Type / in the input to see the list, or open the palette with Ctrl+P. Aliases work everywhere the name does.

Built from apps/tui/src/lib/slash-commands.ts on main, plus /help, /clear, /quit, /status and /plan, which the workspace handles itself.

Basics

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/help`	`/h`, `/?`	Show available commands
`/clear`	`/cls`, `/c`	Clear the screen
`/quit`	`/q`, `/exit`	Exit 8gent Code
`/status`	`/s`, `/st`	Show session status
`/settings`	-	Open settings view (toggle voice, performance, providers, models)
`/preferences [category]`	`/prefs`, `/settings`	View or edit your preferences
`/theme [light\|dark\|auto]`	`/t`	Light, dark or auto. Restart to apply

Models

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/model [name]`	`/m`	Select LLM model (↑↓ to scroll)
`/provider [name]`	`/pr`	Select LLM provider (↑↓ to scroll)
`/router [on\|off\|set\|test\|stats\|status]`	`/route`, `/routing`	Task router - assign models to task categories
`/vision [status\|model\|ocr\|pull] [args]`	`/vis`, `/ocr`, `/eye`	Vision & OCR model settings

Work

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/plan`	`/pl`	Show current execution plan
`/predict`	`/p`, `/next`	Show predicted next steps
`/avenues`	`/a`, `/paths`	Show all planned avenues
`/kanban`	`/k`, `/board`	Toggle kanban board view
`/evidence`	`/ev`, `/proof`	Show full evidence breakdown for this session
`/goal <goal> \| /goal status \| /goal stop \| /goal resume \| /goal clear \| /goal ?`	`/go`	Run a goal to completion. See /goal
`/subgoal <text>`	-	Inject a sub-goal into the running /goal loop.
`/build <task description>`	`/b`	Planner, engineer and judge on local models, for one build task
`/infinite [task]`	`/inf`, `/∞`	Switch this tab to Infinite (optionally with a task)
`/chat`	`/talk`	Toggle chat mode (background work continues)

Tabs and agents

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/agent [list\|spawn\|kill\|auto\|settings]`	`/agents`, `/ag`	Manage sub-agents (list, spawn, kill, auto, settings)
`/spawn <preset>`	-	Open another agent CLI you have installed as a tab. Alone, lists the presets
`/rename <new name>`	`/ren`	Rename current tab
`/notes`	-	Open the Notes tab (scratchpad, Ctrl+N)
`/ideas`	-	Open the Ideas tab (capture ideas as they come)
`/btw`	-	Open the BTW tab (park a side quest for later)
`/questions`	-	Open the Questions tab (research questions to answer)
`/projects`	-	Open the Projects tab (overview, switch working directory)
`/terminal [label]`	-	Open a terminal tab in the current project (optional tab label)
`/term [shell\|<preset>\|<command...>]`	-	New terminal tab: your shell, an agent CLI preset, or a command

Sessions

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/session [name\|list\|resume] <args>`	`/sess`	Named session management (name, list, resume)
`/resume`	`/res`	Resume a recent session (pick from last 5)
`/continue`	`/cont`, `/last`	Continue most recent session automatically
`/history`	`/hist`	Browse all past sessions
`/sessions [share\|attach <id>\|stop\|detach]`	`/shared`	Live and past shared sessions: share this one, or join another
`/compact`	`/compress`, `/summarize`	Summarize and compress current conversation
`/fork [label]`	`/f`	Fork conversation at current message
`/branch [list\|switch <id>]`	`/branches`, `/br`	List or switch branches
`/rewind [n\|list]`	`/rw`	Time-travel: rewind agent state to an earlier checkpoint
`/export`	`/save`	Export current session as self-contained HTML

Setup

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/onboarding`	`/onboard`, `/setup`, `/intro`	Start or restart personalization setup
`/skip [all]`	`/later`	Skip current onboarding question
`/auth [login\|logout\|status]`	`/login`, `/account`	Authentication (login, logout, status)

Voice, sound and focus

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/voice [on\|off\|test]`	`/v`	Voice TTS settings
`/dj [play\|radio\|produce\|pause\|stop\|skip\|np\|vol\|loop\|queue\|dl\|bpm\|mix]`	`/play`, `/radio`	The DJ: search and play, radio, produce, mix. See The DJ
`/music [lofi\|rain\|white\|ambient\|piano\|gen <prompt>\|stop\|config]`	`/audio`, `/soundscape`	Generate and play focus music locally
`/quiet`	`/mute`, `/shut`, `/silence`	Stop the launch tune now
`/adhd [on\|off\|lofi\|rainsound\|whitenoise\|ambient\|classical\|stop]`	`/focus`	ADHD mode - text + audio focus toolkit
`/animations [matrix\|fire\|dna\|stars\|dots\|glitch\|confetti\|wave\|all]`	`/anim`, `/fx`	Preview ASCII animations

Skills and tools

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/skills [list\|search\|info] [name]`	`/sk`	List and manage skills
`/toolshed [list\|search\|stats]`	`/shed`, `/tools`	Query available tools and capabilities
`/quarantine [add\|scan\|list\|release\|reject] [args]`	`/quar`, `/sandbox`	Manage skill quarantine (add, scan, release, reject)
`/design [task description]`	`/d`, `/ui`, `/style`	Suggest design systems for current task
`/create-app <name> [-- description text] [--caps read,write,bash]`	`/new-app`, `/scaffold-app`	Scaffold a personal mini-app in `~/.8gent/apps/<name>/`

Computer use

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/hands`	-	Toggle the hands indicator (mouse and keyboard control)
`/eyes`	-	Toggle the eyes indicator (screen reading)
`/handeyes`	-	Toggle the handeyes indicator (acting on what it sees)

Integrations

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/github [issues\|pr\|repos\|status]`	`/gh`	GitHub integration (issues, PRs, repos)
`/telegram [status\|setup]`	`/tg`	Telegram integration and setup
`/deploy`	`/redeploy`	Deploy the current project to Vercel
`/vercel [status\|env\|logs\|projects\|domains]`	`/vc`	Vercel deployment management
`/cron [list\|add\|remove\|enable\|disable]`	`/jobs`, `/schedule`	Manage scheduled cron jobs

Extras

Command	Aliases	What it does
`/pet [start\|stop\|deck\|card]`	`/companion`, `/lileight`	Spawn Lil Eight dock companion + show companion card
`/debug [sessions\|health\|tools\|errors\|inspect <id>\|export <id>]`	`/inspect`, `/logs`	Session debugger (sessions, health, tools, errors)

/permissions, /allow, /deny and /hooks belong to the older line-mode REPL, not the workspace. Edit ~/.8gent/permissions.json and ~/.8gent/hooks.json instead. See Allow and deny rules and Hooks.

Slash commands