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2	Slash Commands Reference	Complete reference for interactive CLI and messaging slash commands

Slash Commands Reference

Hermes has two slash-command surfaces, both driven by a central COMMAND_REGISTRY in hermes_cli/commands.py:

• Interactive CLI slash commands — dispatched by cli.py, with autocomplete from the registry
• Messaging slash commands — dispatched by gateway/run.py, with help text and platform menus generated from the registry

Installed skills are also exposed as dynamic slash commands on both surfaces. (/plan used to be one of these; it is now a built-in command — see the Session table below.)

Permissions and admin/user split

Every messaging platform that supports a per-user allowlist (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix, Mattermost, Signal, …) also supports a two-tier slash command split: admins get every registered command, regular users only get the names you list in user_allowed_commands (plus the always-allowed floor /help and /whoami). Configure allow_admin_from and user_allowed_commands (and the per-group equivalents group_allow_admin_from / group_user_allowed_commands) inside the platform's extra: block in ~/.hermes/config.yaml.

See the per-platform docs for examples — the structure is identical across platforms:

• Telegram
• Discord
• Slack
• Matrix
• Mattermost
• Signal

If allow_admin_from is unset for a scope, that scope stays in unrestricted backward-compat mode — every allowed user can run every command.

Interactive CLI slash commands

Type / in the CLI to open the autocomplete menu. Built-in commands are case-insensitive.

