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The following commands can be used in chat with the / prefix or in the terminal with the cow prefix (some are chat-only).
In the Web console, typing / brings up an autocomplete menu with keyboard navigation and Tab completion.

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help

Show help information for all available commands.

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status

View current session and service status, including process info, model configuration, message count, and loaded skills.

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cancel

Abort the agent task currently running in this session. When the agent is busy with a long task (e.g. multi-turn tool calls or a long streaming response), send /cancel and the agent will stop before the next tool execution. Available across all channels — Web, WeChat, WeCom, Feishu, etc.

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steer

Redirect the Agent task currently running in this session without cancelling it. The instruction is injected at the next safe checkpoint; a tool that is already running may finish, while tools that have not started are skipped. If no task is active, /steer does not start or queue a new one. Available across all chat channels.
In the Web console, enter an instruction while a reply is running and click Steer active task. Sending an ordinary message still uses the session queue.

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config

View or modify runtime configuration. Changes take effect immediately without restarting. View all configurable items:
View a single item:
Modify a config item:
Configurable items:
When changing model, the system automatically matches the corresponding model API. Configuration is persisted to config.json.

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context

View current session context statistics, including message count and content length.
Clear current session context:
Clearing context makes the Agent “forget” previous conversation, useful for switching topics or freeing context space. /context clear still works as an alias.

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compact

Summarize older turns to free up context while keeping recent turns intact. Unlike automatic trimming, this runs immediately regardless of current token usage.
Use /compact before a long task to reclaim context space without fully clearing the conversation. Recent turns and an LLM summary of older turns are retained.

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logs

View recent service logs. Shows the last 20 lines by default, up to 50.
Specify line count:

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version

Show the current CowAgent version.