Essential Commands | Claude Code Recap Card T01

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Shift+Tab`	Cycle permission mode (Manual, acceptEdits, Plan)
`Ctrl+O`	Toggle verbose transcript
`Ctrl+C`	Interrupt generation
`Esc`	Cancel current action
`↑` / `↓`	Message history
`Tab`	Path completion

Core Slash Commands

/help           Help and available commands
/clear          Clear context (reset)
/compact        Compress history
/model          Switch model
/usage          View session costs and token breakdown (per model)
/cost           *(alias for /usage since v2.1.118)*
/status         Context status
/recap          Summary of current session (v2.1.108)
/undo           Undo the last action (v2.1.108)

Permission Modes

claude                    Interactive mode (default)
claude --dangerously-skip-permissions
                          Full bypass (CI/CD)
claude --allowedTools "Edit,Read,Bash"
                          Tool whitelist

Quick Start

# Launch Claude Code
claude

# With context file
claude --context CLAUDE.md

# Non-interactive mode (scripts)
claude -p "Analyze this file" < input.txt

# Continue last session
claude --continue

Session Commands

/new            New session (alias for /clear)
/resume         Resume a session (opens the picker)
/branch         Fork the conversation here (v2.1.77)

Command	Effect
`/compact`	Summarize and free up space
`/clear`	Full reset
`/usage`	Token usage + cost per model
`@file`	Reference a file in the prompt

Custom Slash Commands

# Invoke a user-invocable skill
/command-name [args]

# Defined in (CC 2.1.3+):
.claude/skills/command-name/SKILL.md
# with: disable-model-invocation: true

Essential Tips

Verbosity control — Use --no-stream to see the full response at once.

Multiline — Shift+Enter in the terminal to add a new line without submitting.

Vim mode — /config → Editor mode, or {"editorMode": "vim"} in ~/.claude/settings.json. The /vim command was removed in v2.1.92.