Session

Command	Description
/new [name] (alias: /reset)	Start a new session (fresh session ID + history). Optional [name] sets the initial session title — e.g. /new my-experiment opens a fresh session already titled my-experiment so it's easy to find later with /resume or /sessions. Append now, --yes, or -y to skip the confirmation modal — e.g. /reset now, /new --yes my-experiment.
/clear	Clear screen and start a new session
/history	Show conversation history (respects /timestamps)
/save	Save the current conversation
/prompt (alias: /compose)	Compose your next prompt in $EDITOR (markdown) instead of the inline input — useful for long, multi-line, or carefully-formatted prompts.
/retry	Retry the last message (resend to agent)
/undo	Remove the last user/assistant exchange
/title	Set a title for the current session (usage: /title My Session Name)
/compress [here [N] | focus topic]	Manually compress conversation context (flush memories + summarize). /compress here [N] summarizes everything except the most recent N exchanges (default 2), kept verbatim — pick your own compression boundary. A focus topic narrows what a full summary preserves.
/rollback	List or restore filesystem checkpoints (usage: /rollback [number])
/diff [staged|all|session] [--stat] [path...]	Show git changes in the working directory. Default: unstaged changes plus untracked files. staged shows what's staged for commit, all everything since HEAD, and session the cumulative diff of everything Hermes changed here (from the earliest retained checkpoint baseline — requires checkpoints to be enabled; complements /rollback diff <N>). --stat prints just the changed-file summary; path arguments restrict the diff.
/snapshot [create|restore <id>|prune] (alias: /snap)	Create or restore state snapshots of Hermes config/state. create [label] saves a snapshot, restore <id> reverts to it, prune [N] removes old snapshots, or list all with no args. Database restores write through SQLite's backup API so live processes (gateway, dashboard) see the restored data safely; if that path fails while another process still holds the database open, the restore refuses instead of risking corruption — stop the holder and retry.
/stop	Kill all running background processes
/queue <prompt> (alias: /q)	Queue a prompt for the next turn (doesn't interrupt the current agent response).
/steer <prompt>	Inject a mid-run note that arrives at the agent after the next tool call — no interrupt, no new user turn. The text is appended to the last tool result's content once the current tool completes, giving the agent new context without breaking the current tool-calling loop. Use this to nudge direction mid-task (e.g. "focus on the auth module" while the agent is running tests).
/goal <text>	Set a standing goal Hermes works toward across turns — our take on the Ralph loop. After each turn an auxiliary judge model decides whether the goal is done; if not, Hermes auto-continues. Subcommands: /goal status, /goal pause, /goal resume, /goal clear. Budget defaults to 20 turns (goals.max_turns); any real user message preempts the continuation loop, and state survives /resume. See Persistent Goals for the full walkthrough.
/subgoal <text>	Append a user-supplied criterion to the active goal mid-loop. The continuation prompt surfaces all subgoals to the agent verbatim, and the judge factors them into its DONE/CONTINUE verdict — so the goal isn't marked done until the original goal and every subgoal are met. Subcommands: /subgoal (list), /subgoal remove <N>, /subgoal clear. Requires an active /goal.
/heartbeat every <interval> <prompt> (alias: /hb)	Set a recurring prompt that re-enters this session as a normal user turn whenever it's idle and the interval has elapsed (min 60s; missed ticks coalesce). Subcommands: /heartbeat status, /heartbeat pause, /heartbeat resume, /heartbeat clear. Session-scoped and in-process — use hermes cron for durable isolated schedules. See Session Heartbeats.
/refine [focus]	Run the background memory/skill self-improvement review now instead of waiting for the automatic post-turn trigger. Optional focus text steers the review (e.g. /refine save the deploy workflow as a skill). Runs in a background fork against a conversation snapshot — the live session and prompt cache are untouched; results are reported when done.
/review [instructions]	Spawn an independent, full-privilege reviewer subagent to review the work just discussed — a PR, code, docs, any artifact referenced in the last 10 chat messages. It investigates in the background (opens the PR, reads the diff, runs code) and its full review re-enters this session as a background-subagent completion the primary agent can act on. Pin a dedicated review model via auxiliary.review in config.yaml (defaults to your main model). See Subagent Delegation.
/moa <prompt>	Run a single prompt through the default Mixture of Agents preset, then restore your current model. One-shot — does not change your session model.
/resume [name]	Resume a previously-named session
/sessions (TUI alias: /switch)	Classic CLI: browse and resume previous sessions in an interactive picker. TUI: open the live session switcher for currently open TUI sessions. Use /sessions new in the TUI to start another live session immediately.
/egress [status]	Show Docker egress proxy status — enabled/configured/running state, credential source, token mappings, uncovered providers, and next remediation step. Works in CLI, TUI, Desktop chat, and messaging gateway.
/redraw	Force a full UI repaint (recovers from terminal drift after tmux resize, mouse selection artifacts, etc.)
/status	Show session info — model, provider, profile, session ID, working directory, title, created/updated timestamps, token totals, agent-running state — followed by a local Session recap block (recent user/assistant turn counts, tool result count, top tools used, last few files touched, the latest user prompt, and the latest assistant reply). The recap is computed locally from the in-memory conversation; no LLM call, no prompt-cache impact.
/context [all] (alias: /ctx)	Visual context-window breakdown. On the CLI/TUI: a 5×20 glyph block grid (each cell ≈ 1% of the model window) plus an estimated per-category table — system prompt, tool definitions, rules, skills index, MCP, subagents, memory, conversation — versus free space. On messaging platforms: a usage gauge with auto-compression threshold/headroom, compression stats, cumulative throughput, and the same category table in plain text. /context all appends per-skill and per-toolset cost listings (index cost vs SKILL.md load cost; schema tokens per toolset). Read-only and computed locally — no LLM call, no prompt-cache impact.
/agents (alias: /tasks)	Show active agents and running tasks across the current session.
/bg <prompt>	Run a prompt in a separate background session. The agent processes your prompt independently — your current session stays free for other work. Results appear as a panel when the task finishes. See CLI Background Sessions.
/btw <question>	Ask a quick side question about the current conversation without interrupting it. A one-shot auxiliary LLM call answers from a read-only snapshot of the transcript — the live session's history and prompt cache are untouched, and the current turn keeps running. For independent work with a fresh context, use /bg.
/branch [name] (alias: /fork)	Branch the current session (explore a different path)
/worktree [new [name]|list]	CLI only. Inspect or create isolated git worktrees mid-session (inspired by Copilot CLI's /worktree new). Bare /worktree shows the active worktree; /worktree list lists the repo's worktrees; /worktree new [name] creates a worktree under .worktrees/ (branched from the freshly-fetched remote tip, honoring worktree_sync) and retargets the session's terminal and file tools into it. Named trees use your name (hermes/<name> branch); unnamed ones get a random hermes-<id>. On exit the tree is kept only if it has unpushed commits — same lifecycle as hermes -w. See Git Worktrees.
/handoff <platform>	CLI only. Hand the current session off to a messaging platform (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix). The gateway picks it up immediately, creates a fresh thread on platforms that support threads (Telegram topics, Discord text-channel threads, Slack message-anchored threads), re-binds the destination to your CLI session_id so the full role-aware transcript replays, and forges a synthetic user turn so the agent confirms it's working in the new place. Your CLI exits cleanly on success with a /resume hint; resume locally any time with /resume <title>. Refused mid-turn. Requires the gateway to be running and a home channel configured for the target platform (/sethome from the destination chat). See Cross-Platform Handoff.
/journey [list|delete <id>|edit <id>] (aliases: /learning, /memory-graph)	Open the learning journey timeline of learned skills + memories. Works in the classic CLI, as a TUI overlay, and in the desktop app (Star Map panel). Not available on messaging platforms. See Learning Journey.

