Slash command

A command that starts with “/”, typed in the conversation with Claude, for example /clear or /init.

You’ll also find it as: slash commands

How it appears in the course

You may also have heard of “custom slash commands” (your own commands that start with /). They used to live in files in the .claude/commands/ folder. Now they’ve been merged with skills. The old commands still work, but the new format is the skill.
What is a skill? · Module 05, Skills: reusable recipes
Slash commands are commands that start with /. You type them inside Claude, not in the regular terminal.
What are the main slash commands? · Module 00, Installation and first steps · free

Where you learn it

In module 05 · Skills: reusable recipes, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

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