Commands

Complete reference for all PanCode slash commands and tools, organized by domain.

Agents Domain

/agents

List and configure PanCode agent specs.

/agents                              List all registered agents
/agents set <name> runtime <value>   Change agent runtime
/agents set <name> model <value>     Change agent model
/agents set <name> tier <value>      Change agent tier (frontier/mid/any)

Output shows a table with agent name, model, speed, autonomy, tags, and readonly status. Changes via set are persisted to ~/.pancode/panagents.yaml.

/runtimes

List all registered agent runtimes with availability status.

/runtimes

Shows each runtime’s ID, type (native/cli), tier, version, active/missing status, and binary name. Runtimes are discovered at boot by scanning PATH for known binaries.

/workers

Show the PanCode worker pool with composite scores.

/workers

Displays each materialized worker with availability, capacity, load, capability, cost, and overall score. Workers are the cross-product of agent specs, available runtimes, and discovered models.

/skills

Discover and inspect agent skills from the project directory.

/skills                  List all discovered skills
/skills show <name>      Show full skill definition
/skills validate         Check tool requirements against active tools

Skills are markdown files (SKILL.md, *.skill.md) discovered from .pancode/skills/, .claude/, .codex/, and .gemini/ directories.

Dispatch Domain

Tools

These are orchestrator tools invoked through conversation, not slash commands.

dispatch_agent

Delegate a task to a specialized worker agent.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`task`	string	required	Task description for the worker
`agent`	string	`"dev"`	Agent spec name
`isolate`	boolean	false	Run in a git worktree

The worker runs as a separate subprocess with its own context window. Results are returned to the orchestrator context.

Mode gating: Dispatch is disabled in Plan mode. Review mode only allows readonly agents.

batch_dispatch

Run multiple tasks in parallel across agents.

Parameter	Type	Description
`tasks`	array	Array of `{task, agent}` objects

Tasks launch with staggered starts to avoid resource contention. Each task gets its own worker subprocess.

dispatch_chain

Run a sequential multi-step pipeline.

Parameter	Type	Description
`steps`	array	Ordered array of `{task, agent}` steps

Each step receives the output of the previous step. The chain stops on any failure.

task_write

Create a task in the PanCode task list.

Parameter	Type	Description
`title`	string	Task title
`description`	string	Task description

task_check

Mark a task as done.

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	string	Task ID

task_update

Update a task’s title, description, or status.

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	string	Task ID
`title`	string	New title (optional)
`description`	string	New description (optional)
`status`	string	New status (optional)

task_list

List all tasks in the PanCode task list.

No parameters.

Slash Commands

/stoprun

Stop a running dispatch by run ID.

/stoprun <run-id>
/stoprun          # Stops the most recent running dispatch

Sends termination signal to the worker subprocess.

/cost

Show per-run cost breakdown.

/cost

Displays a table of all dispatches with cost, tokens, duration, and status.

/runs

Show dispatch run history.

/runs              # Show recent runs (default: 20)
/runs 50           # Show last 50 runs

Displays run ID, agent, status, model, duration, cost, and timestamps.

/batches

Show batch dispatch history.

/batches

Displays recent batch dispatches with task count, status breakdown, and timing.

Observability Domain

/metrics

Show PanCode dispatch metrics.

/metrics           # Show summary and last 10 runs
/metrics 25        # Show summary and last 25 runs

Displays total runs, total cost, total input/output tokens, and recent run details.

/audit

Show the structured audit trail.

/audit                 # Show last 50 entries
/audit <domain>        # Filter by domain (dispatch, session, safety, etc.)
/audit error           # Filter by severity: error
/audit warn            # Filter by severity: warn
/audit info            # Filter by severity: info
/audit run:<runId>     # Filter by correlation ID

Each entry shows timestamp, severity, domain, event type, and detail.

/doctor

Run diagnostic health checks. Eight probes execute in sequence:

Check	What It Validates
runtime-dir	`.pancode/runtime/` directory exists and is writable
orphan-workers	No leaked worker processes (warns if > 8 active)
stale-runs	No runs stuck in “running” for over 1 hour
provider-health	All tracked providers are healthy or degraded
json-file-integrity	State files (runs.json, metrics.json) parse correctly
session-dir-size	Session directory disk usage is reasonable
budget-headroom	Budget has remaining headroom
model-available	At least one model is available

/doctor

Output: [OK], [!!] (warning), or [XX] (failure) for each check with a summary message.

