In the message box, / runs a command or a skill, and @ points Oda at a file, a folder, an earlier chat or a helper. This page covers how both work; the commands themselves are described in Chat with Oda.
/ turns plan mode on or off, / changes the access mode, and / downloads the chat log.The full list, with what each command does, is in Chat with Oda. Plans and questions are covered in Plan review and questions, and access modes in Workspaces, files and permissions.
A command starts at the very beginning of your message: a slash and a lowercase name made of letters, digits, underscores and dashes. If the shape does not match, nothing runs:
goal, without the slash, is a word like any other, and /, with a space before the slash, stays ordinary text./ is not a command./ is not a command./ runs nothing.Lines like these go to Oda as normal messages, and Oda answers them like any other prompt. Everything you type after a command's name is handed to the command as it is.
Attachments are checked before a command runs. Only a command that accepts attachments takes them: / and / do; many others, such as /, do not.
If you send an attachment to a command that does not take one, nothing runs: the message box shows a line such as /, and your text and the attachments stay put, so you can remove them and send again. The same happens when an attachment is not ready or an image batch is over the limit.
Type / in the message box: the menu lists the commands and the skills of the open chat, and typing narrows the list. Chat with Oda describes what each command does.
A command only runs when the message starts with a slash and a lowercase name of letters, digits, underscores and dashes. goal without the slash, / with a capital, /, and a slash typed after a space stay ordinary text: the message goes to Oda as a normal prompt.
No. A command runs on its own rather than as a model turn: its answer stays in the chat and is not sent to the model, so running it spends no model tokens.
It answers with an error line in the chat saying what went wrong, and nothing else changes. Fix the cause and run the command again.
Only if the command accepts attachments: / and / do, while many others, such as /, do not. A command that does not take them refuses with a line such as /, and your text and attachments stay in the message box, so you can remove them and send again.
Both appear in the / menu. A command runs directly, for example /. A skill is a set of instructions: / sends your message with the skill loaded, and Oda follows those instructions while it works. See Using skills.
Yes. Put the caret right after the chip and press Backspace, or point at the chip and click the ✕. Removing a chip changes nothing else in your message.
Choose the folder from the Files & folders group to add the folder itself, or press Tab (or the row's chevron) to look inside first. A breadcrumb shows the way back out.
Your earlier chats. Choosing one points Oda at that conversation, so it can use what is there while it works on the current task.
Yes, when the chat has helpers. They appear under Subagents in the @ menu. See Subagents.
No. A reference tells Oda what to look at; Oda reads the file, folder or chat with its own tools when the task needs it, and the read shows in the chat as a step. See Reading files and images.