Agentic coding has a dirty little secret: you spend half the time watching the agent work. You give it a task. It plans, edits five files, runs the tests... then stops to ask "PostgreSQL or SQLite?" You're in the kitchen. Ten minutes gone, for a one-word answer. The fix is simple: let the agent text you. What that looks like You give Cortex AI IDE a task and walk away. Your phone buzzes on Telegram: Cortex needs your answer Which database should the app use...