Configuration

Command	Description
/config	Show current configuration
/model [model-name]	Show or change the current model. Supports: /model claude-sonnet-4, /model provider:model (switch providers), /model custom:model (custom endpoint), /model custom:name:model (named custom provider), /model custom (auto-detect from endpoint), and user-defined aliases (/model fav, /model grok — see Custom model aliases). Flags: --global persists the change to config.yaml; --session forces session-only; --once applies to the next turn only; --refresh re-fetches the provider's model list; --provider <name> switches backend (session-only unless --global). A plain /model <name> is session-only unless model.persist_switch_by_default: true is set — except when no model.default/model.provider is configured yet, in which case the first pick persists so the profile gets a real default. The same rule governs the desktop composer picker. Interactive picker: running /model with no arguments opens the provider→model picker; on the model list you can type to fuzzy-filter the models (e.g. type grok to narrow to matching models), Backspace to trim the filter, Esc to clear it (or close the picker). Selection always resolves to one concrete model — the filter only narrows the list, it never guesses. Note: /model can only switch between already-configured providers. To add a new provider, exit the session and run hermes model from your terminal. Cost note: switching models mid-conversation resets the prompt cache — the cache key includes the model, so your next turn re-reads the entire conversation at full input price instead of the ~75%-discounted cached rate. Expected and unavoidable, but worth knowing on long sessions.
/codex-runtime [auto|codex_app_server|on|off]	Toggle the optional Codex app-server runtime for OpenAI/Codex models. auto (default) uses Hermes' standard chat completions; codex_app_server hands turns to a codex app-server subprocess for native shell, apply_patch, ChatGPT subscription auth, and migrated Codex plugins. Effective on next session.
/personality	Set a predefined personality. /personality none (or default / neutral) clears the overlay and returns to base behavior.
/verbose	Cycle tool progress display: off → new → all → verbose. Can be enabled for messaging via config.
/focus [on|off|status]	Toggle focus view — a display-only reduced-output mode showing just your prompt and the final response. Composes with /verbose: turning it on snaps tool progress to off and remembers your previous mode, and /focus off restores it. Each turn ends with a dim recovery line (⋯ 7 tool lines hidden · /focus off to show) and a persistent ◉ focus badge sits in the status bar so you always know you're in the reduced view. Nothing is sent differently to the model — detail is hidden, never discarded.
/fast [normal|fast|auto|cold|status]	Fast mode — OpenAI Priority Processing / Anthropic Fast Mode. fast = every request; auto = only requests in the first agent.fast_auto_seconds (default 60s) of each turn; cold = that same window on the first turn of a session only. Default normal (off). See Fast mode.
/reasoning [level|show|hide|full|clamp] [--global]	Manage reasoning effort and display. Levels include none / minimal / low / medium / high / xhigh / max / ultra. show / hide (or on / off) toggle reasoning display; full and clamp adjust how reasoning is shown. --global persists effort to config.
/skin	Show or change the display skin/theme
/export [profile] [-o out.tar.gz]	CLI only. Pack a profile into a shareable .tar.gz — skills, memory, persona, crons, plugins, settings, and (from the desktop) themes and layout. Credentials (auth.json, .env) are stripped. Defaults to the active profile and <name>.tar.gz in the current directory. Same archive as hermes profile export; for a versioned, updatable share use a profile distribution instead.
/import <archive.tar.gz> [--name <name>]	CLI only. Install a profile archive as a new profile, inferring the name from the archive unless --name is given. Refuses to overwrite an existing profile and cannot import as default. Creates a shell wrapper when the name is free. See Export and import a profile file.
/statusbar (alias: /sb)	Toggle the context/model status bar on or off
/battery [on|off|status]	Toggle a color-coded battery read-out as the first status-bar element (off by default; no-op without a battery).
/voice [on|off|tts|status]	Toggle CLI voice mode and spoken playback. Recording uses voice.record_key (default: Ctrl+B).
/yolo	Toggle YOLO mode — skip all dangerous command approval prompts.
/approvals [manual|smart|off]	Show or set the persistent dangerous-command approval mode.
/footer [on|off|status]	Toggle the gateway runtime-metadata footer on final replies (shows model, context %, and cwd).
/busy [queue|steer|interrupt|status]	Control what happens when you message while Hermes is working — queue the new message, steer mid-turn, or interrupt immediately. Works in the CLI and messaging gateway.
/indicator [kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii]	CLI-only: pick the TUI busy-indicator style.
/timestamps [on|off|status]	CLI-only: toggle [HH:MM] timestamps on messages and in /history.
/wake [on|off|status]	CLI-only: toggle the "Hey Hermes" wake word listener.

