Slash Commands

Press Tab to autocomplete a command, and Enter to autocomplete and send. Press Tab again when command matches fully to queue the command. This allows chains like "commit" -> [Tab] -> "/compact" -> [Tab] -> "/prompts:open_pr" -> [Tab].

Command	Input	What it does
/exit	none	Exit Kent. During active work, Kent detaches while the server continues the run.
/new	none	Start a new session without stopping active work in the current session.
/resume	none	Open the session picker without stopping active work in the current session.
/login	none	Open auth options.
/compact <instructions>	optional free-form text	Compact the current context. Trailing text is passed through as additional compaction instructions. Active non-workflow goals continue in the resumed context.
/name <title>	optional free-form text	Set the session title. Empty input resets.
/thinking <low|medium|high|xhigh|max|ultra>	optional single value	Set the thinking level. Empty input shows the current level.
/fast [on|off|status]	optional single value	Toggle or inspect Fast mode;
/supervisor [on|off]	optional single value	Toggle supervisor invocation.
/autocompaction [on|off]	optional single value	Toggle auto-compaction.
/status	none	Open a page with detailed information about the config, git, runtime, and model.
/goal [pause|resume|clear|<objective>]	optional action or objective	Set or manage the current session goal (ralph-loop). Empty input opens the goal page.
/ps [kill|inline|logs] <id>	optional action + id	Open the background-process picker, or manage a specific background shell.
/wt	none	Open the Worktrees page.
/wt create	none	Open the create-worktree dialog; new branches require a non-empty base ref.
/wt switch <target>	required selector	Schedule entry into a worktree by id, branch, display name, or path.
/wt delete [<target>]	optional selector	Delete a worktree.
/copy	none	Copy the latest durable model final answer to the system clipboard.
/back	none	Return to the parent session, if present, with the child’s latest durable final answer prefilled.
/review <what to review>	optional free-form text	Trigger Kent’s native code review. It reuses an empty session; otherwise it starts a fresh child session.
/init <instructions>	optional free-form text	Run repository initialization. It reuses an empty session; otherwise it starts a fresh child session.
/prompt:<name>	optional free-form text	Run a custom Markdown prompt (see prompts).

Kent supports markdown file-backed custom prompt commands.

• If the prompt body contains the exact token $ARGUMENTS, Kent replaces every occurrence with the trailing input.
• Otherwise, if trailing input was provided, Kent appends it to the end of the prompt body.

To add a custom prompt, create a Markdown file in one of these directories (descending priority):

• <workspace>/.kent/prompts
• <workspace>/.kent/commands
• ~/.kent/prompts
• ~/.kent/commands

The command id is derived from the filename as prompt:<normalized_base_name>. Duplicate command ids are deduplicated by first match, so repo-scoped commands override global commands.