--- title: "Commands and the palette" description: "Search and run anything with the palette, type / commands in the composer, act on anything with its menu, and see what every / command does on the desktop." works_on: [desktop] --- # Commands and the palette Find anything Codewhale can do, run it from the keyboard, and act on what you're looking at with its menu. **Works on:** the desktop app. Web and phone: not available yet. ![The palette over a conversation: This conversation, then Everywhere, each with its / command and shortcut](images/palette.png) ## Search and run anything Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux), or press **Search** in the sidebar. - Type a few letters of what you want: "rename", "fork", "settings". The best match is highlighted; press Enter to run it. - Type a conversation's name to open it. - Start with `/` to look a command up by its name: `/retry`, `/compact`. - Press Esc to clear what you typed, and Esc again to close. With nothing typed, the palette shows what you can do in **This conversation** first, then **Everywhere**, then recent **Conversations**. Each row shows its shortcut and its `/` command, so you can learn them as you go. An action works on what has focus: the conversation you're on in the sidebar, the message you're on, or else the open conversation. When nothing fits, the palette asks you to choose a conversation. Things Codewhale can't do yet still show up when you search, marked "Not available yet". ## Type a / command In the composer, type `/`. A list of commands opens above it. - Keep typing to narrow it. ↑ and ↓ move, Enter runs the highlighted command, Tab fills in its name, Esc closes the list and keeps your text. - Some commands take words after them: `/rename Fix the flaky test` renames the conversation at once. - A command that only works in the terminal app says so when you type it, and is never sent to the whale as a message. ![The / list above the composer](images/slash-commands.png) ## Act on anything with its menu Right-click (or Control-click) a conversation, a message, a card, a file or a person to see what you can do with it. - From the keyboard, move to it and press Shift+F10 or the menu key. - In an open menu, press an item's letter to choose it. C opens **Copy**, for example. - An item that can't be used right now says why ("Still working"). - Select some text in a message first to quote or copy just that. ![A reply's menu: Quote in reply, Retry, Fork from here, Copy](images/context-menu.png) Every menu item and its letter is in [Keyboard shortcuts](shortcuts.md). ## Every / command What each command does in the desktop app. "Terminal only" means it belongs to Codewhale in a terminal and has no place in the app. 109 commands: 41 work here, 50 are not available yet, 18 stay in the terminal. | Command | On the desktop | Shortcut (macOS) | Shortcut (Windows, Linux) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `/advisor` | Not available yet | | | | `/agent` | Not available yet | | | | `/anchor` | Not available yet | | | | `/attach` | Not available yet | | | | `/auth` | Not available yet | | | | `/auto` | Not available yet | | | | `/automation` | Routines | | | | `/balance` | Not available yet | | | | `/branch` | Not available yet | | | | `/cache` | Not available yet | | | | `/change` | Not available yet | | | | `/clear` | New conversation | `⌘N` | `Ctrl+N` | | `/color` | Terminal only. Not part of the desktop. | | | | `/compact` | Make room in the conversation | | | | `/config` | Settings | `⌘,` | `Ctrl+,` | | `/connect` | Not available yet | | | | `/constitution` | Not available yet | | | | `/context` | Show context | | | | `/copy` | Copy the last reply | | | | `/cost` | Show cost | | | | `/diff` | Review changes | | | | `/disconnect` | Not available yet | | | | `/edit` | Edit your last message | | | | `/effort` | Not available yet | | | | `/exit` | Terminal only. Quit from the app menu. | | | | `/export` | Not available yet | | | | `/feedback` | Not available yet | | | | `/fleet` | Not