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Slash commands

Commands are handled by the Gateway. Send them as a standalone message that starts with /. Inline text like hello /status is ignored for commands. Directives (/think, /verbose, /reasoning, /elevated) are parsed even when inline and are stripped from the message before the model sees it.

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Config

{
  commands: {
    native: false,
    text: true,
    useAccessGroups: true
  }
}
  • commands.text (default true) enables parsing /... in chat messages.
    • On surfaces without native commands (WhatsApp/WebChat/Signal/iMessage), text commands still work even if you set this to false.
  • commands.native (default false) registers native commands on Discord/Slack/Telegram.
    • false clears previously registered commands on Discord/Telegram at startup.
    • Slack commands are managed in the Slack app and are not removed automatically.
  • commands.useAccessGroups (default true) enforces allowlists/policies for commands.

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Command list

Text + native (when enabled):
  • /help
  • /status
  • /stop
  • /restart
  • /activation mention|always (groups only)
  • /send on|off|inherit (owner-only)
  • /reset or /new
  • /think <level> (aliases: /thinking, /t)
  • /verbose on|off (alias: /v)
  • /reasoning on|off|stream (alias: /reason; stream = Telegram draft only)
  • /elevated on|off (alias: /elev)
  • /model <name> (or /<alias> from agent.models.*.alias)
  • /queue <mode> (plus options like debounce:2s cap:25 drop:summarize; send /queue to see current settings)
Text-only: Notes:
  • Commands accept an optional : between the command and args (e.g. /think: high, /send: on, /help:).

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Surface notes

  • Text commands run in the normal chat session (DMs share main, groups have their own session).
  • Native commands use isolated sessions: discord:slash:<userId>, slack:slash:<userId>, telegram:slash:<userId>.
  • /stop targets the active chat session so it can abort the current run.
  • Slack: slack.slashCommand is still supported for a single /clawd-style command. If you enable commands.native, you must create one Slack slash command per built-in command (same names as /help).