Tools & Skills

Command	Description
/tools [list|disable|enable] [name...]	Manage tools: list available tools, or disable/enable specific tools for the current session. Disabling a tool removes it from the agent's toolset and triggers a session reset.
/toolsets	List available toolsets
/browser [connect|disconnect|status]	Manage a local Chromium-family CDP connection. connect attaches browser tools to a running Chrome, Brave, Chromium, or Edge instance (default: http://127.0.0.1:9222). disconnect detaches. status shows current connection. Auto-launches a supported Chromium-family browser if no debugger is detected.
/skills	Search, install, inspect, or manage skills from online registries. Also the review surface for the skill write-approval gate: /skills pending, /skills diff <id>, /skills approve <id>, /skills reject <id>, /skills approval on|off. See Gating agent skill writes.
/memory [pending|approve|reject|approval]	Review pending memory writes staged by the write-approval gate (memory.write_approval) and toggle the gate. See Controlling memory writes.
/bundles	List configured skill bundles — /<name> slash aliases that preload several skills at once. Configure under bundles: in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. See Skill Bundles.
/learn <what to learn from>	Distill a reusable skill from anything you describe — a directory, a URL, the workflow you just walked the agent through, or pasted notes. Open-ended: the agent gathers the sources with its own tools and authors a SKILL.md following the house authoring standards. Works in the CLI, the messaging gateway, the TUI, and the dashboard Skills page.
/plan [task]	Write a markdown implementation plan to .hermes/plans/ in the active workspace — planning only, no execution. Empty argument infers the task from the conversation. (Formerly the bundled plan skill; now built-in so it survives the Telegram/Discord command-menu caps.)
/init [notes]	Generate or update AGENTS.md project instructions from a repo scan (port of Codex /init). The agent inspects manifests, layout, and toolchain configs with its read-only tools, then writes a concise AGENTS.md — or, if one exists, merge-updates it preserving your content. Optional notes steer the emphasis. Works in the CLI, the messaging gateway, and the TUI.
/cron	Manage scheduled tasks (list, add/create, edit, pause, resume, run, remove)
/suggestions [accept|dismiss N|catalog|clear] (alias: /suggest)	Review suggested automations. Use /suggestions to list pending suggestions, /suggestions accept <id> to create the proposed automation, /suggestions dismiss <id> to reject one, /suggestions catalog to add curated starter automations, and /suggestions clear to clear resolved suggestion records. Accepted jobs preserve the current surface as the delivery origin.
/blueprint [name] [slot=value ...] (alias: /bp)	Set up an automation from a blueprint template. Bare /blueprint lists the catalog; /blueprint <name> starts a guided slot-filling flow on the next agent turn; /blueprint <name> slot=value ... creates the job directly.
/curator	Background skill maintenance — status, run, pin, archive. See Curator.
/kanban <action>	Drive the multi-profile, multi-project collaboration board without leaving chat. Full hermes kanban surface is available: /kanban list, /kanban show t_abc, /kanban create "title" --assignee X, /kanban comment t_abc "text", /kanban unblock t_abc, /kanban dispatch, etc. Multi-board support included: /kanban boards list, /kanban boards create <slug>, /kanban boards switch <slug>, /kanban --board <slug> <action>. See Kanban slash command.
/reload-mcp (alias: /reload_mcp)	Reload MCP servers from config.yaml and re-probe tool availability (credentials/daemons that appeared mid-session)
/reload-skills (alias: /reload_skills)	Re-scan ~/.hermes/skills/ for newly installed or removed skills
/reload	Reload .env variables into the running session (picks up new API keys without restarting)
/plugins	List installed plugins and their status
/pet [list|<slug>]	Toggle or adopt a petdex mascot. /pet toggles the pane, /pet list shows installed pets, /pet <slug> adopts a specific one.
/hatch <description> (alias: /generate-pet)	Generate a brand-new petdex pet from a text description, using the configured image backend (OpenRouter / Nous Portal). See Pets.

