fix: list all slash commands in /commands (#497) (thanks @lc0rp)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Slack: honor reply tags + replyToMode while keeping threaded replies in-thread. (#574) — thanks @bolismauro
 - Commands: accept /models as an alias for /model.
 - Commands: add `/usage` as an alias for `/status`. (#492) — thanks @lc0rp
+- Commands: add `/commands` list including text-only entries. (#497) — thanks @lc0rp
 - Models/Auth: show per-agent auth candidates in `/model status`, and add `clawdbot models auth order {get,set,clear}` (per-agent auth rotation overrides). — thanks @steipete
 - Debugging: add raw model stream logging flags and document gateway watch mode.
 - Gateway: decode dns-sd escaped UTF-8 in discovery output and show scan progress immediately. — thanks @steipete

docs/tools/slash-commands.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Directives (`/think`, `/verbose`, `/reasoning`, `/elevated`) are parsed even whe
 
 Text + native (when enabled):
 - `/help`
+- `/commands`
 - `/status` (show current status; includes a short usage line when available)
 - `/usage` (alias: `/status`)
 - `/debug show|set|unset|reset` (runtime overrides, owner-only)

src/auto-reply/command-detection.test.ts

@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@ describe("control command parsing", () => {
   it("treats bare commands as non-control", () => {
     expect(hasControlCommand("send")).toBe(false);
     expect(hasControlCommand("help")).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/commands")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/commands:")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("commands")).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/status")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/status:")).toBe(true);
     expect(hasControlCommand("status")).toBe(false);
     expect(hasControlCommand("usage")).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/compact")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("/compact:")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasControlCommand("compact")).toBe(false);
 
     for (const command of listChatCommands()) {
       for (const alias of command.textAliases) {

src/auto-reply/commands-registry.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ describe("commands registry", () => {
 
   it("detects known text commands", () => {
     const detection = getCommandDetection();
+    expect(detection.exact.has("/help")).toBe(true);
+    expect(detection.exact.has("/commands")).toBe(true);
+    expect(detection.exact.has("/compact")).toBe(true);
     for (const command of listChatCommands()) {
       for (const alias of command.textAliases) {
         expect(detection.exact.has(alias.toLowerCase())).toBe(true);

src/auto-reply/commands-registry.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/types.js";
 
+export type CommandScope = "text" | "native" | "both";
+
 export type ChatCommandDefinition = {
   key: string;
-  nativeName: string;
+  nativeName?: string;
   description: string;
   textAliases: string[];
   acceptsArgs?: boolean;
+  scope: CommandScope;
 };
 
 export type NativeCommandSpec = {
@@ -14,15 +17,27 @@ export type NativeCommandSpec = {
   acceptsArgs: boolean;
 };
 
-function defineChatCommand(
+function defineChatCommand(command: {
-  command: Omit<ChatCommandDefinition, "textAliases"> & { textAlias: string },
+  key: string;
-): ChatCommandDefinition {
+  nativeName?: string;
+  description: string;
+  acceptsArgs?: boolean;
+  textAlias?: string;
+  textAliases?: string[];
+  scope?: CommandScope;
+}): ChatCommandDefinition {
+  const aliases =
+    command.textAliases ?? (command.textAlias ? [command.textAlias] : []);
+  const scope =
+    command.scope ??
+    (command.nativeName ? (aliases.length ? "both" : "native") : "text");
   return {
     key: command.key,
     nativeName: command.nativeName,
     description: command.description,
     acceptsArgs: command.acceptsArgs,
-    textAliases: [command.textAlias],
+    textAliases: aliases,
+    scope,
   };
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +68,12 @@ export const CHAT_COMMANDS: ChatCommandDefinition[] = (() => {
       description: "Show available commands.",
       textAlias: "/help",
     }),
+    defineChatCommand({
+      key: "commands",
+      nativeName: "commands",
+      description: "List all slash commands.",
+      textAlias: "/commands",
+    }),
     defineChatCommand({
       key: "status",
       nativeName: "status",
@@ -111,6 +132,13 @@ export const CHAT_COMMANDS: ChatCommandDefinition[] = (() => {
       description: "Start a new session.",
       textAlias: "/new",
     }),
+    defineChatCommand({
+      key: "compact",
+      description: "Compact the session context.",
+      textAlias: "/compact",
+      scope: "text",
+      acceptsArgs: true,
+    }),
     defineChatCommand({
       key: "think",
       nativeName: "think",
@@ -167,27 +195,6 @@ export const CHAT_COMMANDS: ChatCommandDefinition[] = (() => {
 
 const NATIVE_COMMAND_SURFACES = new Set(["discord", "slack", "telegram"]);
 
-type TextAliasSpec = {
-  canonical: string;
-  acceptsArgs: boolean;
-};
-
-const TEXT_ALIAS_MAP: Map<string, TextAliasSpec> = (() => {
-  const map = new Map<string, TextAliasSpec>();
-  for (const command of CHAT_COMMANDS) {
-    const canonical = `/${command.key}`;
-    const acceptsArgs = Boolean(command.acceptsArgs);
-    for (const alias of command.textAliases) {
-      const normalized = alias.trim().toLowerCase();
-      if (!normalized) continue;
-      if (!map.has(normalized)) {
-        map.set(normalized, { canonical, acceptsArgs });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return map;
-})();
-
 let cachedDetection:
   | {
       exact: Set<string>;
@@ -204,8 +211,10 @@ export function listChatCommands(): ChatCommandDefinition[] {
 }
 
 export function listNativeCommandSpecs(): NativeCommandSpec[] {
-  return CHAT_COMMANDS.map((command) => ({
+  return CHAT_COMMANDS.filter(
-    name: command.nativeName,
+    (command) => command.scope !== "text" && command.nativeName,
+  ).map((command) => ({
+    name: command.nativeName ?? command.key,
     description: command.description,
     acceptsArgs: Boolean(command.acceptsArgs),
   }));
@@ -216,7 +225,9 @@ export function findCommandByNativeName(
 ): ChatCommandDefinition | undefined {
   const normalized = name.trim().toLowerCase();
   return CHAT_COMMANDS.find(
-    (command) => command.nativeName.toLowerCase() === normalized,
+    (command) =>
+      command.nativeName?.toLowerCase() === normalized &&
+      command.scope !== "text",
   );
 }
 
