Slash commands

Complete reference for all in-session slash commands available in the Hermes CLI and messaging gateway.

Slash commands are typed directly into the Hermes prompt during an active session. Type /help at any time to see available commands.

Some commands are only available in specific contexts. Commands marked CLI only work in the interactive terminal. Commands marked Gateway only work via messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal).

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Session

Command	Aliases	Args	Availability	Description
/new	/reset		Both	Start a fresh session (new session ID and empty history)
/clear			CLI only	Clear the screen and start a new session
/history			CLI only	Show the full conversation history for the current session
/save			CLI only	Save the current conversation to disk
/retry			Both	Resend the last user message to the agent
/undo			Both	Remove the last user/assistant exchange from history
/title		[name]	Both	Set a title for the current session
/compress			Both	Manually trigger context compression
/rollback		[number]	Both	List filesystem checkpoints or restore a previous snapshot
/stop			Both	Kill all running background processes
/background	/bg	<prompt>	Both	Run a prompt as a background task
/resume		[name]	Both	Resume a previously named session
/status			Gateway only	Show current session info
/sethome	/set-home		Gateway only	Set this chat as the home channel

Notes

• /new and /reset are aliases — both wipe conversation history and generate a new session ID.
• /rollback lists available filesystem snapshots when called with no argument. Pass a number to restore that snapshot.
• /background <prompt> runs the prompt in a parallel agent loop. Gateway platforms push status updates as the background task progresses.
• /status is gateway-only — in the CLI, session info is shown in the banner.

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Configuration

Command	Aliases	Args	Availability	Description
/config			CLI only	Show the current configuration
/model		[name]	Both	Show the current model or switch to a different one
/provider			Both	Show available providers and the currently active provider
/prompt		[text]	CLI only	View or set a custom system prompt. Use /prompt clear to remove it
/personality		[name]	Both	Switch to a predefined personality
/statusbar	/sb		CLI only	Toggle the context/model status bar
/verbose			CLI only	Cycle tool progress display level: off → new → all → verbose
/reasoning		[level|show|hide]	Both	Manage reasoning effort and display
/skin		[name]	CLI only	Show or change the display skin/theme
/voice		[on|off|tts|status]	Both	Toggle voice mode or control TTS

/model usage

/model                          # Show current model
/model anthropic/claude-opus-4.6   # Switch model directly
/model openrouter:               # Tab-complete provider prefix

The /model command supports two-stage tab completion: type a provider name followed by : to see models for that provider.

/reasoning levels

Accepted values for /reasoning [level]: none, low, minimal, medium, high, xhigh. Use /reasoning show or /reasoning hide to toggle display of the reasoning block.

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Tools & Skills

Command	Aliases	Args	Availability	Description
/tools		[list|disable|enable] [name...]	CLI only	Manage enabled tools for the current session
/toolsets			CLI only	List available toolsets and their tools
/skills		[search|browse|inspect|install]	CLI only	Search, browse, install, and manage skill documents
/cron		[subcommand]	CLI only	Manage scheduled tasks (list, add, edit, pause, resume, run, remove)
/reload-mcp	/reload_mcp		Both	Reload MCP server connections from config
/browser		[connect|disconnect|status]	CLI only	Connect browser tools to a live Chrome instance via Chrome DevTools Protocol
/plugins			CLI only	List installed plugins and their status

Skill slash commands

Installed skills also become slash commands. For example, a skill named research-mode can be activated with /research-mode. Skill commands inject the skill document as a user message at the start of your next query.

Use /skills list to see all installed skills, or /skills browse to discover new ones.

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Info

Command	Aliases	Args	Availability	Description
/help			Both	Show all available commands
/usage			Both	Show token usage stats for the current session
/insights		[days]	Both	Show usage insights and analytics
/platforms	/gateway		CLI only	Show gateway and messaging platform status
/paste			CLI only	Check clipboard for an image and attach it to the next message
/update			Gateway only	Update Hermes Agent to the latest version

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Exit

Command	Aliases	Availability	Description
/quit	/exit, /q	CLI only	Exit the CLI

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Gateway-only commands

The following commands are only available via messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal):

Command	Description
/status	Show current session info
/sethome / /set-home	Set this chat as the home channel for notifications
/update	Update Hermes Agent to the latest version

CLI-only commands

The following commands are only available in the interactive CLI:

/clear, /history, /save, /config, /prompt, /statusbar, /verbose, /skin, /tools, /toolsets, /skills, /cron, /browser, /plugins, /platforms, /paste, /quit