Slash commands are the deterministic path: they act immediately, without a model
turn. /help is the authority for the build you are running — this page
explains the ones worth knowing.
Session and history
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/new |
Start a new session |
/sessions |
Browse and resume a past session |
/rewind |
Walk this conversation back to an earlier message |
/resume |
Resume this session’s interrupted turn |
/compact |
Compact the current context |
/rewind is the recovery keystroke: when a turn goes wrong, go back to the point
before it rather than arguing with the model about it.
Models and providers
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/login |
Authenticate a provider (API key or OAuth) |
/model |
Pick the conversation model and its effort |
/decision |
Pick the decision model — separate from /model |
/effort |
Pick reasoning effort for the active model |
/manager |
Switch between the provider set and Magpie — the walkthrough is in Connecting the Magpie gateway |
/quota |
Show quota information for the active manager |
/status |
Show agent, session, model, and manager status |
Permission and context
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/permission |
Set the session’s posture — see Permissions |
/ptc |
Select the programmatic tool-calling mode |
/skills |
Browse discovered skills by scope |
Work
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/questions |
Review pending questions and answer one |
/answer |
Answer a pending question inline: /answer @q3 yes |
/board |
Open the Board dashboard in your browser (offers to enable workflows on first use) |
/board.stop |
Stop all local Board servers |
Housekeeping
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/update |
Check for and install updates — npm installs only |
/pi |
Manage pi packages |
/exit, /quit |
Quit |
Keys
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| Esc | Interrupt the running turn (denies a pending approval first) |
| Esc Esc (idle) | First clears the input, second opens /rewind |
| Enter while running | Queues the typed message as a follow-up |
| Tab / Enter | Apply the highlighted @path completion |
| Ctrl+T | Collapse or expand thinking blocks |
| Ctrl+O | Collapse or expand tool output |
If the agent asks a question, type the reply directly — /questions and
/answer are for the case where you want to pick one out of several.
/permission <mode> works mid-turn, which makes it the one command worth
memorising: it is how you clamp a session that is doing more than you expected.