Add a new_task tool

webview-ui/src/components/chat/AutoApproveMenu.tsx

@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ const AutoApproveMenu = ({ style }: AutoApproveMenuProps) => {
 		},
 		{
 			id: "switchModes",
-			label: "Switch between modes",
+			label: "Switch modes & create tasks",
 			shortName: "Modes",
 			enabled: alwaysAllowModeSwitch ?? false,
-			description: "Allows automatic switching between different AI modes without requiring approval.",
+			description:
+				"Allows automatic switching between different AI modes and creating new tasks without requiring approval.",
 		},
 		{
 			id: "retryRequests",

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatRow.tsx

@@ -473,6 +473,20 @@ export const ChatRowContent = ({
 						</div>
 					</>
 				)
+			case "newTask":
+				return (
+					<>
+						<div style={headerStyle}>
+							{toolIcon("new-file")}
+							<span style={{ fontWeight: "bold" }}>
+								Roo wants to create a new task in <code>{tool.mode}</code> mode:
+							</span>
+						</div>
+						<div style={{ paddingLeft: "26px", marginTop: "4px" }}>
+							<code>{tool.content}</code>
+						</div>
+					</>
+				)
 			default:
 				return null
 		}

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx

@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ const ChatView = ({ isHidden, showAnnouncement, hideAnnouncement, showHistoryVie
 				(alwaysAllowMcp && message.ask === "use_mcp_server" && isMcpToolAlwaysAllowed(message)) ||
 				(alwaysAllowModeSwitch &&
 					message.ask === "tool" &&
-					JSON.parse(message.text || "{}")?.tool === "switchMode")
+					(JSON.parse(message.text || "{}")?.tool === "switchMode" ||
+						JSON.parse(message.text || "{}")?.tool === "newTask"))
 			)
 		},
 		[

webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx

@@ -344,10 +344,11 @@ const SettingsView = ({ onDone }: SettingsViewProps) => {
 						<VSCodeCheckbox
 							checked={alwaysAllowModeSwitch}
 							onChange={(e: any) => setAlwaysAllowModeSwitch(e.target.checked)}>
-							<span style={{ fontWeight: "500" }}>Always approve mode switching</span>
+							<span style={{ fontWeight: "500" }}>Always approve mode switching & task creation</span>
 						</VSCodeCheckbox>
 						<p style={{ fontSize: "12px", marginTop: "5px", color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)" }}>
-							Automatically switch between different AI modes without requiring approval
+							Automatically switch between different AI modes and create new tasks without requiring
+							approval
 						</p>
 					</div>