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The Claude Commands Cheat Sheet

The slash commands that turn Claude Code from a chatbot into an operator, with what each one does and when to reach for it.

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12 commands most people never find

/Reads your codebase, writes its own guide
/Ask a side question, keep context clean
/Compress a long session, keep working
/Roll code + chat back to a checkpoint
/Runs across turns until the target is met

Most people use Claude Code at a fraction of its power. A handful of commands are the difference, and once they are muscle memory you will not want to work without them.

What's inside

The commands worth knowing first, what each one does, and exactly when to reach for it.

Stop Claude repeating the same mistakes every session.

Ask a quick side question without derailing your current work.

Compress a long, drifting session and keep going.

Roll your code and the conversation back to a safe checkpoint.

Set a goal and let it work across turns until it is met.

Plus more commands worth knowing, once these are muscle memory.

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The commands worth knowing first, on one page, written to keep.