Commands

Commands in proto fall into three categories based on their prefix.

Slash commands (`/`)

Command	Description
`/init`	Analyse current directory and create initial context file
`/summary`	Generate project summary from conversation history
`/compress`	Replace chat history with summary to save tokens
`/resume`	Resume a previous conversation session
`/restore`	Restore files to state before tool execution
`/export`	Export session to file (`html`, `md`, `json`, `jsonl`)

Command	Description
`/clear`	Clear terminal screen (`Ctrl+L`)
`/context`	Show context window usage breakdown
`/theme`	Change visual theme
`/vim`	Toggle Vim editing mode
`/directory`	Manage multi-directory workspace
`/editor`	Select preferred editor

Command	Description
`/language`	Show current language settings
`/language ui [lang]`	Set UI language (e.g. `zh-CN`, `en-US`, `de-DE`)
`/language output <lang>`	Set LLM output language (e.g. `Chinese`, `English`)

Command	Description
`/mcp`	List configured MCP servers and tools
`/tools`	List available tools
`/skills [name]`	List or invoke skills
`/approval-mode <mode>`	Change approval mode (`plan`, `default`, `auto-edit`, `yolo`)
`/model`	Switch model
`/model --fast <model>`	Set fast model for background tasks
`/extensions`	List active extensions
`/memory`	Manage memory
`/agents create`	Guided sub-agent creation wizard
`/agents manage`	View, edit, delete sub-agents
`/team`	Manage agent teams
`/arena`	Start an Agent Arena session
`/lsp status`	Show LSP server status

Command	Description
`/help` or `/?`	Display help
`/about`	Display version information
`/stats`	Show session statistics (tokens, costs, cached tokens)
`/settings`	Open settings editor
`/auth`	Change authentication method
`/permissions`	Manage folder trust
`/bug <description>`	Submit a bug report
`/copy`	Copy last output to clipboard
`/quit` or `/exit`	Exit proto

Command	Description
`proto auth`	Interactive auth setup
`proto auth status`	Show current auth status

Form	Description
`@<file>`	Inject content of a file into the conversation
`@<directory>`	Recursively read all text files in a directory

Escape spaces in paths with backslash: @My\ Documents/file.txt.

Form	Description
`!<command>`	Execute in a subshell
`!` (standalone)	Toggle shell mode — all input goes directly to the shell

Shell commands set PROTO_CODE=1 in the environment.

Save frequently-used prompts as slash commands.

Project commands take priority over global when names conflict.

Subdirectories create namespaced commands: .proto/commands/git/commit.md → /git:commit.


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description: Optional description shown in /help
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Your prompt content here. Use {{args}} for parameter injection.

Syntax	Effect
`{{args}}`	Inject user-provided arguments
`@{file path}`	Inject file content
`!{shell command}`	Execute and inject output (requires confirmation)