as an argument.
- **In an editor (ACP).** The menu lists `/ask-jan`, `/ask-with-context-jan`, `/ask-lucy`, `/ask-with-context-lucy`; when Lucy wants to run a command, your agent's `yolo` decides: with `yolo: true` it runs, with `yolo: false` the editor's own permission dialog asks you — whatever Lucy's own file says. See [How to confirm tool calls](confirm-tool-calls.md).
- **Stop a long answer.** `/abort`, `Esc` or `Ctrl+C` — nothing is kept from a cancelled ask.
- **Agents on other providers.** Any mm configuration works: an Ollama agent next to an llmman one is just another `mmConfigs` entry.

## See also

- Every form, message and error: [slash commands reference](../reference/slash-commands.md#asking-another-agent)
- The `mmConfigs` key: [configuration reference](../reference/configuration.md)
- Why another agent is a separate process spoken to over ACP: [asking another agent — explanation](../explanation/asking-another-agent.md)