Slash commands

Overview

Slash commands are special commands you can use within an interactive chat session to quickly perform actions without leaving the conversation. They start with a forward slash (/) and provide shortcuts for common tasks.

Using slash commands

Slash commands are only available in interactive chat mode:

kiro chat
> /help

Available commands

/help

Display available slash commands and their usage.

> /help

/quit

Exit the interactive chat session.

> /quit

Aliases: /exit, /q

/clear

Clear the current conversation history.

> /clear

Note: This only clears the display, not the saved conversation.

/context

Manage context files and view context window usage. Context rules determine which files are included in your Kiro session and are derived from the current active agent.

# Display context rule configuration and matched files
> /context show

# Add context rules (filenames or glob patterns)
> /context add src/app.js
> /context add "*.py"
> /context add "src/**/*.js"

# Remove specified rules
> /context remove src/app.js

# Remove all rules
> /context clear

Available subcommands:

• show - Display the context rule configuration and matched files
• add - Add context rules (filenames or glob patterns)
• remove - Remove specified rules

Notes:

• You can add specific files or use glob patterns (e.g., *.py, src/**/*.js)
• Agent rules apply only to the current agent
• Context changes are NOT preserved between chat sessions. To make changes permanent, edit the agent config file.
• The files matched by these rules provide Kiro with additional information about your project or environment

See Context Management for detailed documentation.

/model

Switch to a different AI model.

# Show current model
> /model

# Switch model
> /model claude-3-5-sonnet
> /model gpt-4

Example:

> /model claude-3-5-sonnet
Switched to model: claude-3-5-sonnet

/agent

Manage agents and switch between different agent configurations.

# List all available agents
> /agent list

# Create a new agent
> /agent create my-agent

# Edit an existing agent configuration
> /agent edit my-agent

# Generate an agent configuration using AI
> /agent generate

# Show agent config schema
> /agent schema

# Set default agent for new chat sessions
> /agent set-default my-agent

# Swap to a different agent at runtime
> /agent swap code-reviewer

Available subcommands:

• list - List all available agents
• create - Create a new agent with the specified name
• edit - Edit an existing agent configuration
• generate - Generate an agent configuration using AI
• schema - Show agent config schema
• set-default - Define a default agent to use when kiro-cli chat launches
• swap - Swap to a new agent at runtime

Notes:

• Agents can be stored globally in ~/.kiro/agents/ or per-workspace in .kiro/agents/
• Launch kiro-cli chat with a specific agent using kiro-cli chat --agent agent_name
• Set default agent with kiro-cli settings chat.defaultAgent agent_name

See Custom Agents for detailed documentation.

/save

Save the current conversation to a file.

# Save <PATH>
> /save /myproject/codereview.json

/load

Load a previously saved conversation.

# List available conversations
> /load /myproject/codereview.json

/editor

Open your default editor (defaults to vi) to compose a prompt.

> /editor

Opens $EDITOR to compose a longer message.

/reply

Open your editor with the most recent assistant message quoted for reply.

> /reply

Useful for referencing and responding to specific parts of the AI's response.

/compact

Summarize the conversation to free up context space.

> /compact

Condenses the conversation history while preserving key information, useful when approaching context limits.

/paste

Paste an image from clipboard.

> /paste

Adds an image from your system clipboard to the conversation.

/tools

View tools and permissions. By default, Kiro will ask for your permission to use certain tools. You can control which tools you trust so that no confirmation is required.

# View all tools and their permissions
> /tools

# Show the input schema for all available tools
> /tools schema

# Trust a specific tool for the session
> /tools trust write

# Revert a tool to per-request confirmation
> /tools untrust write

# Trust all tools (equivalent to deprecated /acceptall)
> /tools trust-all

# Reset all tools to default permission levels
> /tools reset

Available subcommands:

• schema - Show the input schema for all available tools
• trust - Trust a specific tool or tools for the session
• untrust - Revert a tool or tools to per-request confirmation
• trust-all - Trust all tools (equivalent to deprecated /acceptall)
• reset - Reset all tools to default permission levels

Note: For permanent tool configuration, see Agent Configuration Reference.

/prompts

View and retrieve prompts. Prompts are reusable templates that help you quickly access common workflows and tasks. These templates are provided by the MCP servers you have installed and configured.

# List available prompts from a tool or show all available prompts
> /prompts list

# Show detailed information about a specific prompt
> /prompts details code-review

# Get a specific prompt by name
> /prompts get code-review [arg]

# Quick retrieval (without /prompts prefix)
> @code-review [arg]

# Create a new local prompt
> /prompts create my-prompt

# Edit an existing local prompt
> /prompts edit my-prompt

# Remove an existing local prompt
> /prompts remove my-prompt

Available subcommands:

• list - List available prompts from a tool or show all available prompts
• details - Show detailed information about a specific prompt
• get - Get a specific prompt by name
• create - Create a new local prompt
• edit - Edit an existing local prompt
• remove - Remove an existing local prompt

Quick tip: To retrieve a prompt directly, use @<prompt name> [arg] without the /prompts get prefix.

See Manage Prompts for detailed documentation.

/hooks

View context hooks.

> /hooks

Display active context hooks for the current session.

/usage

Show billing and credits information.

> /usage

View your current usage statistics and remaining credits.

/mcp

See MCP servers loaded.

> /mcp

Display Model Context Protocol servers currently active.

/experiment

Toggle experimental features.

> /experiment

Enable or disable experimental CLI features.

/todos

View, manage, and resume to-do lists.

# View todos
> /todos

# Add todo
> /todos add "Fix authentication bug"

# Complete todo
> /todos complete 1

/issue

Create a new GitHub issue or make a feature request.

> /issue

Opens a workflow to submit issues or feature requests to the Kiro team.

/logdump

Create a zip file with logs for support investigation.

> /logdump

Generates a diagnostic log bundle for troubleshooting with support.

/changelog

View changelog for Kiro CLI.

> /changelog

Display recent updates and changes to the CLI.

Keyboard shortcuts

In interactive mode, you can also use:

• Ctrl+C - Cancel current input
• Ctrl+J - To insert new-line for multi-line prompt
• Ctrl+S - Fuzzy search commands and context files, use tab to select multiple items
• Ctrl+T - Toggle tangent mode for isolated conversations (if Tangent mode is enabled)
• Up/Down arrows - Navigate command history

Command aliases

Quick reference for command aliases:

Next steps

• Learn about CLI Commands for terminal usage
• Explore Interactive Chat Mode
• Check Context Management for advanced context handling