diff --git a/src/commands/integration/connect.ts b/src/commands/integration/connect.ts
index 037fe9d..9317679 100644
--- a/src/commands/integration/connect.ts
+++ b/src/commands/integration/connect.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ type ConnectableType =
   | 'devin'
   | 'cursor'
   | 'factory'
-  | 'conductor'
   | 'capy'
   | 'amp'
   | 'linear'
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ const TYPE_OPTIONS: Array<{ value: ConnectableType; label: string; hint: string;
   { value: 'devin', label: 'Devin', hint: 'API key · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
   { value: 'cursor', label: 'Cursor', hint: 'API key · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
   { value: 'factory', label: 'Factory', hint: 'API key · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
-  { value: 'conductor', label: 'Conductor', hint: 'API key · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
   { value: 'capy', label: 'Capy', hint: 'API key · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
   { value: 'amp', label: 'Amp', hint: 'access token · coding agent', category: 'code-agent' },
   { value: 'linear', label: 'Linear', hint: 'personal API key · issue tracking', category: 'issue-tracking' },
@@ -393,14 +391,6 @@ const CODE_AGENTS = {
     link: 'https://app.factory.ai/settings/api-keys',
     linkLabel: 'Create API key',
   },
-  conductor: {
-    keyLabel: 'API key',
-    name: 'Conductor',
-    instructions:
-      'Create an API key in Conductor under Users > API keys. The key starts with sk_. Handed-off autofixes run as agents in Conductor Cloud workspaces on your account.',
-    link: 'https://app.conductor.build/users/api-keys',
-    linkLabel: 'Create API key',
-  },
   capy: {
     keyLabel: 'API key',
     name: 'Capy',
@@ -1600,7 +1590,7 @@ export const integrationConnectCommand: Command = {
     {
       flag: '--api-key <key>',
       description:
-        'API key (Datadog / Honeycomb / OpenStatus / Logfire project key / New Relic User key / LangSmith / Braintrust service token / incident.io / Amplitude / CircleCI personal API token / Devin / Cursor / Factory / Conductor / Capy / Amp access token / Linear)',
+        'API key (Datadog / Honeycomb / OpenStatus / Logfire project key / New Relic User key / LangSmith / Braintrust service token / incident.io / Amplitude / CircleCI personal API token / Devin / Cursor / Factory / Capy / Amp access token / Linear)',
       type: 'string',
     },
     { flag: '--secret-key <key>', description: 'Secret key (Amplitude only)', type: 'string' },
diff --git a/src/commands/thread/ask.ts b/src/commands/thread/ask.ts
index 2eb97e9..c0109bd 100644
--- a/src/commands/thread/ask.ts
+++ b/src/commands/thread/ask.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export const threadAskCommand: Command = {
       ...(name ? { name } : {}),
       ...(context.length > 0 ? { context } : {}),
     });
-    await api.messagesPost({ workspaceId, threadId: thread.id, prompt });
     const url = await threadConsoleUrl(config, api, thread);
 
     if (noWait) {
diff --git a/test/integration-connect-category.test.ts b/test/integration-connect-category.test.ts
index a85eb7d..531434b 100644
--- a/test/integration-connect-category.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration-connect-category.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { isCLIError } from '../src/errors/base';
 describe('typeOptionsForCategory', () => {
   it('returns every option when no category is given', () => {
     const all = typeOptionsForCategory(undefined);
-    assert.equal(all.length, 28);
+    assert.equal(all.length, 27);
   });
 
   it('narrows to exactly the observability integrations', () => {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('typeOptionsForCategory', () => {
 
   it('narrows to exactly the code agents', () => {
     const types = typeOptionsForCategory('code-agent').map((o) => o.value);
-    assert.deepEqual(types.sort(), ['amp', 'capy', 'conductor', 'cursor', 'devin', 'factory']);
+    assert.deepEqual(types.sort(), ['amp', 'capy', 'cursor', 'devin', 'factory']);
   });
 
   it('narrows to exactly the incident management and CI/CD integrations', () => {
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ describe('typeOptionsForCategory', () => {
 
 describe('resolveTypeOptions', () => {
   it('lets --type win over the filter', () => {
-    assert.equal(resolveTypeOptions('observability', true).length, 28);
+    assert.equal(resolveTypeOptions('observability', true).length, 27);
     assert.equal(resolveTypeOptions('observability', false).length, 11);
-    assert.equal(resolveTypeOptions(undefined, false).length, 28);
+    assert.equal(resolveTypeOptions(undefined, false).length, 27);
   });
 
   it('rejects an unknown category even when --type is present', () => {
diff --git a/test/thread-ask.test.ts b/test/thread-ask.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8de2d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/thread-ask.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { after, before, beforeEach, describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { threadAskCommand } from '../src/commands/thread/ask';
+import { mockConfig } from './helpers/config';
+
+type Sent = { method: string; url: string; body: unknown };
+
+const thread = {
+  id: 'thrd_1',
+  workspaceId: 'ws_1',
+  name: '',
+  _html_url: 'https://console.example.test/acme/threads/thrd_1',
+};
+
+describe('thread ask', () => {
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  const originalWrite = process.stdout.write;
+  let sent: Sent[] = [];
+
+  before(() => {
+    process.stdout.write = ((): boolean => true) as typeof process.stdout.write;
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    delete process.env.POLYLANE_API_KEY;
+    sent = [];
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      sent.push({ method: String(init?.method ?? 'GET'), url, body: init?.body ? JSON.parse(String(init.body)) : undefined });
+      if (url.endsWith('/v1/threads')) {
+        return Response.json({ success: true, error: null, result: thread }, { status: 201 });
+      }
+      return Response.json({ success: true, error: null, result: {} }, { status: 202 });
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    process.stdout.write = originalWrite;
+  });
+
+  it('sends the prompt once, inside the thread create call', async () => {
+    const config = mockConfig({ apiKey: 'test-key', apiKeySource: 'flag', workspaceId: 'ws_1' });
+    await threadAskCommand.execute(config, {}, { _: ['hello', 'there'], noWait: true });
+    assert.deepEqual(sent, [
+      {
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: 'https://api.example.test/v1/threads',
+        body: { workspaceId: 'ws_1', prompt: 'hello there', visibility: 'workspace' },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});