Info

Command	Description
/help	Show available commands, grouped by category. Core commands are shown by default with skill commands collapsed to a one-line count; /help skills lists all skill commands, and /help <text> filters commands (and matching skills) by substring.
/palette	Open the fuzzy command palette (also Ctrl+P) — type to filter all commands + skills, ↑/↓ to move, Enter to insert the selected command into the composer (never auto-runs), Esc to cancel. Matching is ranked by command name first, so a short query stays precise.
/version	Show Hermes Agent version, build, and environment info.
/whoami	Show your slash command access level (admin / user).
/usage	Show token usage, cost breakdown, session duration, and — when available from the active provider — an Account limits section with remaining quota / credits / plan usage pulled live from the provider's API.
/topup	Show your Nous balance and manage billing on the portal (replaces the old /credits and /billing commands).
/subscription (alias: /upgrade)	CLI only. View your Nous plan and change it in the browser.
/login	Sign in with a Nous account. Runs off-turn: the consent link and code arrive in the session, and the sign-in settles when you approve it in the browser. See Nous free tier.
/insights	Show usage insights and analytics (last 30 days)
/update	Update Hermes Agent to the latest version.
/platforms (alias: /gateway)	Show gateway/messaging platform status (CLI-only summary view).
/paste	Attach a clipboard image
/copy [number]	Copy the last assistant response to clipboard (or the Nth-from-last with a number). CLI-only.
/image <path>	Attach a local image file for your next prompt.
/debug	Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links. Also available in messaging.
/update	Update Hermes Agent to the latest version.
/profile	Show active profile name and home directory

Exit

Command	Description
/quit	Exit the CLI (also: /exit).

Dynamic CLI slash commands

Command	Description
/<skill-name>	Load any installed skill as an on-demand command. Example: /gif-search, /github-pr-workflow, /excalidraw.
/skills ...	Search, browse, inspect, install, audit, publish, and configure skills from registries and the official optional-skills catalog.

Quick Commands

User-defined quick commands map a short slash command to either a shell command or another slash command. Configure them in ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

quick_commands:
  status:
    type: exec
    command: systemctl status hermes-agent
  deploy:
    type: exec
    command: scripts/deploy.sh
  inbox:
    type: alias
    target: /gmail unread

Then type /status, /deploy, or /inbox in the CLI or a messaging platform. Quick commands are resolved at dispatch time and may not appear in every built-in autocomplete/help table.

String-only prompt shortcuts are not supported as quick commands. Put longer reusable prompts in a skill, or use type: alias to point at an existing slash command.

Custom model aliases

Define your own short names for models you use often, then reach them with /model <alias> in a running session, hermes chat --model <alias> at startup, or any messaging platform. Aliases work identically in these paths, on session-only (default) and --global switches.

Two config formats are supported:

Full form — pin an exact model, provider, and optionally a base URL. Put this in ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

model_aliases:
  fav:
    model: claude-sonnet-4.6
    provider: anthropic
  grok:
    model: grok-4
    provider: x-ai
  ollama-qwen:
    model: qwen3-coder:30b
    provider: custom
    base_url: http://localhost:11434/v1
  theta:
    model: theta-1
    provider: custom
    base_url: https://theta.example.com/v1
    key_env: THETA_API_KEY        # or: api_key: "${THETA_API_KEY}"

An alias with its own base_url can carry that endpoint's credential via api_key (a literal, or a "${VAR}" reference) or key_env (an environment variable name); api_key wins if both are set. With neither set, the key is resolved from the alias host and never inherited from the provider that was active before the switch.

