Shayan Rais
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20 KiB
Commands Best Practice
Claude Code commands — frontmatter fields and official built-in slash commands.
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Frontmatter Fields (15)
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name |
string | No | Display name and /slash-command identifier. Defaults to the directory name if omitted |
description |
string | Recommended | What the command does. Shown in autocomplete and used by Claude for auto-discovery |
when_to_use |
string | No | Additional context for when Claude should invoke the skill — trigger phrases or example requests. Appended to description in the listing and counts toward the 1,536-character cap |
argument-hint |
string | No | Hint shown during autocomplete (e.g., [issue-number], [filename]) |
arguments |
string/list | No | Named positional arguments for $name substitution in command content. Accepts a space-separated string or YAML list — names map to argument positions in order |
disable-model-invocation |
boolean | No | Set true to prevent Claude from automatically invoking this command |
user-invocable |
boolean | No | Set false to hide from the / menu — command becomes background knowledge only |
paths |
string/list | No | Glob patterns that limit when this skill is activated. Accepts a comma-separated string or a YAML list. When set, Claude loads the skill automatically only when working with files matching the patterns |
allowed-tools |
string | No | Tools allowed without permission prompts when this command is active |
model |
string | No | Model to use when this command runs (e.g., haiku, sonnet, opus) |
effort |
string | No | Override the model effort level when invoked (low, medium, high, max) |
context |
string | No | Set to fork to run the command in an isolated subagent context |
agent |
string | No | Subagent type when context: fork is set (default: general-purpose) |
shell |
string | No | Shell for !`command` blocks — accepts bash (default) or powershell. Requires CLAUDE_CODE_USE_POWERSHELL_TOOL=1 |
hooks |
object | No | Lifecycle hooks scoped to this command |
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| # | Command | Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | /login |
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Sign in to your Anthropic account |
| 2 | /logout |
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Sign out from your Anthropic account |
| 3 | /setup-bedrock |
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Configure Amazon Bedrock authentication, region, and model pins through an interactive wizard. Only visible when CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK=1 is set. First-time Bedrock users can also access this wizard from the login screen |
| 4 | /setup-vertex |
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Configure Google Vertex AI authentication, project, region, and model pins through an interactive wizard. Only visible when CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX=1 is set. First-time Vertex AI users can also access this wizard from the login screen |
| 5 | /upgrade |
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Open the upgrade page to switch to a higher plan tier |
| 6 | /color [color|default] |
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Set the prompt bar color for the current session. Available colors: red, blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, pink, cyan. Use default to reset |
| 7 | /config |
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Open the Settings interface to adjust theme, model, output style, and other preferences. Alias: /settings |
| 8 | /focus |
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Toggle the focus view, which shows only the last prompt, a summary of tool calls, and the final response. Useful for reducing visual noise during long sessions. Only available in fullscreen rendering |
| 9 | /keybindings |
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Open or create your keybindings configuration file |
| 10 | /permissions |
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Manage allow, ask, and deny rules for tool permissions. Opens an interactive dialog where you can view rules by scope, add or remove rules, manage working directories, and review recent auto mode denials. Alias: /allowed-tools |
| 11 | /privacy-settings |
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View and update your privacy settings. Only available for Pro and Max plan subscribers |
| 12 | /radio |
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Open Claude FM lo-fi radio in your browser |
| 13 | /sandbox |
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Toggle sandbox mode. Available on supported platforms only |
| 14 | /scroll-speed |
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Adjust mouse wheel scroll speed interactively |
| 15 | /statusline |
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Configure Claude Code's status line. Describe what you want, or run without arguments to auto-configure from your shell prompt |
| 16 | /stickers |
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Order Claude Code stickers |
| 17 | /terminal-setup |
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Configure terminal keybindings for Shift+Enter and other shortcuts. Only visible in terminals that need it, like VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Alacritty, or Zed |
| 18 | /theme |
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Change the color theme. Includes light and dark variants, colorblind-accessible (daltonized) themes, ANSI themes that use your terminal's color palette, an "Auto (match terminal)" option that follows your terminal's light/dark mode, and custom themes loaded from ~/.claude/themes/ or plugins. Select "New custom theme…" to create your own |
| 19 | /tui [default|fullscreen] |