/receipt

List or verify reproducibility receipts.

/receipt                      # List recent receipts
/receipt verify <receipt-id>  # Verify receipt integrity

Receipts are generated after each dispatch completes. They contain a hash of the run parameters and results for audit-ready verification.

Session Domain

/session

Show session info with PanCode state summary.

/session

Displays: session file, session ID, session name, branch depth, context tokens, current model, context registry size, shared board size, and memory counts.

/checkpoint

Mark, list, or inspect session checkpoints.

/checkpoint <label>     # Save a checkpoint with label
/checkpoint list        # Show all checkpoints
/checkpoint restore <id>  # Display checkpoint data (display-only in current version)

Checkpoints record context registry size, board entries, temporal/persistent memory counts, and budget state.

/context

View the cross-agent context registry.

/context               # List all entries (last 20)
/context <key>         # Show full value for a specific key
/context <source>      # Filter entries by source

The context registry enables cross-agent information sharing. Workers write context entries that persist across dispatches.

/reset

Reset coordination state.

/reset                 # Quick reset: clear board + temporal memory (context preserved)
/reset context         # Clear context registry only (with confirmation)
/reset all             # Clear everything: board, context, temporal memory (with confirmation)

Scheduling Domain

/budget

Show PanCode dispatch budget status.

/budget

Displays: ceiling, spent, remaining, estimated next dispatch cost, run count, input/output tokens, and per-run cap if set.

Budget changes are conversational. Ask the orchestrator: “set budget to $20”.

UI Domain

/dashboard

Open the PanCode dashboard.

/dashboard

Displays a visual summary with mode badge, active dispatches, session statistics, context window bar, and budget status.

/theme

Inspect or change the active PanCode theme.

/theme              # Show current theme
/theme <name>       # Switch theme

/models

List PanCode-visible models or switch model.

/models                        # List all visible models
/models provider/model-id      # Switch to specific model

/reasoning

Inspect or change the reasoning preference.

/reasoning              # Show current level
/reasoning <level>      # Set level: off|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh

/modes

Switch orchestrator mode.

/modes                  # Show current mode
/modes admin            # Switch to Admin mode
/modes plan             # Switch to Plan mode
/modes build            # Switch to Build mode
/modes review           # Switch to Review mode

/help

Show all PanCode commands organized by category.

/help

/preset

List or apply a boot preset.

/preset                 # List available presets
/preset <name>          # Apply a preset

/perf

Show boot phase timing breakdown.

/perf

Displays each boot phase with duration. Phases exceeding 500ms are flagged.

/safety

Show or switch safety level live.

/safety                 # Show current level
/safety suggest         # Switch to suggest
/safety auto-edit       # Switch to auto-edit
/safety full-auto       # Switch to full-auto

/exit

Exit PanCode.

/exit

/hotkeys

Show keyboard shortcuts.

/hotkeys

Prompts Domain

/prompt-debug

Show the last compiled orchestrator prompt breakdown.

/prompt-debug

Displays estimated tokens, included/excluded fragments, hash, and a text preview.

/prompt-version

Show prompt compilation version history.

/prompt-version          # Show last 10 history entries
/prompt-version latest   # Show latest manifests for orchestrator/worker/scout
/prompt-version 25       # Show last 25 entries

/prompt-workers

Show recent worker prompt compilations.

/prompt-workers

PanConfigure Domain

Tools

pan_read_config

Read PanCode configuration parameters through conversation.

Parameter	Type	Description
`domain`	string (optional)	Filter: runtime, models, budget, dispatch, preset

Returns current values, defaults, types, and descriptions.

pan_apply_config

Apply a configuration change through conversation.

Parameter	Type	Description
`key`	string	Config param key (e.g., `runtime.safety`)
`value`	string, number, or boolean	New value

Admin-only parameters (dispatch.timeout, dispatch.maxDepth, dispatch.concurrency) require Admin mode.