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# Message a run

> Steer a working agent or answer its question from the composer

You can write to a [run](/runs/)'s agent while the run works, from the composer at the bottom of the run page. Your message either steers the step that is working or waits for the next turn.

## Send a message

1. **Open the run.**

   Choose the run on the **Runs** page or under **Recent runs**. The run page opens on the **Session** tab.

![A run page for a running run, with a Running badge and Quiet for 4h 49m beside the tabs, and the harness, model, workflow and branch in a footer at the bottom.](/screenshots/run-running.webp?v=216080729b)

*A running run shows how long its agent has been quiet.*

2. **Write in the composer.**

   The composer sits at the bottom of the **Session** tab.

3. **Send the message.**

   While a step is working, your message steers it. The composer then says "Message the agent". When no step is working, the message waits for the next turn. The composer then says "Message the agent's next turn".

## Answer a question

When the agent asks a question, the run's standing becomes Question and the composer says "Answer the question or message the agent". Choose one of the options, or write your own answer.

![An agent's question with several options to choose from and a box for a free-text answer.](/screenshots/agent-question.webp?v=92fd44eff4)

*Pick an option, or write your own answer.*

The **Attention** page lists every run with a question waiting. See [See the runs that need you](/runs/watch-a-run/#see-the-runs-that-need-you).

## Related

- [Watch a run](/runs/watch-a-run/): find the run and read its Session tab.
- [Pause, stop or resolve a run](/runs/control-a-run/): the controls that sit beside the composer.
- [Gates and waits](/workflows/gates-and-waits/): steps where a run waits for you.
- [Chats](/chats/): talk to an agent without a workflow.