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Set the terminal UI renderer and relaunch Claude Code with the current conversation intact. default uses inline rendering; fullscreen uses an alt-screen TUI |
| 20 | /voice [hold|tap|off] |
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Toggle voice dictation, or enable it in a specific mode. Requires a Claude.ai account |
| 21 | /context |
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Visualize current context usage as a colored grid. Shows optimization suggestions for context-heavy tools, memory bloat, and capacity warnings |
| 22 | /cost |
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Alias for /usage |
| 23 | /extra-usage |
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Configure extra usage to keep working when rate limits are hit |
| 24 | /insights |
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Generate a report analyzing your Claude Code sessions, including project areas, interaction patterns, and friction points |
| 25 | /stats |
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Alias for /usage. Opens on the Stats tab |
| 26 | /status |
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Open the Settings interface (Status tab) showing version, model, account, and connectivity. Works while Claude is responding, without waiting for the current response to finish |
| 27 | /usage |
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Show session cost, plan usage limits, and activity stats. /cost and /stats are aliases |
| 28 | /doctor |
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Diagnose and verify your Claude Code installation and settings. Results show with status icons. Press f to have Claude fix any reported issues |
| 29 | /feedback [report] |
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Submit feedback about Claude Code. Alias: /bug |
| 30 | /heapdump |
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Write a JavaScript heap snapshot and memory breakdown to ~/Desktop for diagnosing high memory usage. Useful when filing bug reports about memory growth |
| 31 | /help |
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Show help and available commands |
| 32 | /powerup |
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Discover Claude Code features through quick interactive lessons with animated demos |
| 33 | /release-notes |
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View the changelog in an interactive version picker. Select a specific version to see its release notes, or choose to show all versions |
| 34 | /tasks |
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List and manage background tasks. Alias: /bashes |
| 35 | /copy [N] |
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Copy the last assistant response to clipboard. Pass a number N to copy the Nth-latest response: /copy 2 copies the second-to-last. When code blocks are present, shows an interactive picker to select individual blocks or the full response. Press w in the picker to write the selection to a file instead of the clipboard, which is useful over SSH |
| 36 | /export [filename] |
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Export the current conversation as plain text. With a filename, writes directly to that file. Without, opens a dialog to copy to clipboard or save to a file |
| 37 | /agents |
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Manage agent configurations |
| 38 | /chrome |
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Configure Claude in Chrome settings |
| 39 | /hooks |
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View hook configurations for tool events |
| 40 | /ide |
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Manage IDE integrations and show status |
| 41 | /mcp |
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Manage MCP server connections and OAuth authentication |
| 42 | /plugin |
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Manage Claude Code plugins |
| 43 | /reload-plugins |
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Reload all active plugins to apply pending changes without restarting. Reports counts for each reloaded component and flags any load errors |
| 44 | /skills |
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List available skills. Press t to sort by token count |
| 45 | /memory |
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Edit CLAUDE.md memory files, enable or disable auto-memory, and view auto-memory entries |
| 46 | /effort [low|medium|high|xhigh|max|auto] |
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Set the model effort level. Available levels depend on the model and include low, medium, high, xhigh, and max (session-only). Without an argument, opens an interactive slider to pick the level. auto resets to the model default. Takes effect immediately without waiting for the current response to finish |
| 47 | /fast [on|off] |
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Toggle fast mode on or off |
| 48 | /model [model] |
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Select or change the AI model. For models that support it, use left/right arrows to adjust effort level. The change takes effect immediately without waiting for the current response to finish. When switching mid-conversation after prior output, Claude warns before applying the change |
| 49 | /passes |
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Share a free week of Claude Code with friends. Only visible if your account is eligible |
| 50 | /plan [description] |
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Enter plan mode directly from the prompt. Pass an optional description to enter plan mode and immediately start with that task, for example /plan fix the auth bug |
| 51 | /ultraplan <prompt> |
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Draft a plan in an ultraplan session, review it in your browser, then execute remotely or send it back to your terminal |
| 52 | /add-dir <path> |