Short form — provider/model in one string. Set from the shell without editing YAML:

hermes config set model.aliases.fav anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
hermes config set model.aliases.grok x-ai/grok-4

Then in chat:

/model fav            # session-only
/model grok --global  # also persists current-model change to config.yaml

User aliases take precedence over built-in short names, so naming an alias sonnet, kimi, opus, etc. will shadow the built-in. Alias names are case-insensitive.

Alias Resolution

Commands support prefix matching: typing /h resolves to /help, /mod resolves to /model. When a prefix is ambiguous (matches multiple commands), the first match in registry order wins. Full command names and registered aliases always take priority over prefix matches.

Messaging slash commands

Slack thread commands (! prefix): Slack itself blocks native slash commands inside message threads ("/queue is not supported in threads. Sorry!") and never delivers them to Hermes. Inside a Slack thread, use the ! prefix instead — !stop, !new, !status — and the gateway dispatches it exactly like the slash form. @Hermes !stop and @Hermes /stop work in threads too. Only the first token is checked against the known command list, so messages like !nice work pass through to the agent unchanged. See Using commands inside threads for details.

The messaging gateway supports the following built-in commands inside Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, Home Assistant, and Teams chats:

Command	Description
/start	Platform-protocol command. Many chat platforms (Telegram, Discord, …) send /start automatically the first time a user opens a bot conversation. Hermes acknowledges the ping silently — no agent reply, no session burn — so first-contact handshakes don't waste a turn. You can also send it explicitly to confirm the gateway is reachable.
/new [name] (alias: /reset)	Start a new session (fresh session ID + history). Optional [name] sets the initial session title. Append now, --yes, or -y to skip the confirmation modal — e.g. /reset now, /new --yes my-experiment.
/status	Show session info, followed by a local Session recap block (recent turn counts, top tools used, files touched, latest prompt + reply).
/stop	Kill all running background processes and interrupt the running agent.
/model [provider:model]	Show or change the model. Supports provider switches (/model zai:glm-5), custom endpoints (/model custom:model), named custom providers (/model custom:local:qwen), auto-detect (/model custom), and user-defined aliases (/model fav, /model grok — see Custom model aliases). Use --global to persist the change to config.yaml. Note: /model can only switch between already-configured providers. To add a new provider or set up API keys, use hermes model from your terminal (outside the chat session). Cost note: a mid-session model switch resets the prompt cache (the cache key includes the model), so the next message re-reads the whole conversation at full input price.
/codex-runtime [auto|codex_app_server|on|off]	Toggle the optional Codex app-server runtime. Persists to model.openai_runtime in config.yaml and evicts the cached agent so the next message picks up the new runtime. Effective on next session.
/personality [name]	Set a personality overlay for the session. /personality none (or default / neutral) clears it.
/fast [normal|fast|auto|cold|status]	Fast mode — OpenAI Priority Processing / Anthropic Fast Mode. auto/cold open a bounded fast window per turn / per session.
/retry	Retry the last message.
/undo	Remove the last exchange.
/sethome (alias: /set-home)	Mark the current chat as the platform home channel for deliveries.
/compress [here [N] | focus topic]	Manually compress conversation context. /compress here [N] keeps the most recent N exchanges (default 2) verbatim and summarizes the rest. A focus topic narrows what a full summary preserves.
/topic [off|help|session-id]	Telegram DM only. Manage user-managed multi-session topic mode. /topic enables it or shows status; /topic off disables it and clears bindings; /topic help shows usage; /topic <session-id> inside a topic restores a previous session. See Multi-session DM mode.
/title [name]	Set or show the session title.
/resume [name]	Resume a previously named session.
/sessions [all] [search <query>]	List previous sessions for this chat; the active session appears with a (current) marker. /sessions search <query> filters by title/id match (most recently active first); /sessions all lists across origins (admin only — non-admins get a notice and the chat-scoped list).
/usage	Show token usage, estimated cost breakdown (input/output), context window state, session duration, and — when available from the active provider — an Account limits section with remaining quota / credits pulled live from the provider's API.
/topup	Show your Nous balance and manage billing on the portal.
/login	Sign in with a Nous account. Paired direct messages only — in a group, channel, or broadcast-shaped platform Hermes refuses. On Slack use /hermes login. See Nous free tier.
/whoami	Show your slash command access level (admin / user).
/insights [days]	Show usage analytics.
/reasoning [level|show|hide|full|clamp] [--global]	Change reasoning effort (levels up to max / ultra) or toggle reasoning display (full / clamp included). --global persists to config.
/voice [on|off|tts|join|channel|leave|status]	Control spoken replies in chat. join/channel/leave manage Discord voice-channel mode.
/rollback [number]	List or restore filesystem checkpoints.
