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).
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.
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
/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.
| 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.
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 |
Exit
| Command | Aliases | Availability | Description |
|---|
/quit | /exit, /q | CLI only | Exit the CLI |
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