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Add a working directory for file access during the current session. Most .claude/ configuration is not discovered from the added directory |
| 53 | /diff |
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Open an interactive diff viewer showing uncommitted changes and per-turn diffs. Use left/right arrows to switch between the current git diff and individual Claude turns, and up/down to browse files |
| 54 | /init |
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Initialize project with a CLAUDE.md guide. Set CLAUDE_CODE_NEW_INIT=1 for an interactive flow that also walks through skills, hooks, and personal memory files |
| 55 | /review |
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Review a pull request locally in your current session. For a deeper cloud-based review, see /ultrareview |
| 56 | /security-review |
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Analyze pending changes on the current branch for security vulnerabilities. Reviews the git diff and identifies risks like injection, auth issues, and data exposure |
| 57 | /team-onboarding |
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Generate a team onboarding guide from your Claude Code usage history. Analyzes sessions, commands, and MCP server usage from the past 30 days |
| 58 | /ultrareview [PR] |
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Run a deep, multi-agent code review of the given pull request in a cloud sandbox. Produces a structured review with prioritized findings; complements the local /review command |
| 59 | /autofix-pr [prompt] |
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Spawn a Claude Code on the web session that watches the current branch's PR and pushes fixes when CI fails or reviewers leave comments. Detects the open PR from your checked-out branch with gh pr view; to watch a different PR, check out its branch first. Requires the gh CLI and access to Claude Code on the web |
| 60 | /desktop |
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Continue the current session in the Claude Code Desktop app. macOS and Windows only. Alias: /app |
| 61 | /install-github-app |
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Set up the Claude GitHub Actions app for a repository. Walks you through selecting a repo and configuring the integration |
| 62 | /install-slack-app |
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Install the Claude Slack app. Opens a browser to complete the OAuth flow |
| 63 | /mobile |
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Show QR code to download the Claude mobile app. Aliases: /ios, /android |
| 64 | /remote-control |
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Make this session available for remote control from claude.ai. Alias: /rc |
| 65 | /remote-env |
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Configure the default remote environment for web sessions started with --remote |
| 66 | /schedule [description] |
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Create, update, list, or run routines. Claude walks you through the setup conversationally. Alias: /routines |
| 67 | /teleport |
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Pull a Claude Code on the web session into this terminal: opens a picker, then fetches the branch and conversation. Also available as /tp. Requires a claude.ai subscription |
| 68 | /web-setup |
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Connect your GitHub account to Claude Code on the web using your local gh CLI credentials. /schedule prompts for this automatically if GitHub is not connected |
| 69 | /background [prompt] |
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Detach the current session to run as a background agent and free this terminal. Alias: /bg |
| 70 | /branch [name] |
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Create a branch of the current conversation at this point. Alias: /fork. When CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT is set, /fork instead spawns a forked subagent and is no longer an alias for this command |
| 71 | /btw <question> |
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Ask a quick side question without adding to the conversation |
| 72 | /clear |
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Start a new conversation with empty context. The previous conversation stays available in /resume. To free up context while continuing the same conversation, use /compact instead. Aliases: /reset, /new |
| 73 | /compact [instructions] |
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Compact conversation with optional focus instructions |
| 74 | /exit |
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Exit the CLI. Alias: /quit |
| 75 | /goal [condition|clear] |
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Set a goal — Claude keeps working across turns until the condition is met. Pass clear to remove an existing goal |
| 76 | /recap |
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Generate a one-line summary of the current session on demand, without affecting the ongoing conversation |
| 77 | /rename [name] |
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Rename the current session and show the name on the prompt bar. Without a name, auto-generates one from conversation history |
| 78 | /resume [session] |
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Resume a conversation by ID or name, or open the session picker. Alias: /continue |
| 79 | /rewind |
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Rewind the conversation and/or code to a previous point, or summarize from a selected message. See checkpointing. Alias: /checkpoint, /undo |
| 80 | /stop |
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Stop the current background session. The transcript and worktree are kept |
Bundled skills such as /debug can also appear in the slash-command menu, but they are not built-in commands.