# Steering > Redirect the agent mid-flight by typing while it works. Up to 5 messages queue and inject at the next step, with no abort or restart. Type while the agent is working. Your message queues up and injects into the next agent step - no abort, no restart. ## How to use it Just keep typing. The chat input stays active even while the agent is busy: ``` > refactor the auth module Agent: [reads files, starts edits...] > actually, just do the middleware first, skip the handlers ``` At the next natural boundary, your message appears in the conversation and the agent adjusts. ## Limits - **Up to 5 messages queued** - a 6th typed while the queue is full is silently dropped. - **Not after Ctrl+X** - abort clears the queue and blocks new steers until the next prompt. - **Visible as you queue** - queued messages show below the chat with a "queued" label. ## Why it matters Watching the agent drift for 10 seconds and then aborting to restart is expensive. Steering redirects for the cost of one extra user message.