> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rubixkube.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slash commands and keyboard shortcuts > Every built-in Kepler slash command, how to write your own in .kepler/commands, how skills show up in the / menu, and the full keyboard shortcut table for macOS, Windows and Linux. Type `/` in the composer and a menu lists every command, with the arguments it expects. Keep typing to filter. Pick one with `Enter`, or type the whole line and press `Enter` to send it. Commands come in two kinds. Some **expand into a prompt**: `/triage checkout` becomes a full triage request with your argument filled in, and the message you sent still reads `/triage checkout` so you can see what shaped it. Others **do something in the app**: `/mode yolo` changes the posture and sends nothing. ## Built-in commands | Command | Arguments | What it does | | -------------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `/investigate` | `` | Starts a structured incident investigation. | | `/triage` | `` | Checks pods, recent events, logs and recent changes for a service, then gives a confidence-scored hypothesis. | | `/rca` | `` | Produces a root-cause analysis: timeline, what changed, the root cause, the remediation. | | `/rollback` | ` ` | Finds the recent change, proposes the exact rollback, and executes it under approval. | | `/runbook` | `` | Finds and summarises the relevant runbook, with the exact steps. | | `/handoff` | | Writes an on-call handoff: open issues by severity, recent changes, work in flight, what to watch. | | `/plan` | `` | Investigates read-only and writes a reviewable plan. Nothing runs until you approve the plan. | | `/init` | | Scans the workspace and drafts a `kepler.md` with conventions worth keeping. | | `/command` | `` | Creates a new slash command from a description. See [Custom commands](#custom-commands). | | `/agent` | `` | Creates a read-only specialist agent you can delegate to later. | | `/mode` | `` | Switches the posture for this conversation. Bare `/mode` cycles to the next one. | | `/model` | | Opens the model picker for this conversation. | | `/workspace` | ` ` | Grants Kepler another folder, or takes one away. `/workspace add` with no path opens a folder picker. | | `/otg` | ` ` | Drives this session from a phone channel, for example `/otg whatsapp`. `/otg off` unbinds it. See [Channels](/kepler/channels). | | `/new` | | Starts a new session. | | `/clear` | | Clears the current conversation. | | `/compact` | | Compacts the context now to free up space. | | `/memory` | | Opens memory settings. | | `/settings` | | Opens settings. | | `/help` | `` | Opens the catalog of what Kepler can do. Add a question and it jumps to the matching feature. | | `/shortcuts` | | Opens the keyboard shortcuts sheet. | | `/effort` | `` | Sets how hard the model reasons for this session. Higher levels are offered where the model supports them. `auto` hands the choice back to Settings. Bare `/effort` opens the picker. | | `/connect` | `` | Connects to a machine so Kepler can work there: a machine it already knows, by name or prefix (`/connect pi5`), or a new `user@host`. A terminal tab opens only if the host asks you for something. See [Remote access](/kepler/remote-access). | A few examples as you would type them: ``` /triage checkout /rollback payments-api v2.14.0 /plan move the ingress controller to the new node pool /mode assist ``` ## Custom commands A custom command is a Markdown file. The file name is the command name, and the body is the prompt Kepler receives. Put `$ARGUMENTS` where your input should go. Two places to keep them: | Location | Scope | | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `~/.kepler/commands/.md` | Every workspace. | | `/.kepler/commands/.md` | This workspace only. Overrides a global command with the same name. | A file looks like this: ```markdown theme={null} --- description: Weekly capacity brief for one namespace argument-hint: --- Write a capacity brief for the $ARGUMENTS namespace: CPU and memory requests versus usage over the last 7 days, pods near their limits, and what to resize. ``` Save it as `capacity-brief.md` and `/capacity-brief checkout` appears in the menu. `description` is what the menu shows, and `argument-hint` is the placeholder next to it. Both are optional. If there is no description, the first line of the body is used. Positional arguments work too: `$1`, `$2` and so on pick out the first, second and later words, and quoted arguments count as one word. `{{args}}` is accepted as an alias for `$ARGUMENTS`. A command with no placeholder gets your arguments appended to the end. The quickest way to make one is to ask: ``` /command write a weekly capacity brief for a namespace ``` Kepler picks a name, writes the description and body, and saves the file. It defaults to the global folder unless you say "this workspace". ## Skills in the menu Skills also appear in the `/` menu, marked **Skill**. A skill is not a request, it is an approach: picking one tells Kepler how to handle the message you write yourself. A skill takes no arguments, can sit anywhere in the line, and several can ride one message. ``` /postmortem-format write up yesterday's checkout outage ``` Skills live in `~/.kepler/skills//SKILL.md` for every workspace, or `/.kepler/skills//SKILL.md` for one. Drop a folder there, or manage them under **Settings > Customize**. Claude Code skill folders are read as they are. See [Extend Kepler](/kepler/extend) for writing one. ## Keyboard shortcuts macOS shortcuts use `Cmd`. On Windows and Linux use `Ctrl` in its place, except where the table says otherwise. ### Window and panels | Shortcut | Action | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | `Cmd+N` | New session | | `Cmd+O` | Open a workspace folder | | `Cmd+K` | Search sessions, messages, workspaces and settings | | `Cmd+\` | Show or hide the sidebar | | `Cmd+J` | Show or hide the Terminal | | `Cmd+B` | Show or hide the Browser | | `Cmd+E` | Show or hide the Editor | | `Cmd+M` | Show or hide Memory | | `Cmd+,` | Open Settings | | `Esc` | Return a center-staged panel to the side | | `Cmd+=` / `Cmd+-` | Zoom the interface in or out | | `Cmd+0` | Reset zoom | ### Composer | Shortcut | Action | | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Enter` | Send | | `Shift+Enter` | New line | | `Shift+Tab` | Cycle posture: Observe, Assist, Yolo | | `/` | Open the command menu | | `@` | Attach context: a file or folder, another chat, a browser tab, a terminal, or a service, incident, runbook or watcher Kepler knows | | `!` at the start of an empty line | Operator shell mode. Run a command yourself and Kepler reads the output. | | `Tab` on an empty composer | Accept the suggested prompt | | `Esc` | Stop the running turn, cancel an edit, or leave shell mode | | Any letter, anywhere in the window | Focuses the composer and starts typing | ### Approvals | Shortcut | Action | | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Cmd+Enter` | Run the pending command once | | `Cmd+Shift+Enter` | **This session**: allow the command's prefix for this conversation, or trust an unrecognised command as read-only | | `Esc` | Reject | ### Terminal panel | macOS | Windows and Linux | Action | | ------- | ----------------- | ------------------ | | `Cmd+C` | `Ctrl+Shift+C` | Copy the selection | | `Cmd+V` | `Ctrl+Shift+V` | Paste | Plain `Ctrl+C` in the terminal goes to the running program, as it does in any shell. ## Where to go next Skills, specialist agents and MCP servers. What /mode changes and what each posture asks you about. The panels these shortcuts open. Prompt recipes built on /triage, /rca and /runbook.