Commands

Byte provides a comprehensive set of commands for interacting with your codebase, managing context, and controlling the AI assistant. Commands are organized by category for easy reference.

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System

!<command> - Execute a shell command and optionally add output to conversation context

Agent

/ask - Ask the AI agent a question or request assistance

/research - Execute research agent to gather codebase insights, analyze patterns, and save detailed findings to session context for other agents

Files

/add - Add file to context as editable

/drop - Remove file from context

/ls - List all files currently in the AI context

/read-only - Add file to context as read-only

General

/commit - Create an AI-powered git commit with automatic staging and linting

/copy - Copy code blocks from the last message to clipboard

/exit - Exit the Byte application gracefully

/lint - Run configured linters on changed files or current context

Memory

/clear - Clear conversation history and start a new thread

/reset - Reset conversation history and clear file context completely

/undo - Undo the last conversation step

Session Context

/ctx:drop - Remove items from session context to clean up and reduce noise, improving AI focus on current task

/ctx:file - Read a file from disk and add its contents to the session context, making it available to the AI for reference during the conversation

/ctx:ls - List all session context items

/web - Fetch webpage using headless Chrome, convert HTML to markdown, display for review, and optionally add to LLM context