Most people drive Claude Code entirely through prose. Eight of its built-in slash commands do the same work in a few keystrokes.
/add-dir, give Claude access to a folder outside the current project
/cd, move the whole session somewhere else and keep the conversation
/init, write a starter CLAUDE.md you then fill with your own rules /import, bring a Codex or Gemini CLI setup across, with --dry-run to preview first
/memory, open and edit what Claude remembers
/ide, connect VS Code or Cursor so it can see the files you have open
/keybindings, remap the keyboard shortcuts /terminal-setup, fix key combinations in terminals that need it
Before you write a paragraph explaining what you want, type / and check whether the shortcut already exists.
Full walkthrough in the video. Yes, that is me on a starship.