Copilot CLI slash commands

Allow file access to a directory and load its .github/skills and .github/agents as trusted configurations; also grants sandbox access for the session when sandboxing is on.

Schedule a non-recurring prompt, skill, or schedulable slash command for the current session (experimental). With no arguments, opens the schedule manager.

Browse and select from available agents.

Open the current session in the GitHub Copilot app (version 1.1.3 or later), or show the download URL if not installed.

Ask a quick side question without adding to conversation history (alias /btw). Without a question, reopens the last side answer.

Enable all permissions (tools, paths, URLs); alias /yolo. An alias for /permissions allow-all.

off, auto, show

Start or refocus autopilot mode, optionally with an objective (alias /goal). --max-ai-credits N caps credit spend; /goal on and /goal off toggle autopilot without an objective.

Display the CLI changelog (alias /release-notes); summarize gives an AI-generated summary.

Session history tools and insights; the skills subcommands draft, review, and track repository skill proposals from observed usage. reindex rebuilds session-store.db.

standup, tips, improve, reindex, skills create, skills review, skills status

Start a new conversation (aliases /new, /reset). /new worktree starts an empty session in a new Git worktree.

Preview CLI business components (for example, quota info).

Collect debug logs to a local archive, a secret GitHub gist, or upload to GitHub (share, currently staff and internal users only).

file, gist, share

Summarize conversation history to reduce context window usage, optionally steered by focus instructions.

Show the context window token usage and visualization.

Copy the last response to the clipboard.

Change the working directory or display the current directory.

Delegate changes to a remote repository with an AI-generated pull request.

Analyze the current session log for errors and unexpected behavior, optionally focused by a custom prompt.

Review changes in the current directory; auto-switches to branch diff when the working tree is clean (experimental).

Download and restart into a specific CLI version. Available for team accounts.

Show loaded environment details: instructions, MCP servers, skills, agents, hooks, plugins, LSPs, and extensions.

Schedule a recurring prompt, skill, or schedulable slash command for the current session (experimental). With no arguments, opens the schedule manager.

Close the current session, foregrounding the newest remaining session or quitting if it is the last. /exit print always tears down the CLI and offers to dump the transcript.

Manage CLI extensions (alias /extension; experimental).

manage, mode

Toggle, set, or show experimental features.

on, off, show

Provide feedback about the CLI; can offer a feedback-with-logs route.

Enable parallel subagent execution of parts of a task.

Show the help for interactive commands, including the complete list of slash commands.

Connect to an IDE workspace.

Initialize Copilot custom instructions and agentic features for this repository by writing or updating .github/copilot-instructions.md.

Permanently hide the "No copilot instructions found" startup message for the current repository.

View and toggle custom instruction files.

Prevent the machine from sleeping while a session is active, while the agent is busy, or for a set time (alias /caffeinate). Bare numbers default to minutes.

on, off, busy, or a duration like 30, 30m, 2h, 1d

Open the interactive response limits dialog.

Set a soft maximum for AI Credits allowed per response; response limits reset for each user message.

Remove a specific response limit, or all response limits.

max-ai-credits, all

Display all directories for which file access has been allowed.

Log in to Copilot.

Log out of Copilot.

Manage the language server configuration: show status, test that a server starts, reload configs from disk, or open the live LSP services log panel.

show, test, reload, logs, help

Manage MCP server configuration via the plugins dashboard. list (alias ls), show, and config are read-only and can run mid-turn; mutating subcommands wait for the turn to finish. auth triggers a fresh OAuth flow.

config, list, ls, show, add, edit, delete, disable, enable, auth, reload, search

Select the AI model or Auto (alias /models). Defaults to the current session only; --repo/--local pin in repository settings and --global sets the default for future sessions.

Auto tiers: efficiency, balance, intelligence

Switch between permission modes or show the current mode. The canonical command for permission mode changes.

default, assisted, allow-all, show

Reset all in-memory tool and path approvals for the current session.

Create an implementation plan before coding; project file edits are blocked until the plan is approved.