@@ -228,31 +239,11 @@ export function buildCommandText(commandName: string, args?: string): string {
 export function normalizeCommandBody(raw: string): string {
   const trimmed = raw.trim();
   if (!trimmed.startsWith("/")) return trimmed;
-
+  const match = trimmed.match(/^\/([^\s:]+)\s*:(.*)$/);
-  const colonMatch = trimmed.match(/^\/([^\s:]+)\s*:(.*)$/);
+  if (!match) return trimmed;
-  const normalized = colonMatch
+  const [, command, rest] = match;
-    ? (() => {
+  const normalizedRest = rest.trimStart();
-        const [, command, rest] = colonMatch;
+  return normalizedRest ? `/${command} ${normalizedRest}` : `/${command}`;
-        const normalizedRest = rest.trimStart();
-        return normalizedRest ? `/${command} ${normalizedRest}` : `/${command}`;
-      })()
-    : trimmed;
-
-  const lowered = normalized.toLowerCase();
-  const exact = TEXT_ALIAS_MAP.get(lowered);
-  if (exact) return exact.canonical;
-
-  const tokenMatch = normalized.match(/^\/([^\s]+)(?:\s+([\s\S]+))?$/);
-  if (!tokenMatch) return normalized;
-  const [, token, rest] = tokenMatch;
-  const tokenKey = `/${token.toLowerCase()}`;
-  const tokenSpec = TEXT_ALIAS_MAP.get(tokenKey);
-  if (!tokenSpec) return normalized;
-  if (rest && !tokenSpec.acceptsArgs) return normalized;
-  const normalizedRest = rest?.trimStart();
-  return normalizedRest
-    ? `${tokenSpec.canonical} ${normalizedRest}`
-    : tokenSpec.canonical;
 }
 
 export function getCommandDetection(): { exact: Set<string>; regex: RegExp } {

src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import {
 } from "../group-activation.js";
 import { parseSendPolicyCommand } from "../send-policy.js";
 import {
+  buildCommandsMessage,
   buildHelpMessage,
   buildStatusMessage,
   formatContextUsageShort,
@@ -592,6 +593,17 @@ export async function handleCommands(params: {
     return { shouldContinue: false, reply: { text: buildHelpMessage() } };
   }
 
+  const commandsRequested = command.commandBodyNormalized === "/commands";
+  if (allowTextCommands && commandsRequested) {
+    if (!command.isAuthorizedSender) {
+      logVerbose(
+        `Ignoring /commands from unauthorized sender: ${command.senderE164 || "<unknown>"}`,
+      );
+      return { shouldContinue: false };
+    }
+    return { shouldContinue: false, reply: { text: buildCommandsMessage() } };
+  }
+
   const statusRequested =
     directives.hasStatusDirective ||
     command.commandBodyNormalized === "/status";

src/auto-reply/status.test.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { normalizeTestText } from "../../test/helpers/normalize-text.js";
 import { withTempHome } from "../../test/helpers/temp-home.js";
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { buildStatusMessage } from "./status.js";
+import { buildCommandsMessage, buildStatusMessage } from "./status.js";
 
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
@@ -296,3 +296,16 @@ describe("buildStatusMessage", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("buildCommandsMessage", () => {
+  it("lists commands with aliases and text-only hints", () => {
+    const text = buildCommandsMessage();
+    expect(text).toContain("/commands - List all slash commands.");
+    expect(text).toContain(
+      "/think (aliases: /thinking, /t) - Set thinking level.",
+    );
+    expect(text).toContain(
+      "/compact (text-only) - Compact the session context.",
+    );
+  });
+});

src/auto-reply/status.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   resolveModelCostConfig,
 } from "../utils/usage-format.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
+import { listChatCommands } from "./commands-registry.js";
 import type {
   ElevatedLevel,
   ReasoningLevel,
@@ -358,5 +359,32 @@ export function buildHelpMessage(): string {
     "ℹ️ Help",
     "Shortcuts: /new reset | /compact [instructions] | /restart relink (if enabled)",
     "Options: /think <level> | /verbose on|off | /reasoning on|off | /elevated on|off | /model <id> | /cost on|off | /debug show",
+    "More: /commands for all slash commands",
   ].join("\n");
 }
+
+export function buildCommandsMessage(): string {
+  const lines = ["ℹ️ Slash commands"];
+  for (const command of listChatCommands()) {
+    const primary = command.nativeName
+      ? `/${command.nativeName}`
+      : command.textAliases[0]?.trim() || `/${command.key}`;
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    const aliases = command.textAliases
+      .map((alias) => alias.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .filter((alias) => alias.toLowerCase() !== primary.toLowerCase())
+      .filter((alias) => {
+        const key = alias.toLowerCase();
+        if (seen.has(key)) return false;
+        seen.add(key);
+        return true;
+      });
+    const aliasLabel = aliases.length
+      ? ` (aliases: ${aliases.join(", ")})`
+      : "";
+    const scopeLabel = command.scope === "text" ? " (text-only)" : "";
+    lines.push(`${primary}${aliasLabel}${scopeLabel} - ${command.description}`);
+  }
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}