diff --git a/packages/client/examples/agents-and-providers.ts b/packages/client/examples/agents-and-providers.ts
index c27ca1871e..e1ebfe021c 100644
--- a/packages/client/examples/agents-and-providers.ts
+++ b/packages/client/examples/agents-and-providers.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,23 @@ export async function runFollowUp(url: string, agentId: string): Promise<string
 
   try {
     await client.connect();
-    const result = await client.agents.ref(agentId).run("Summarize your progress and next step.");
+    const result = await client.agents.ref(agentId).run("Summarize your progress and next step.", {
+      activeTurnBehavior: "interrupt",
+    });
     if (result.status !== "idle") throw new Error(result.error ?? result.status);
     return result.lastMessage;
   } finally {
     await client.close();
   }
 }
+
+export async function steerAgent(url: string, agentId: string, prompt: string): Promise<void> {
+  const client = createClient(url);
+
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+    await client.agents.ref(agentId).send(prompt, { activeTurnBehavior: "steer" });
+  } finally {
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
index 23664188b7..2fe706c8ae 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ export interface DaemonClientTrace {
 
 export interface SendMessageOptions {
   messageId?: string;
+  /** What happens when the agent is mid-turn. The daemon interrupts the turn when omitted. */
   activeTurnBehavior?: ActiveTurnBehavior;
   images?: Array<{ data: string; mimeType: string }>;
   attachments?: SendAgentMessageRequest["attachments"];
diff --git a/packages/client/src/index.test.ts b/packages/client/src/index.test.ts
index 9aed42febc..0f60e52673 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/index.test.ts
@@ -744,13 +744,17 @@ test("agent handles delegate create, send, timeline refetch, archive, and local
   expect(updatedAgents).toEqual(["Updated"]);
   expect(agent.current()).toEqual(updatedAgent);
 
-  const sendPromise = agent.send("hello", { messageId: "message-sdk" });
+  const sendPromise = agent.send("hello", {
+    messageId: "message-sdk",
+    activeTurnBehavior: "steer",
+  });
   const sendRequest = parseSentSessionMessage(ws.sent.at(-1));
   expect(sendRequest).toMatchObject({
     type: "send_agent_message_request",
     agentId: "agent_sdk",
     text: "hello",
     messageId: "message-sdk",
+    activeTurnBehavior: "steer",
   });
 
   ws.message(
@@ -768,6 +772,7 @@ test("agent handles delegate create, send, timeline refetch, archive, and local
 
   const runPromise = agent.run("finish the task", {
     messageId: "run-message-sdk",
+    activeTurnBehavior: "interrupt",
     timeoutMs: 30_000,
   });
   const runSendRequest = parseSentSessionMessage(ws.sent.at(-1));
@@ -776,6 +781,7 @@ test("agent handles delegate create, send, timeline refetch, archive, and local
     agentId: "agent_sdk",
     text: "finish the task",
     messageId: "run-message-sdk",
+    activeTurnBehavior: "interrupt",
   });
   ws.message(
     sessionMessage({
diff --git a/packages/client/src/index.ts b/packages/client/src/index.ts
index e113d48667..ae868c5974 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import type {
   ProjectPlacementPayload,
   WorkspaceProjectDescriptorPayload,
   RefreshProvidersSnapshotResponseMessage,
-  SendAgentMessageRequest,
   SessionOutboundMessage,
   WorkspaceDescriptorPayload,
   WorkspaceCreateRequest,
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ import type {
   FetchAgentTimelineDirection,
   FetchAgentTimelinePayload,
   FetchAgentTimelineProjection,
+  SendMessageOptions,
   WaitForFinishResult,
 } from "./daemon-client.js";
 
@@ -276,11 +276,7 @@ export interface PaseoAgentTimelineRefetchOptions {
   requestId?: string;
 }
 
-export interface PaseoAgentSendOptions {
-  messageId?: string;
-  images?: Array<{ data: string; mimeType: string }>;
-  attachments?: SendAgentMessageRequest["attachments"];
-}
+export type PaseoAgentSendOptions = SendMessageOptions;
 
 export interface PaseoAgentRunOptions extends PaseoAgentSendOptions {
   timeoutMs?: number;