fix(home): carry the Ask request mode through every send lane and refuse every non-server tool on an Ask turn

Author: waleedlatif1

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/hooks/use-chat.ts

@@ -4342,6 +4342,7 @@ export function useChat(
             content: message,
             fileAttachments,
             contexts,
+            requestMode: options?.requestMode,
           })
           queueStore.setEditing(activeChatKey, null)
           // Resume dispatch if it paused on this slot.
@@ -5009,6 +5010,7 @@ export function useChat(
             content: dispatched.content,
             fileAttachments: dispatched.fileAttachments,
             contexts: dispatched.contexts,
+            ...(dispatched.requestMode ? { requestMode: dispatched.requestMode } : {}),
             userMessageId: withdrawnUserMessageId,
           })
           return

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel/panel.tsx

@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ export const Panel = memo(function Panel() {
     const handler = (e: Event) => {
       const detail = (e as CustomEvent<MothershipSendMessageDetail>).detail
       if (!detail?.message) return
+      /** A mode-bearing send (Ask) belongs to the home chat, which has the mode; left unclaimed, it is stored for that surface. */
+      if (detail.requestMode) return
       e.preventDefault()
       setActiveTab('copilot')
       copilotSendMessage(detail.message, detail.fileAttachments, detail.contexts, {

apps/sim/lib/copilot/tool-executor/executor.ts

@@ -78,12 +78,18 @@ export async function executeTool(
 
   const normalizedParams = normalizeToolParams(toolId, params, context)
 
+  /**
+   * An Ask turn reaches only Sim-executed server tools. An integration call and
+   * a headless workflow run are both actions on a connected service or the
+   * workspace, which an answer drawn from the knowledge bases never takes.
+   */
+  if (context.requestMode === ASK_REQUEST_MODE && !(isKnownTool(toolId) && isSimExecuted(toolId))) {
+    return { success: false, error: ASK_MODE_INTEGRATION_REFUSAL }
+  }
+
   const canUseRegisteredHandler =
     isKnownTool(toolId) && (isSimExecuted(toolId) || usesHeadlessClientFallback)
   if (!canUseRegisteredHandler) {
-    if (context.requestMode === ASK_REQUEST_MODE) {
-      return { success: false, error: ASK_MODE_INTEGRATION_REFUSAL }
-    }
     const appParams = buildAppToolParams(normalizedParams, context)
     const options = {
       ...(context.resolvedSecretTraceRegistry

apps/sim/lib/core/utils/browser-storage.ts

@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ export class MothershipHandoffStorage {
         : [...MothershipHandoffStorage.pendingContexts(workspaceId), ...contexts],
       ...(handoff.fileAttachments?.length ? { fileAttachments: handoff.fileAttachments } : {}),
       ...(handoff.resumeUserMessageId ? { resumeUserMessageId: handoff.resumeUserMessageId } : {}),
+      ...(handoff.requestMode ? { requestMode: handoff.requestMode } : {}),
       workspaceId,
       timestamp: Date.now(),
     })
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ export class MothershipHandoffStorage {
     return {
       ...(data.message ? { message: data.message } : {}),
       contexts,
+      ...(data.requestMode === 'ask' ? { requestMode: 'ask' as const } : {}),
       ...(Array.isArray(data.fileAttachments) && data.fileAttachments.length > 0
         ? { fileAttachments: data.fileAttachments }
         : {}),

apps/sim/stores/mothership-queue/store.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export const useMothershipQueueStore = create<MothershipQueueState>()(
               content: patch.content,
               fileAttachments: patch.fileAttachments,
               contexts: patch.contexts,
+              requestMode: patch.requestMode,
             }
             return { queues: setQueueForChat(state.queues, chatKey, next) }
           }),

apps/sim/stores/mothership-queue/types.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ export type QueuedMothershipMessage = QueuedMessage & {
 }
 
 // Mutable fields an in-place edit overwrites; id and index are preserved by `replaceAt`.
-export type QueuedMessageEditPatch = Pick<QueuedMessage, 'content' | 'fileAttachments' | 'contexts'>
+export type QueuedMessageEditPatch = Pick<
+  QueuedMessage,
+  'content' | 'fileAttachments' | 'contexts' | 'requestMode'
+>
 
 export interface MothershipQueueState {
   queues: Record<string, QueuedMothershipMessage[]>