/diff [staged|all|session] [--stat]	Show git changes in the working directory (fenced and truncated to platform message limits). session shows the cumulative diff of everything Hermes changed; --stat shows just the summary.
/bg <prompt>	Run a prompt in a separate background session. Results are delivered back to the same chat when the task finishes. See Messaging Background Sessions.
/btw <question>	Ask a side question about the current conversation without interrupting it. Answered from a transcript snapshot; the answer is sent to the chat when ready.
/queue <prompt> (alias: /q)	Queue a prompt for the next turn without interrupting the current one.
/steer <prompt>	Inject a message after the next tool call without interrupting — the model picks it up on its next iteration rather than as a new turn.
/goal <text>	Set a standing goal Hermes works toward across turns — our take on the Ralph loop. A judge model checks after each turn; if not done, Hermes auto-continues until it is, you pause/clear it, or the turn budget (default 20) is hit. Subcommands: /goal status, /goal pause, /goal resume, /goal clear. Safe to run mid-agent for status/pause/clear; setting a new goal requires /stop first. See Persistent Goals.
/subgoal <text>	Append criteria to the active /goal mid-loop (/subgoal, /subgoal remove <N>, /subgoal clear).
/heartbeat every <interval> <prompt> (alias: /hb)	Set a recurring prompt that re-enters this session when idle. Subcommands: status, pause, resume, clear. On Slack use /hermes heartbeat ….
/refine [focus]	Run the memory/skill self-improvement review now, optionally with focus instructions. On Slack use /hermes refine ….
/review [instructions]	Spawn an independent reviewer subagent for the work just discussed (PR, code, docs); its review re-enters this chat when done. On Slack use /hermes review ….
/moa <prompt>	Run one prompt through the default Mixture of Agents preset, then restore the session model.
/branch [name] (alias: /fork)	Branch the current session (explore a different path).
/agents (alias: /tasks)	Show active agents and running tasks.
/sessions	Browse and resume previous sessions.
/context [all] (alias: /ctx)	Context-window usage gauge and category breakdown (messaging-friendly text form). /context all adds per-skill / per-toolset cost detail.
/egress [status]	Show Docker egress proxy status.
/init [notes]	Generate or update AGENTS.md from a repo scan.
/learn <what to learn from>	Distill a reusable skill from anything you describe.
/plan [task]	Write a markdown implementation plan to .hermes/plans/; no execution.
/bundles	List configured skill bundles (/<name> aliases that preload several skills).
/reload-skills (alias: /reload_skills)	Re-scan ~/.hermes/skills/ for newly installed or removed skills.
/footer [on|off|status]	Toggle the runtime-metadata footer on final replies (shows model, context %, and cwd).
/curator [status|run|pin|archive]	Background skill maintenance controls.
/suggestions [accept|dismiss N|catalog|clear]	Review suggested automations right in chat. /suggestions lists pending suggestions, catalog adds curated starter automations, and clear prunes resolved suggestion records. Accepted suggestions keep this chat/thread as the job delivery origin.
/blueprint [name] [slot=value ...]	Browse cron blueprints, start a guided slot-filling conversation, or create a blueprint job directly. Directly created jobs deliver back to the current chat/thread.
/memory [pending|approve|reject|approval]	Review pending memory writes staged by the write-approval gate (memory.write_approval) — approve or reject them right in chat — and toggle the gate with /memory approval on|off. See Controlling memory writes.
/skills [pending|approve|reject|diff|approval]	Review pending skill writes staged by the write-approval gate (skills.write_approval). Shows a one-line gist per staged write; /skills diff <id> is truncated for chat — read the full diff on the CLI or in ~/.hermes/pending/skills/<id>.json. Only appears when the gate is on (or staged writes remain); search/install stay CLI-only.
/kanban <action>	Drive the multi-profile, multi-project collaboration board from chat — identical argument surface to the CLI. Bypasses the running-agent guard, so /kanban unblock t_abc, /kanban comment t_abc "…", /kanban list --mine, /kanban boards switch <slug>, etc. work mid-turn. /kanban create … auto-subscribes the originating chat to the new task's terminal events. See Kanban slash command.
/platform <list|pause|resume> [name]	Operate a running gateway platform right from chat. /platform list shows every adapter and its state (running, paused-by-breaker, manually-paused); /platform pause <name> stops dispatching new messages to that adapter without unloading it; /platform resume <name> re-enables it and clears a tripped circuit breaker once the upstream is healthy.
/reload-mcp (alias: /reload_mcp)	Reload MCP servers from config and re-probe tool availability.
/verbose	Cycle tool progress display. Off by default on messaging — enable with display.tool_progress_command: true in config.yaml.
/yolo	Toggle YOLO mode — skip all dangerous command approval prompts.
/commands [page]	Browse all commands and skills (paginated).
/approve [session|always]	Approve and execute a pending dangerous command. session approves for this session only; always adds to permanent allowlist.
/deny	Reject a pending dangerous command.
/update	Update Hermes Agent to the latest version.
/restart	Gracefully restart the gateway after draining active runs. When the gateway comes back online, it sends a confirmation to the requester's chat/thread.
/debug	Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links.
/help	Show messaging help.
/<skill-name>	Invoke any installed skill by name.

