The Claude Cheat Sheet

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

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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

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TIPS
• 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.

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