Commands Overview

CowAgent provides two ways to interact via commands:

Terminal CLI — Run cow <command> in your system terminal for service management, skill management, and other operations
Chat Commands — Type /<command> or cow <command> in any conversation to check status, manage skills, adjust configuration, etc.

Cow CLI

After deploying with the one-click install script, the cow command is automatically available. For manual installations, run:

pip install -e .

Then use the cow command from anywhere:

cow help

Example output:

🐮 CowAgent CLI

Usage: cow <command>

Service:
  start     Start the CowAgent service
  stop      Stop the CowAgent service
  restart   Restart the CowAgent service
  update    Update code and restart service
  status    Show service status
  logs      View service logs

Skills:
  skill     Manage skills (list / search / install / uninstall ...)

Memory & Knowledge:
  memory    Memory distillation (dream)
  knowledge View knowledge base stats and structure

Data portability:
  backup    Back up config and agent workspace
  restore   Restore a CowAgent backup

Others:
  help      Show this help message
  version   Show version

Chat Commands

In the Web console or any connected channel, type / to see command suggestions. Supported commands:

Command	Description
`/help`	Show command help
`/status`	View service status and configuration
`/cancel`	Abort the currently running agent task
`/steer <instruction>`	Guide the currently running agent task without queueing a new turn
`/config`	View or modify runtime configuration
`/skill`	Manage skills (install, uninstall, enable, disable, etc.)
`/memory dream [N]`	Manually trigger memory distillation (default 3 days, max 30)
`/knowledge`	View knowledge base statistics
`/knowledge list`	View knowledge base directory structure
`/knowledge on\|off`	Enable or disable knowledge base
`/context`	View current session context info
`/context clear`	Clear current session context
`/logs`	View recent logs
`/version`	Show version number

Service management commands like /start, /stop, /restart will prompt you to use them in the terminal instead, as they involve process operations.

Command Availability

Command	Terminal (`cow`)	Chat (`/`)
help	✓	✓
version	✓	✓
status	✓	✓
logs	✓	✓
cancel	✗	✓
config	✗	✓
context	—	✓
memory (subcommands)	✗	✓
knowledge (subcommands)	✓	✓
skill (subcommands)	✓	✓
start / stop / restart	✓	✗
update	✓	✗
install-browser	✓	✗
backup / restore	✓	✗

context only shows a hint in the terminal to use it in chat. config is only available in chat.

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