available yet | | | | `/fork` | Fork conversation | | | | `/fullscreen` | Terminal only. The window is the screen. | | | | `/goal` | Not available yet | | | | `/help` | Keyboard shortcuts | `⌘/` | `Ctrl+/` | | `/hf` | Not available yet | | | | `/home` | Open home conversation | | | | `/hooks` | Not available yet | | | | `/hotbar` | Terminal only. Use the palette, ⌘K. | | | | `/import-claude` | Not available yet | | | | `/init` | Not available yet | | | | `/inline` | Terminal only. No terminal scrollback on the desktop. | | | | `/jobs` | Show background | | | | `/lane` | Not available yet | | | | `/links` | Not available yet | | | | `/load` | Not available yet | | | | `/login` | Account | | | | `/logout` | Sign out | | | | `/lsp` | Not available yet | | | | `/mcp` | MCP servers | | | | `/memory` | Not available yet | | | | `/mode` | Change what asks first… | `⇧⌘E` | `Shift+Ctrl+E` | | `/model` | Choose model | `⌘'` | `Ctrl+'` | | `/modeldb` | Not available yet | | | | `/models` | Choose model | `⌘'` | `Ctrl+'` | | `/network` | Not available yet | | | | `/new` | New conversation | `⌘N` | `Ctrl+N` | | `/note` | Not available yet | | | | `/overview` | Show Overview | | | | `/permissions` | Trust settings | | | | `/pet` | Terminal only. The whale lives at the top of the sidebar. | | | | `/pin` | Terminal only. Not part of the desktop. | | | | `/plugin` | Open plugins | | | | `/preview-request` | Terminal only. A diagnostic for the terminal. | | | | `/profile` | Not available yet | | | | `/provider` | Connect a model | | | | `/purge` | Not available yet | | | | `/queue` | Queued messages sit above the composer; remove one with its ×. | | | | `/rc` | Not available yet | | | | `/receipts` | Not available yet | | | | `/relay` | Not available yet | | | | `/remote-env` | Open environments | | | | `/rename` | Rename conversation | `⌥⌘R` | `Alt+Ctrl+R` | | `/restore` | Not available yet | | | | `/resume` | Open a conversation | | | | `/retry` | Retry the last reply | | | | `/review` | Not available yet | | | | `/rlm` | Not available yet | | | | `/router` | Not available yet | | | | `/save` | Not available yet | | | | `/sessions` | Open a conversation | | | | `/settings` | Settings | `⌘,` | `Ctrl+,` | | `/setup` | Settings | `⌘,` | `Ctrl+,` | | `/share` | Not available yet | | | | `/skill` | Open skills | | | | `/skills` | Open skills | | | | `/stash` | Terminal only. The composer keeps its draft per conversation. | | | | `/status` | The stats bar under the composer shows the state. | | | | `/statusline` | Terminal only. The stats bar shows one fact. | | | | `/structcopy` | Terminal only. Use Copy › on a card. | | | | `/subagents` | Show agents | | | | `/system` | Terminal only. A diagnostic for the terminal. | | | | `/task` | Not available yet | | | | `/theme` | Appearance | | | | `/title` | Terminal only. The window title follows the conversation. | | | | `/tokens` | Show cost | | | | `/tools` | Terminal only. A diagnostic for the terminal. | | | | `/transcript` | Terminal only. The conversation is the transcript. | | | | `/translate` | Not available yet | | | | `/tree` | Not available yet | | | | `/trust` | Trust settings | | | | `/turn` | Terminal only. Use Show details on a card. | | | | `/undo` | Not available yet | | | | `/update` | Check for updates | | | | `/verbose` | Terminal only. Thinking opens from its line on each reply. | | | | `/voice` | Not available yet | | | | `/voicecontrol` | Not available yet | | | | `/voicesend` | Not available yet | | | | `/workbar` | Terminal only. The right panel replaces the workbar. | | | | `/workflow` | Not available yet | | | | `/workflows` | Not available yet | | | | `/workspace` | Open folder… | `⌘O` | `Ctrl+O` | ## On the web Not available yet. ## On your phone Not available yet. The phone has no palette, / commands or menus. ## Related - [Keyboard shortcuts](shortcuts.md) - [Settings](settings.md) - [Talk with the whale](conversation.md) Previous: [Accessibility](accessibility.md) · Next: [Keyboard shortcuts](shortcuts.md)