THE IDEA
Here’s what you need to know.
If you use Claude Code, a handful of shortcuts and slash commands save you a lot of time. Here are the ones worth memorising. Skim it once, keep it handy, and you will move a lot faster.
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Keyboard shortcuts
Shift + Tab
Cycle modes: Normal, Auto-accept, Plan
Esc
Interrupt the response
Esc, Esc
Rewind to restore an earlier state
Ctrl + O
Toggle the verbose transcript
Option + T
Toggle extended thinking
Option + P
Open the model picker
Shift + Enter
New line without sending
Ctrl + G
Open your external editor
Slash commands
/clear
Wipe the conversation history
/compact
Summarize context to save space
/model
Switch model (e.g. /model opus)
/resume
Browse and resume past sessions
/init
Create a CLAUDE.md project file
/memory
Edit your CLAUDE.md memory
/cost
Show token usage
/help
The full command list
A FEW THINGS THAT HELP
Get more out of it.
- The two that change everything: Shift+Tab for modes, and Esc Esc to rewind a mistake.
- Run /compact when a long session starts to slow down, instead of starting over.