Slash Commands

Type / in the TUI to trigger a slash command. Partial matches are supported — /se matches /session. If you prefer the keyboard, ctrl+p opens the same command picker. See Keyboard Shortcuts for the rest of the TUI controls.

Session management

Command	Aliases	Description
/new	/new-session	Start a new session
/session	/sessions	Switch between sessions
/summarize	/summary	Summarize and compact the current context

Model & mode

Command	Aliases	Description
/model	/models	Switch model mid-session
/model-selection	/model_selection	Show the shared model-selection status family: configured slots, next-turn selector, and one-turn override posture
/mode [mode]		Show or set the shared session-mode status family. Read-only /mode reports current mode, reachable modes, deferred mode-change posture, and the latest bounded autoselect/manual-override fact; setting a mode keeps the existing choreography-backed mutation path. The built-in modal preset exposes code, chat, debug, review, plan, and sre; custom choreographies may expose fewer states.
/thinking		Toggle extended reasoning mode
/reasoning		Set reasoning effort level

Content & context

Command	Aliases	Description
/attach	/file-picker	Attach a file to the current message
/editor		Open current prompt in $EDITOR
/memory		View and manage persistent memories
/reflections	/pending_reflections, /reflection_approve	Review reflections awaiting operator approval; approve to persist or reject to discard (requires the sqlite backend)
/debugger	/runs	Open the replayable agent debugger for recent runs in the current session
/run-observability	/run_observability	Open the bounded run-observability hub for session summary, cue ledger, and trace-lens routing
/cue-ledger	/cue_ledger, /run-cue-ledger, /run_cue_ledger	Open the run cue ledger for the current session family
/rule-files	/rule_files	Show the session-aware local rule-file projection for the current workspace
/chat-interface	/chat_interface, /shell-posture, /shell_posture	Show the local-only Bubble Tea chat-shell status family: transcript/composer posture, overlay state, and when to drill into /degraded

Workflow control

Command	Aliases	Description
/intent discuss|plan|execute		Set the next submit intent: discuss (chat/read-only, skips plan-prompt injection), plan, or execute. Optional text on the same line is sent immediately under that intent. Use /intent discuss … to explore a topic without running mutating tools.
/approve	/approve-plan, /approve_plan	Approve a staged plan and advance to execute phase
/contract-rerun	/contract_rerun	Re-run change-contract checks for the active session
/contract-obligations	/contract, /contract_obligations	Inspect or waive the current session’s change-contract obligations
/plan	/return-to-plan	Return to plan phase to revise before executing
/review		Run the built-in review command against the current change set
/pr-ready	/pr_ready	Run the built-in PR-ready command to harden the current change set for merge
/todos		Toggle the task/todo pills overlay; can resurface recent or completed todo state, not only active todos
/queue	/queues	Open the queued prompt manager scoped to the current session when one is active
/enqueue <prompt>		Queue a prompt for execution after the current run completes (same as ctrl+enter from the composer)
/diff-mode	/diff_mode	Toggle inline diff display for file writes
/yolo		Toggle yolo mode (skip all tool confirmations)

Agents & teams

Command	Aliases	Description
/agents	/agent	View spawned sub-agents and manage active ones with follow-up or close actions
/agent-family	/agent_family, /family	Inspect live child sessions and recent replayable family runs in one operator surface
/agent_kinds	/kinds, /agent-kinds	View configured agent kinds (registry: prompts, mesh caps, tool policy)—not live spawns; see Agent kinds
/worktree	/worktrees	View and manage sub-agent git worktrees and isolation overrides
/team	/jobs	View live team and batch job status

Recipes & skills

Command	Aliases	Description
/recipe	/recipes	Open the recipe picker dialog
/schedules	/scheduled-jobs, /scheduled_jobs	Browse persisted scheduled jobs from the scheduler store
/schedule	/schedule-daemon	Inspect the schedule daemon and start or stop it
/skills		Open the skills picker and activate a discovered skill

UI controls

Command	Aliases	Description
/sidebar		Toggle the sidebar
/help-toggle		Show or hide the inline keybinding help footer
/activity	/toggle-activity	Expand or collapse the runtime Activity row feed (same as ctrl+a; Activity strip is on by default — set options.tui.runtime_activity_row = false to hide)

Configuration & introspection

Command	Aliases	Description
/hooks		View configured hooks and recent runtime hook activity
/settings	/config	Open the settings dialog
/config-status	/config_status	Show live layered-config status from the shared status snapshot
/autopilot		Start or stop the headless autopilot runtime
/autopilot_status	/autopilot-status, /ap-status, /ap_status	Inspect autopilot posture, pillars, PID files, manifest, and the recent autopilot.fired ring
/contracts	/goal-contracts, /goal_contracts	Inspect persisted goal contracts: rails, expiry, and kill-switch state; see Goal contracts
/lifecycle	/dlb-lifecycle	Read-only lifecycle surface: class, state, authority, posture context, and reason metadata
/endocrine-graph	/composition-graph, /w4-graph	View the config-derived cross-layer composition sketch (nodes, edges, acyclicity)
/metabolism	/fleet-controller	Inspect fleet controller cycles, recommendations, and health signal state
/journal-status	/journal_status	Show Journal posture: state, partition binding, recent ring saturation, and action × outcome counts. See Journal posture.
/journal	/j	Cross-subsystem dated narrative for the current session

Discovery, packs, and operator views

Command	Aliases	Description
/questions	/question	Browse and resolve pending operator questions (permissions, MCP elicitations, clarifications); see Operator questions
/discovery	/discover, /explore	Browse capabilities grouped by category (same registry as the command palette)
/arena		Inspect arena status, latest candidates, workflows, and start a comparison round
/gloss	/timeline, /perf	Per-turn execution timeline with phase durations
/markers	/workspace-markers	Workspace stigmergy markers and scope counts
/workspace-claims	/claims	Inspect active workspace path claims, hard/soft counts, and negotiation states
/pack	/packs	Operating pack picker and session pack state
/capsules	/edit-capsules	Recent edit capsules (rollback / dismiss)
/orch	/adaptive-orch, /adaptive_orch	Adaptive orchestration inspector (reshape, monitor)
/compaction-reactions	/compaction_reactions	Recent compaction idle-gate evaluations
/context		Open the Context hub: token budget, pruning controls, and deep-links to memory and compaction
/strategy	/workspace-strategy	Inspect cross-session workspace strategy memory entries
/cartography	/workspace-map, /workspace_map	Open heat, stigmergy markers, and workspace trail in one tabbed drill-in
/germinate	/germinate-dormant, /germinate_dormant	Record germination (dormant → active) for a persisted promotion seed

Utility

Command	Aliases	Description
/init		Analyze the project and write the configured context file (AGENTS.md by default)
/docs	/quickstart	Open the quickstart in the browser
/tools-docs	/reference-tools	Open the tools reference in the browser
/tools		Open the Commands palette on the Tools tab
/help	/commands	Open the Commands palette (use /tools, /capabilities, or /discovery for discovery)
/capabilities		Show capability summary (what BMO can do)
/quit	/exit	Exit BMO

Behavior visual

Slash command palette

The command palette should make the likely command rise to the active row as the operator types.