What happened to jumping from AI from terminal?

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Is there still a way to get help from AI in the middle of a normal terminal session?

Previously I was able go from typing in the terminal to clicking the "A" button and having the AI take over with full context. Now it just prompts me to press ⌘ + Enter to start an agent conversation. Is the old functionality hiding somewhere? Am I missing something?

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The old "Universal Input" experience (with the "A" button toggle) has been replaced by a new Agent Modality system. The good news is you can recreate a very similar workflow.

What changed

The previous Universal Input — where you could click an "A" icon to switch between terminal and agent mode inline — has been replaced with a two-mode system: terminal mode and agent conversation view. The ⌘I shortcut behavior also changed with this update, which has frustrated a number of users. [Agent Modality docs]

How to get the old experience back

You can recreate the Universal Input workflow with two settings changes:

Step 1 — Set new tabs to open in agent view by default

1. Go to Settings > Features > General
2. Change Default mode for new sessions to Agent

Step 2 — Enable auto-detection in agent view

1. Go to Settings > AI > Input
2. Toggle on Autodetect terminal commands in agent input

With this setup, Warp will automatically detect whether you're typing a shell command or a natural language request and route it accordingly — similar to how Universal Input worked. [Agent Modality docs]

Other ways to jump to AI mid-session

Even without changing defaults, you still have options from terminal mode:

• ⌘↩ (macOS) / Ctrl+Shift+Enter (Windows/Linux) — starts a new agent conversation
• ⌘I — toggles between shell and agent mode (overrides auto-detection)
• * prefix — typing * at the start of input forces Agent Mode
• /agent <prompt> — sends your prompt directly to the agent in a new conversation
• Attach a block — click the ✨ icon in a block's toolbelt to attach it as context for an AI query [entering agent mode]

So the functionality is still there — it's just been reorganized. Setting agent view as your default and enabling auto-detection is the closest match to what you had before.

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