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Copilot CLI: Slash Commands, Shortcuts, Review, and Session Control

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Slash commands and keyboard shortcuts for managing sessions, reviewing changes, sharing output, and using advanced agent features in Copilot CLI.

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## Session control slash commands
Authenticate from inside the UI
↗#
/login

# Start login flow interactively.

Clear conversation history
↗#
/clear

# Start a fresh conversation in the current session.

Compact the conversation
↗#
/compact

# Summarize earlier context to reduce token usage.

Inspect context usage
↗#
/context

# Show context window usage and visualization.

Show or change the working directory
↗#
/cd ../other-project

# Inspect or switch directories mid-session.

Exit the CLI
↗#
/exit

# Close the interactive session.

## Review, diff, and sharing commands
Review current directory changes
↗#
/diff

# Show or review edits in the working directory.

Run the code review agent
↗#
/review Check for risky changes, missing tests, and security issues.

# Review code changes with an agent prompt.

Inspect the session plan
↗#
/session plan

# Show the session plan or workspace summary.

List files involved in the session
↗#
/session files

# Inspect touched or relevant files.

Share the session to a Markdown file
↗#
/share file ./copilot-session.md

# Persist a transcript to disk.

Share the session to a secret gist
↗#
/share gist

# Create a gist from the session transcript.

## Advanced agent and UI commands
Select a custom agent
↗#
/agent

# Browse and choose an available agent.

Delegate work to a remote repository
↗#
/delegate Upgrade the CI workflow to use reusable actions.

# Ask Copilot to prepare changes and a PR remotely.

Run tasks in parallel with subagents
↗#
/fleet Analyze the test failures, lint errors, and dependency issues in parallel.

# Split a problem across multiple agents.

Enable multiline terminal input support
↗#
/terminal-setup

# Configure the terminal for better prompt entry.

List available themes
↗#
/theme list

# See installed CLI themes.

Show session usage metrics
↗#
/usage

# Inspect usage statistics for the current session.

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