There are many situations where we simply want to explore ideas, discuss possibilities, or understand a codebase without triggering any code changes.
Today this usually requires explicitly telling the AI not to modify anything, which is both repetitive and unreliable, since the instruction can still be ignored in some cases.
An explicit Ask Mode would solve this by clearly separating exploratory interactions from execution-oriented ones. It would give developers a predictable way to use the AI for reasoning, analysis, and discussion without the risk of unintended edits.