Notes

• /skin, /snapshot, /export, /import, /reload, /tools, /toolsets, /browser, /config, /cron, /platforms, /paste, /image, /statusbar, /battery, /focus, /plugins, /indicator, /wake, /journey, /redraw, /clear, /history, /save, /copy, /handoff, /prompt, /pet, /hatch, /timestamps, /subscription, and /quit are CLI-only commands.
• /skills is CLI-only for search/browse/install; its write-approval review subcommands (pending, approve, reject, diff, approval) also work on messaging platforms when skills.write_approval is on. /memory works on both surfaces.
• /verbose is CLI-only by default, but can be enabled for messaging platforms by setting display.tool_progress_command: true in config.yaml. When enabled, it cycles the display.tool_progress mode and saves to config.
• /focus and /verbose share one suppression path (display.tool_progress), so they can never contradict each other: /focus on pins tool progress to off and stashes your mode under display.focus_saved_tool_progress; /focus off restores it; cycling /verbose while focus is on takes the mode back and clears the focus badge. Focus view is display-only — it never changes conversation history, the system prompt, or anything sent to the model, so it has zero prompt-cache impact.
• /sethome, /restart, /approve, /deny, /topic, /platform, and /commands are messaging-only commands.
• /status, /egress, /version, /whoami, /bg, /btw, /queue, /steer, /voice, /reload-mcp, /reload-skills, /rollback, /diff, /debug, /fast, /approvals, /busy, /footer, /curator, /kanban, /topup, /login, /suggestions, /blueprint, /learn, /init, /sessions, and /yolo work in both the CLI and the messaging gateway.
• /voice join, /voice channel, and /voice leave are only meaningful on Discord.
• In the TUI, /sessions shows live sessions in the current TUI process. Use /resume [name] or hermes --tui --resume <id-or-title> for saved or closed transcripts.

Confirmation prompts for destructive commands

The CLI prompts before running slash commands that throw away unsaved session state. The current destructive set is:

Command	What it destroys
/clear	Clears the screen and starts a fresh session — current session ID and in-memory history are gone.
/new / /reset	Starts a fresh session (new session ID + empty history).
/undo	Removes the last user/assistant exchange from history.
/exit --delete / /quit --delete	Exits and permanently deletes the current session's SQLite history and on-disk transcripts.

For each of these the CLI opens a three-choice modal: Approve Once (proceed this time), Always Approve (proceed and persist approvals.destructive_slash_confirm: false so future destructive commands run without prompting), or Cancel.

Inline skip: append now, --yes, or -y to bypass the modal for a single invocation — e.g. /reset now, /new --yes my-session, /clear -y, /undo -y. Useful when the modal doesn't render correctly on your terminal (see issue #30768 for native Windows PowerShell) or when scripting against the CLI.

Set approvals.destructive_slash_confirm: false in ~/.hermes/config.yaml to disable the prompts globally; set it back to true to re-enable. See Security — Destructive slash command confirmation for context.