Slash Commands
Slash commands are the fastest way to steer Elowen mid-conversation. They work the same on every surface — the CLI, the web chat, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Teams — because the menu is served by the daemon, not by each client. Add a command once and it shows up everywhere, always in sync.
Type / in any chat to browse the menu. It filters as you keep typing, so /mod narrows to /model before you finish the word.
Chat control
| Command | Arguments | What it does | Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
/new | — | Starts a fresh conversation in the current chat. | All |
/stop | — | Aborts the running turn, including any delegated sub-agents and workflows it spawned. | All |
/status | — | Shows the active model, context usage as a percentage, and token usage for the session. | All |
/help | — | Lists the available commands. | All |
/compact | [steer text] | Summarizes the conversation history to free up context. Optional steer text tells the summary what to keep. A friendly no-op when there is nothing to compact. | All |
/yolo | [on|off] | Toggles session-scoped auto-approve for tool calls. Deny rules still apply — yolo never overrides them. | CLI |
Model and reasoning
| Command | Arguments | What it does | Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
/model | [name] | Opens the model picker, or switches directly when you give a name — fuzzy matching accepted. | All |
/reasoning | [level|show] | Opens the reasoning-effort picker, or sets a level directly. show toggles Thought rows in the transcript. | CLI + channels |
/fast | [on|off|status] | Toggles OpenAI OAuth priority processing for faster responses. | All |
Sessions (CLI)
These manage saved conversations. They exist only in the CLI, where session switching lives.
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/sessions | — | Opens the session picker. |
/resume | [N|id] | Resumes a session by list number or id. |
/rename | [title] | Renames the current session. Without an argument, opens an inline modal. |
/delete | [N|id] | Deletes a session, with a two-step confirmation. |
/export | [html|jsonl] | Downloads the conversation to the directory the CLI was launched from. |
/quit | — | Exits the CLI. |
Modes and goals
| Command | Arguments | What it does | Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
/plan | — | Switches to plan mode: read-only, with mutating tools hidden. | All |
/build | — | Switches back to build mode. | All |
/workflow | — | Switches to workflow mode, where work runs as a DAG of sub-agents. | All |
/goal | [text|status|pause|resume|clear|draft] | Manages a persistent multi-turn objective. draft previews the goal without activating it. | All |
/subgoal | <text>|remove N|clear | Adds, removes, or clears sub-goals under the active goal. | All |
/tdd | [on|off] | Toggles the daemon-wide test-driven-development mission mode. | All (admin) |
CLI environment
These tune the terminal client itself, so they exist only in the CLI. See CLI Keybinds for the keyboard side of the same surface.
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/cd | [path] | Changes the working directory the agent operates in. |
/theme | [name] | Switches the color theme. |
/keybinds | — | Opens the keybinding reference. |
/statusline | — | Configures the status line. |
/editor | — | Composes the current message in $VISUAL or $EDITOR. |
/paste | — | Attaches the clipboard image to the message. |
/stats | — | Shows session statistics. |
/mcp | — | Shows MCP server and tool health. |
/skills | — | Lists loaded skills. |
/tools | — | Lists tools contributed by plugins. |
Admin
| Command | Arguments | What it does | Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
/lsp | — | Shows language-server status. | CLI (admin) |
/restart | — | Restarts the daemon. | All (admin) |
Channel-only commands
A few commands are adapter-local: they configure how one channel behaves rather than the conversation itself.
| Command | Arguments | What it does | Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
/context | — | Binds the channel to an existing conversation. This moves the conversation to the channel — it does not copy it. Operator-gated. | Channels |
/voice | — | Toggles spoken replies via text-to-speech. | Discord, Telegram |
/display | — | Sets per-channel display overrides. | Discord, Telegram, Teams |
Plugin commands
Plugins can register their own slash commands. Each one is a prompt template: when you run it, the template expands and is sent as your message, with any arguments substituted into $1, $2, $@, or $ARGUMENTS placeholders.
Plugin commands appear in the / menu on every surface automatically — there is nothing extra to configure per channel.
Exact command availability per channel — including channel-only commands and operator gates — is documented on each channel's own page. Start at Channels.