Command reference
Every slash command, generated from the command catalog — 150 commands. Type any of these in an interactive session; /help prints the live list.
Session & history
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/help | show this command list |
/clear | start a fresh conversation (keeps the session log) |
/reset | start a fresh conversation (alias of /clear) |
/history | show this conversation's transcript |
/export | export this conversation — format, tool/thinking toggles, file or clipboard |
/retry | re-run your last message |
/undo | drop the last turn from the conversation |
/rewind | list or restore recent per-edit file checkpoints |
/title | name the current session |
/fork | branch the current conversation into a new session |
/restart | reload Vanta in place with fresh code (needs ./run.sh) |
/exit | leave the session |
Goals & focus
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/goal | set / resume / drop a standing goal (a carried goal starts paused) |
/goals | active goals from the kernel |
/next | surface one concrete next micro-step from your active goals |
/now | execute items in the Now column — agent picks up whatever you put there |
/plan | show the agent's current task plan (todo list) |
/planmode | enforced plan mode — write tools blocked until /planmode approve |
/boundary | mark a task boundary — archive the current task state and begin fresh |
/where | show last stated intent and recent tool call breadcrumb |
/wm | view or add to session working memory (cleared each session) |
Model & config
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/model | change provider & model — interactive picker |
/models | list available models for the active provider |
/effort | set model effort for this session |
/setup | open setup or inspect one setup area |
/config | interactive settings — view + change config (TUI) |
/settings | show/edit persisted settings |
/usage | token usage + context fill for this session |
/update | git pull the latest Vanta (then ./install.sh to rebuild) |
Tools, skills & knowledge
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/tools | list available tools |
/skills | list skills, audit injection flags, or review staged agent skill changes |
/memory | browse memory files, or save a fact to Vanta's brain |
/moim | pin a top-of-mind note injected into every prompt until cleared |
/context | visual context-budget breakdown |
/compress | compact the conversation context now |
/compact | compact context now (alias of /compress; optional steer) |
/hooks | list, add, or remove shell hooks in .vanta/hooks.json |
/mcp | MCP panel — servers + connection status, per-server tools, tool detail, reconnect (TUI) |
/permissions | tighten-only tool permission rules (~/.vanta/permissions.tsv) |
/preferences | inspect and correct Vanta's operator beliefs |
Deep work
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/ultrathink | deep-reasoning mode — plan, weigh tradeoffs + edge cases, then act |
/ultracode | multi-agent coding push — decompose, parallel subagents, verify, synthesize |
/deep-research | fan-out research — multi-source search, skeptic-verify, cited synthesis |
/skeptic | adversarially verify a claim — refute by default, demand evidence |
/brief | JARVIS-style today brief — tasks, goals, calendar, episodic |
/review | review changed code for bugs and cleanups (low|medium|high) |
/simplify | reuse/simplify/efficiency/altitude pass on changed code |
/auto | auto-minimalism mode — do the least that works (stdlib>deps, deletion>addition); 'review' audits a diff for deletable code |
/verify | run the app and confirm a change actually works |
/repro | save a diagnostic repro bundle to .vanta/repro-*.md |
/summary | summarize this session (what was done, what remains) |
/audit | run npm audit + dependency checks |
Operator views
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/world | view Vanta's world model — entities + relationships across your systems |
/money | Money OS ledger — offers, prospect pipeline, revenue total |
/radar | Opportunity radar — scored opportunities ranked by pain + buyer signal |
/team | background worker roster — named agents, roles, status, blockers |
/lifesearch | search across Vanta's local stores (world/money/radar/team/errors) — source-cited |
/compartments | Vanta's self-repair body map — compartments + max autonomy per part |
/locks | regression locks — verified behaviors + passing/regressed status (verification organ) |
/reach | internet-reach doctor — each channel's active backend + status + the exact fix per gap |
/cookie | show login-walled reach channels with a stored cookie + the export guide |
/dashboard | live operator state — tasks, goals, repo, model |
/health | capability health — gmail/search/vision/browser/mcp + the exact fix for each gap |
/today | today brief — tasks, goals, calendar, episodic |
Files, edits & input
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/files | list files in the current conversation context |
/open | open a file:line in your editor ($VANTA_EDITOR/code) |
/edit | edit the last AI response in your editor ($VANTA_EDITOR/code) |
/diff | show uncommitted changes (working tree + staged) |
/changes | review changed files — per-file keep/undo (TUI) |
/search | full-text search this session's transcript — ranked matches + highlighted snippets |
/image | attach an image for your next message |
/look | capture native macOS screen context for the next message |
/paste | attach an image from the clipboard (macOS) |
/attachments | show or clear pending image attachments |
/add-dir | add a directory to this session's readable/writable scope |
/import | import config/skills from a backup archive |
Project & lifecycle
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/init | generate a project context file for future sessions |
/roadmap | open the drag-and-drop roadmap board |
/loops | live loops + escalations dashboard (TUI) |
/cron | list scheduled tasks |
