Built-in Capabilities Overview

Qoder CLI comes with a comprehensive set of out-of-the-box capabilities upon installation, requiring no additional configuration to use. These built-in capabilities fall into four categories:

• Slash commands: Commands entered in the interactive interface starting with /, used to manage sessions, configurations, extensions, and workflows.
• Built-in Subagents: Dedicated subagents pre-configured in Qoder CLI, responsible for specific tasks such as code exploration, planning, memory management, status bar configuration, and usage Q&A.
• Built-in Skills: Pre-configured reusable skills that encapsulate common workflows (code review, debugging, security review, loop execution, etc.) into directly callable capabilities.
• Workflows: Orchestrate multi-step tasks into repeatable processes.

This page provides an overview and navigation for these four categories. For detailed parameters, aliases, scopes, and other specifics, see Built-in Agent and Skills Reference and Slash Commands Reference. In the interactive interface, typing / brings up the command list with fuzzy matching support. Slash commands allow you to directly execute management and auxiliary operations within a session without leaving the current conversation. They are broadly grouped by purpose as follows.

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Session Management

For complete details on session management, see Session Management and Rewind Changes and Restore Sessions.

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Configuration and Account

For configuration hierarchy and application order, see Configuration Files and Application Order.

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Extensions and Tools

For detailed usage of each extension mechanism, see Subagent, Skills, MCP, Hooks, and Plugins.

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Workflows and Tasks

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Information and Usage

Some built-in commands are dynamically shown or hidden based on the current environment and settings:

• Dependent on Feature Flags: Commands such as Subagent, Plan mode, Skills, Workflows, and extension marketplace only appear when the corresponding capabilities are enabled.
• Disabled by Settings: For example, when MCP is disabled via settings, /mcp will prompt "MCP has been disabled by settings"; when Skills are turned off by a Management Policy, /skills will prompt that they are disabled.
• Version Differences: Some commands are only available in specific Release Versions or on specific platforms.
• Debug Only: Some commands are only visible in development or Debug Mode and do not appear during normal usage.

If you do not see a certain command, it usually means the corresponding capability is not yet enabled or has been turned off via settings. For the complete list, aliases, and scopes of slash commands, see Slash Commands Reference. Subagents are specialized agents with independent context, dedicated prompts, and toolsets. Qoder CLI comes with several built-in Subagents pre-configured, covering scenarios such as exploration, planning, memory management, and Q&A. They are automatically delegated by the main session when needed, and can also be explicitly specified in supported scenarios. Built-in Subagents can be used without manual creation. You can also create your own Subagents based on these; see Subagent. For details on the toolsets, models, and invocation methods of each built-in Subagent, see Built-in Agent and Skills Reference. Skills encapsulate common workflows into reusable capabilities. Built-in Skills are provided with Qoder CLI and can be invoked directly as slash commands (e.g., /simplify). Some are also automatically triggered by the model in appropriate scenarios.

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Trigger Methods

Built-in Skills have two trigger methods:

• Manual Invocation: Enter the corresponding slash command in the interactive interface (e.g., /security-scan).
• Automatic Trigger: Some Skills are automatically used when the model deems it appropriate. Conversely, Skills marked as not automatically triggered, such as /debug, /security-scan, and /batch, are only executed when explicitly called.

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Conditional Enablement

Some built-in Skills depend on specific prerequisites:

• /batch requires the worktree isolation capability to be enabled (and the current directory must be a Git repository).
• /remember requires the Auto-Memory capability to be enabled.

When prerequisites are not met, these Skills will not appear in the available list. For complete parameters and behaviors of built-in Skills, see Built-in Agent and Skills Reference; to learn how to write your own Skills, see Skills. Workflows orchestrate a series of steps into repeatable processes, making them ideal for standardizing recurring multi-step tasks within a team. You can use /workflows to manage workflows, and /tasks and /kanban to track task progress. For detailed usage of workflows, see Workflows.

• Need to perform one-off management or auxiliary operations in a session → Use slash commands.
• Need to delegate a category of tasks requiring independent context and dedicated standards to a focused executor → Use Subagents.
• Need to reuse a mature workflow (code review, debugging, security review, loop execution, etc.) → Use Skills.
• Need to standardize multi-step tasks into repeatable processes → Use Workflows.

• Consult command details: Slash Commands Reference, Built-in Agent and Skills Reference.
• Extend capabilities: Subagent, Skills, Plugins.
• Integrate team knowledge: Knowledge Base.