diff --git a/neurosploit-rs/app/src/main.rs b/neurosploit-rs/app/src/main.rs
index dbc1186..bb67ae8 100644
--- a/neurosploit-rs/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/neurosploit-rs/app/src/main.rs
@@ -1348,21 +1348,77 @@ pub(crate) fn finalize_run(mut out: RunOutput, workdir: &Path) -> RunOutput {
 
 async fn run_mode(base: &Path, cfg: RunConfig, mcp: bool, mode: Mode) -> anyhow::Result<RunOutput> {
     subscription_preflight(&cfg).await;
-    let Spawned { mut task, mut rx, cancel, workdir, .. } = spawn_engagement(base, cfg, mcp, mode);
+    // Keep the pause/resume handles: a one-shot run that parks on quota/auth
+    // exhaustion must still be resumable. Without reading stdin here the pool's
+    // "type /continue" notice would be a dead end — nothing would accept it, and
+    // the process would hang forever on the parked task.
+    let Spawned { mut task, mut rx, cancel, paused, resume, fallback, workdir, .. } =
+        spawn_engagement(base, cfg, mcp, mode);
     let printer = tokio::spawn(async move {
         while let Some(line) = rx.recv().await { render_line(&line); }
     });
 
+    // Read operator input ONLY at a real terminal: `/continue [provider:model]`
+    // to resume a parked run, `/model provider:model` to switch then resume.
+    // Over a pipe (CI, web) there is no one to type, so we skip it and rely on
+    // the auto-resume / Ctrl-C paths instead.
+    use std::io::IsTerminal as _;
+    let interactive = std::io::stdin().is_terminal();
+    let mut stdin_lines = interactive.then(|| {
+        use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt as _;
+        tokio::io::BufReader::new(tokio::io::stdin()).lines()
+    });
+
+    let resume_run = |arg: &str| {
+        let arg = arg.trim();
+        if !arg.is_empty() {
+            let m = ModelRef::parse(arg);
+            println!("  \x1b[1;35m▶ resuming with\x1b[0m {}:{}", m.provider, m.model);
+            if let Ok(mut fb) = fallback.lock() { fb.push(m); }
+        } else {
+            println!("  \x1b[1;35m▶ resuming\x1b[0m — retrying with the current model(s).");
+        }
+        paused.store(false, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        resume.notify_waiters();
+    };
+
     let mut cancelled = false;
-    let out: RunOutput = tokio::select! {
-        r = &mut task => r.unwrap_or_default(),
-        _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            cancelled = true;
-            cancel.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-            println!("\n  \x1b[33m⏸  stopping — finishing in-flight work… (Ctrl-C again to abort now)\x1b[0m");
-            tokio::select! {
-                r = &mut task => r.unwrap_or_default(),
-                _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => { task.abort(); println!("  \x1b[31m✗ aborted.\x1b[0m"); RunOutput::default() }
+    let out: RunOutput = loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            r = &mut task => break r.unwrap_or_default(),
+            _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
+                cancelled = true;
+                cancel.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+                paused.store(false, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed); // don't let a parked task hold the Ctrl-C
+                resume.notify_waiters();
+                println!("\n  \x1b[33m⏸  stopping — finishing in-flight work… (Ctrl-C again to abort now)\x1b[0m");
+                break tokio::select! {
+                    r = &mut task => r.unwrap_or_default(),
+                    _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => { task.abort(); println!("  \x1b[31m✗ aborted.\x1b[0m"); RunOutput::default() }
+                };
+            }
+            line = async { match stdin_lines.as_mut() { Some(l) => l.next_line().await, None => Ok(None) } }, if stdin_lines.is_some() => {
+                match line {
+                    Ok(Some(l)) => {
+                        let t = l.trim();
+                        let (cmd, arg) = t.split_once(char::is_whitespace).unwrap_or((t, ""));
+                        match cmd {
+                            "/continue" | "/resume" => {
+                                if paused.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) { resume_run(arg); }
+                                else { println!("  run is not paused — it's still working."); }
+                            }
+                            "/model" => {
+                                // Switch provider/model and resume if parked.
+                                if arg.trim().is_empty() { println!("  usage: /model <provider:model>"); }
+                                else { resume_run(arg); }
+                            }
+                            "" => {}
+                            other => println!("  while a run is active only /continue [provider:model], /model <provider:model> and Ctrl-C are accepted (got {other})"),
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(None) => { stdin_lines = None; } // EOF — stop polling stdin
+                    Err(_) => { stdin_lines = None; }
+                }
             }
         }
     };