Claude Slash Commands

Claude Code has a huge range of slash commands for various functionality.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slash-commands

Custom Slash Commands

You can create custom ones as well, which many devs find valuable.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slash-commands#custom-slash-commands

Creating a Custom Slash Command

In your project folder, create a markdown file with your slash command's name.

e.g. if you're creating a slash command named /translate -

.claude
	commands
		translate.md

In that Markdown file, create whatever prompt you find useful.

Arguments

When you invoke the command, e.g.;

/translate the pink bunny likes flamingos 

You can inject the full set of arguments into your prompt using $ARGUMENTS as follows;

Translate "$ARGUMENTS" to German. 

You can also inject specific arguments by position.

Personal Favorites

/append

When interacting with Claude, it will often respond with research results and a series of possible implementation approaches with pros and cons. I typically want to save these for future feature evolution - take the MVP route now, but revisit some of those other more complex strategies later.

Claude code ( the VS Code extension ) does not support direct copy-as-markdown from the agent window, so I use this as a generally effective workaround.

Append your last response here, as is, markdown with no changes to the file-
$ARGUMENTS

After completing, respond with "APPENDED TO FILE." 

/discuss

Using Claude there are often situations where I was to discuss a solution approach, implementation details, or review a bug before Claude makes any changes.

This is gold.

DISCUSS ONLY
$ARGUMENTS

Pro-Tips

If you're using Claude code with VS code, and modify your slash commands, Claude will not see those changes until you either;

1. Start a new Claude session
2. Reload the current session