Open the plugins dashboard with Installed, Online, and Marketplace views for enabling, disabling, updating, or uninstalling plugins.

Install a plugin from a marketplace spec, GitHub repository, git URL, or local path.

Update an installed plugin.

Uninstall a plugin (aliases remove, rm).

List installed plugins (alias ls); read-only, can run while the agent is busy.

Add a marketplace.

Remove a marketplace.

List registered marketplaces.

Browse plugins in a marketplace.

Re-fetch a marketplace's plugin catalog, or every registered marketplace when no name is given (alias refresh).

Manage pull requests for the current branch. auto drives the PR to green and stops; automerge (alias agentmerge) drives it to green and merges. create follows the repository PR template by default.

view, create, fix, auto, automerge

Rewrite a roughly composed prompt into a clear one for review; with no arguments (via Ctrl+X then /refine) it cleans up the current input box.

Show remote control status, enable remote steering (on), or end the remote connection (off).

on, off

Rename the current session, auto-generating a name if omitted; alias for /session rename.

Run a deep research investigation on a topic.

Reset the list of allowed tools.

Restart the CLI, restoring all of the current process's live sessions.

Switch to a different session from a list, optionally by session ID (alias /continue).

Run the code review agent to analyze changes.

Consult the rubber duck agent for a second opinion on plans, code, and tests.

Manage sandbox restrictions on filesystem and network access. enable session/disable session change only the current session; policy shows grants and can inspect a command without running it.

config, status, policy, enable, disable

Manage the sandbox's proxy certificate authority from inside a session.

create, trust, rotate, remove

Search the conversation timeline (alias /find).

Run a focused security review of active local code changes and return prioritized findings with remediation suggestions; not a full repository audit.

Show session information and manage sessions (alias /sessions). delete and delete-all preview first and need --yes; prune --older-than DAYS supports --dry-run.

info, checkpoints, files, plan, rename, cleanup, prune, delete, delete-all

Open the settings dialog (User, Repo, Repo (local), Problems tabs), focus a key, set a value inline, or show a value (alias /config). --repo/--local target repository settings files.

Share the current session as a GitHub link (default when logged in and synced), Markdown file, HTML file, or gist, or export the research report (alias /export). off stops sharing.

link, off, file, html, gist, research

Open the plugins dashboard on the Skills tab.

List all available skills.

Show details of a specific skill.

Add a skill from a file, URL, or directory; --project scopes a file or URL install to this repository.

Remove a skill by name, or unregister a custom skill directory.

Reload skills from all directories.

Configure which items appear in the status line.

Configure default and per-agent subagent models; agents with modelPolicy "required" show a locked Model entry.

View and manage tasks (subagents and shell commands).

Configure the terminal for multiline input support (Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Enter).

View or set the color mode.

default, github, dim, high-contrast, colorblind

Preview TUIkit design-system components and color tokens.

colors, icons, select, tabbar

Open the rewind picker to roll the session back to an earlier user turn, choosing Conversation only or Conversation + files. File changes are tracked per turn, so Git is not required.

Update the CLI to the latest version.

Display session usage metrics, including per-model token totals and, for token-based-billing accounts, per-model AI Credit consumption.

Manage signed-in accounts.

show, list, switch

Display version information and check for updates.

Toggle Vim-style modal editing for the prompt box (motions, operators, yank/put, undo/redo, counts). Also configurable with the editorMode setting.

Toggle voice mode, browse voice models, or choose the input microphone.

on, off, models, devices

Observe workflow runs, phases, agents, and progress. Requires a token-based-billing plan.

Fork the current session into a new session (alias /branch); usable while the agent runs. /fork worktree forks into a new Git worktree off HEAD.

Create a new Git worktree and switch to it, leaving uncommitted changes behind. Branches off HEAD unless worktreeBaseRef is "defaultBranch".

Deprecated; use /new worktree. Starts a new conversation in a new Git worktree.

Move uncommitted changes into a new Git worktree and switch to it. Requires a Git repository.