/tasks | operator task stack — /tasks next for the best move |
/branch | create or switch git branch (kernel-gated) |
/routes | show provider routing config (main + named VANTA_ROUTE_* overrides) |
/rename | rename the current session |
/lint | run the code-size gate on changed files |
Sessions & continuity
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/sessions | list saved sessions |
/resume | load a past session into this conversation |
/handoff | copy-paste handoff packet (goals, git, files, next step) |
/bug | record a structured bug with session + git context |
/copy | copy the last response to the clipboard |
UI
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/cockpit | open mission-control — kernel verdict ladder, goals, loops (TUI) |
/tui | TUI renderer info; /tui fullscreen confirms alt-screen mode |
/focus | toggle focus view — hide tool events, show only user + final responses |
/composer | input box position: float (default) or bottom-pinned |
/output-style | control response verbosity |
Other
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/activity | who/what/why timeline over the event log — /activity [--who tool] [--kind gate|tool|note] [--risk ask|blocked] [--since 2h] [--limit N] [text] |
/agents | custom agent editor — model, tools, color, markdown file (TUI) |
/autonomy | show the acts-alone / queues / wakes-me contract |
/bg | detach/check the active response in the background (TUI) |
/bgtasks | background shell tasks — list status, stop one by id |
/blueprint | preview a form-driven schedule or webhook automation |
/btw | ask a quick side question — not added to conversation history |
/cd | change the session working directory for shell_cmd (no arg prints it) |
/checkpoint | snapshot the full conversation state under a name |
/describe | generate a short LLM description of a file or directory |
/diagnose-crash | diagnose a pasted macOS/iOS/build crash log with cited evidence |
/env | session-scoped env vars injected into shell_cmd/run_code child processes |
/explain | capability-preservation surface — what changed + why, with a comprehension probe on risky/large changes |
/feedback | draft a redacted GitHub issue from feedback/feature requests; send files it |
/home | operator home — workflows, channels, skills, tasks, memory, watchers, setup |
/init-verifiers | detect the project's build/test/lint/typecheck gates → verifier skills it can run to check its work |
/learn | build a skill from a doc/URL — distills, gates, and saves an editable SKILL.md |
/learning | self-learning loop status — skills minted/refined/adopted + adoption rate |
/learnings | per-project learnings index — relevant insights, stale/conflicting flagged |
/less-permission-prompts | scan the session for repeatedly-approved read-only tools and propose allow rules to cut future prompts (propose-only) |
/loop | schedule a recurring task from a natural-language interval (e.g. every 2 hours <task>, daily, every monday) |
/nd | executive-function support gates — view/toggle/tune the ND gate set |
/outreach | authorized brand workspace — pending drafts + the proof ledger (draft-only, approval-gated) |
/peers | live Vanta peer sessions on this machine (UDS) — id, title, pid for cross-session collab |
/planv2 | plan mode v2 — fan a task out across N concurrent plan-execution agents (VANTA_PLAN_V2_AGENT_COUNT, 1-10) |
/plugin-panels | open data-only panels contributed by isolated plugin workers (TUI) |
/proactive | proactive-autonomy mode (KAIROS) — whether idle ticking is enabled, the throttle, and would-it-tick-now (read-only) |
/prompt | switch the session's operating prompt preset |
/record | record terminal output to an asciicast v2 .cast file under ~/.vanta/recordings |
/recover | classify trouble — targeted bug, polluted context, or wrong assumption |
/reload-plugins | re-scan enabled plugins and load any added this session — reports newly available vs already loaded |
/reload-skills | re-scan skill directories and pick up any added this session — reports added vs already-indexed vs removed |
/restore | restore a checkpoint in place, or branch it into a new session |
/run | launch and drive this project's app |
/sandbox | sandbox settings — config, dependencies, doctor, per-tool overrides (TUI) |
/schema-quality | show exact, partial, untested, and contradicted model quality |
/schema-recovery | show the latest model counterexample and its safe next action |
/screenshot | copy the current Vanta transcript to clipboard as a PNG image |
/searchall | search across all saved sessions (TUI) |
/security-review | security audit of the current branch's diff vs base (injection/secret/authz/traversal/exec/SSRF) |
/skillify | distill this session into a draft SKILL.md (write_skill saves it — not auto-written) |
/spec-to-app | build a verified React/Tailwind preview from a product spec |
/stats | aggregate usage — sessions, turns, tool calls, tokens/cost (TUI) |
/status | kernel, provider, keys, store health |
/stop | graceful soft-stop — finish the current tool call, then end the turn with a summary |
/suggest | recap + ranked next-step (top 3); '/suggest all' for the full backlog |
/support | set current capacity and task support without diagnostic labels |
/teams | interactive team roster — create workers, manage status, inspect assigned tasks |
/terminal-setup | print the steps to bind Shift+Enter → newline for your detected terminal (iTerm2/Apple Terminal/VS Code/WezTerm) |
/tickets | issue board — first-class tickets grouped by status, with goal/parent links + inbox state |
/time | session elapsed + time since last action (ND-TIME-RANGES) |
/vim | toggle vi-mode in the composer (normal/insert: hjkl, w/b, dd, yy, p, i/a/o) |
/wftasks | workflow run task list — compose_workflow runs + their running/done/failed status |
/what-can-i-do | show concrete runnable workflows for this Vanta install |
/workflow-select | choose, skip, reorder, and run steps from .vanta/workflow-draft.json |