The most important Claude Code & Codex shortcuts and slash commands

Last updated June 9, 2026 · bookmark with Cmd/Ctrl+D

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General

Ctrl+C interrupt; clear or exit

Ctrl+D send EOF to exit

Esc interrupt mid-turn; vim NORMAL

Ctrl+L redraw terminal; double to clear

Ctrl+X Ctrl+K kill background subagents

Space (voice) hold to dictate

Ctrl+B background bash or agent

Modes & permissions

Shift+Tab cycle permission modes

Option+P switch model, keep prompt

Option+T toggle extended thinking

Option+O toggle fast mode

Editing & input

Enter submit prompt

\ + Enter insert newline

Shift+Enter insert newline

Ctrl+J insert newline without submitting

Ctrl+G edit prompt in external editor

Tab accept suggestion / autocomplete

/ open command/skill menu

! run shell command

@ mention a file

i / I / a / A / o / O vim enter INSERT mode

History & navigation

Ctrl+R reverse-search command history

Ctrl+S cycle search scope / stash prompt

Up/Down arrows move cursor / browse history

Esc Esc clear prompt or open rewind

Display & transcript

Ctrl+O toggle transcript viewer

Ctrl+T toggle task list

Left/Right arrows cycle dialog tabs

Images & media

Ctrl+V paste image from clipboard

Session & conversation

/clear start fresh conversation

/branch branch the conversation

/fork fork subagent inheriting conversation

/btw quick side question

/recap one-line session summary

/resume resume a conversation

/rename rename current session

/rewind rewind to checkpoint

/exit exit the CLI

/copy copy last response

/export export conversation to file

/focus toggle focus view

/diff open diff viewer

/tasks manage background tasks

/stop stop background session

/background detach as background agent

/goal set persistent goal

Context & memory

/add-dir add working directory

/cd change working directory

/compact summarize to free context

/context visualize context usage

/memory edit CLAUDE.md memory

/init create CLAUDE.md guide

Code, review & testing

/code-review review diff for bugs/cleanups

/ultrareview cloud multi-agent review

/review review PR locally

/security-review scan changes for vulnerabilities

/simplify apply cleanup fixes to diff

/autofix-pr auto-fix PR on CI/review

/run launch and drive your app

/run-skill-generator write per-project run skill

/verify run app to confirm change

/debug enable debug logging, troubleshoot

/plan enter plan mode

/ultraplan draft plan, review, execute

/batch orchestrate large-scale codebase changes

/workflows view workflow progress

/deep-research research and synthesize cited report

Setup & config

/config open settings

/model switch model

/effort set model effort level

/fast toggle fast mode

/theme change color theme

/tui set terminal renderer

/statusline configure status line

/keybindings open keybindings file

/sandbox toggle sandbox mode

/terminal-setup configure terminal keybindings

/voice toggle voice dictation

/doctor diagnose installation and settings

/status show version, model, account

/remote-env choose cloud agent environment

/setup-bedrock configure Bedrock auth

/setup-vertex configure Vertex AI

/permissions manage tool permissions

/hooks view hook configurations

/fewer-permission-prompts add read-only tool allowlist

Account, plan & usage

/login sign in

/logout sign out

/usage show cost and usage

/cost show cost and usage

/stats open usage stats tab

/usage-credits configure usage credits

/upgrade upgrade plan tier

/privacy-settings manage privacy settings

/insights analyze your sessions

/team-onboarding generate team onboarding guide

Integrations & extensibility

/mcp manage MCP servers

/mcp__<server>__<prompt> invoke MCP server prompt

/agents manage subagents

/skills list available skills

/plugin manage plugins

/reload-plugins reload active plugins

/reload-skills rescan skills and commands

/install-github-app set up GitHub Actions app

/install-slack-app install Slack app

/web-setup connect GitHub for web

/ide manage IDE integrations

/chrome configure Chrome settings

/desktop continue in desktop app

/mobile QR code for mobile app

/teleport pull web session local

/remote-control enable remote control

/schedule manage cron routines

/loop run prompt repeatedly

/claude-api load Claude API reference

Help & misc

/help show help

/feedback submit feedback or bug

/release-notes view changelog

/powerup interactive feature lessons

General

Enter submit prompt / inject mid-turn

Ctrl+C close session / overlay

Esc interrupt turn / cancel

Ctrl+D exit on empty / delete forward

Modes & permissions

Alt+. raise reasoning effort

Alt+, lower reasoning effort

y approve once

a approve for session

d deny action

n / Esc decline action

Enter / Esc accept / cancel selection

Editing & input

Ctrl+J insert newline

Shift+Enter insert newline

Alt+Enter insert newline

Ctrl+G open external editor

Tab queue follow-up / insert path

@ fuzzy file search

! run shell command

Paste image attach image to composer

History & navigation

Esc Esc edit / fork previous message

Ctrl+R reverse-search prompt history

Up / Down navigate draft history

Display & transcript

Ctrl+L clear terminal view

Ctrl+O copy latest output

Ctrl+T open transcript overlay

Alt+R toggle raw scrollback

? / Shift+? toggle shortcuts help

Session & conversation

/clear clear screen, fresh chat

/new new conversation, same session

/resume resume saved conversation

/fork fork conversation to new thread

/side start ephemeral side conversation

/archive archive current session

/exit exit CLI

/agent switch agent thread

/goal set persistent task goal

/plan switch to plan mode

Context & memory

/compact summarize to free tokens

/memories configure memory use

/mention attach file to conversation

/ide include open IDE context

/copy copy latest output

Code, review & testing

/review review working tree

/diff show git diff

/approve approve one review retry

Setup & config

/permissions set auto-approval permissions

/model choose model and effort

/fast toggle fast service tier

/personality choose response style

/experimental toggle experimental features

/keymap remap keyboard shortcuts

/vim toggle vim mode

/raw toggle raw scrollback

/theme choose syntax theme

/init scaffold AGENTS.md

Account, plan & usage

/status show session config, token usage

/logout sign out, clear auth

Integrations & extensibility

/mcp list MCP tools

/apps browse connectors, insert in prompt

/plugins browse plugins

/hooks review lifecycle hooks

/skills browse and use skills

/app hand off to Codex Desktop

Background tasks & help

/ps show background terminals

/stop stop background terminals