Claude CLI

Start a Session

claude                              # start in current directory
claude --print "your prompt"        # one-shot: print response and exit
claude --model claude-sonnet-4-6    # start with a specific model

Slash Commands (in-session)

/help                         # list all slash commands
/clear                        # clear conversation context
/compact                      # summarise and compress context
/status                       # show token usage and current model
/config                       # open settings
/quit                         # exit session

Context Control

# Type @ in a prompt          → file picker (add files to context)
# Type # in a prompt          → memory / docs picker

Flags

--print                       # non-interactive output mode (pipe-friendly)
--model <model-id>            # override default model for this session
--debug                       # verbose debug output

Config

claude config                             # show current config
claude config set model claude-opus-4-7   # change default model
claude config set theme dark              # change theme