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## Watch your changes in the diff panel
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196196* **`[`**: writes the full conversation into your terminal's native scrollback buffer, with all tool output expanded. The conversation is now ordinary text in your terminal, so `Cmd+f`, tmux copy mode, and any other native tool can search or select it. Long sessions may pause for a moment while this happens. This lasts until you exit transcript mode with `Esc` or `q`, which returns you to fullscreen rendering. The next `Ctrl+o` starts fresh.
197197* **`v`**: writes the conversation to a temporary file and opens it in `$VISUAL` or `$EDITOR`.
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199## Watch your changes in the diff panel
200
201In fullscreen rendering, [`/diff`](/docs/en/interactive-mode#review-changes-with-%2Fdiff) opens a panel beside the conversation rather than a viewer you have to close, so you can watch the changes accumulate while Claude works. In a wide terminal the panel can also open on its own once Claude starts editing files. [Diff panel](/docs/en/interactive-mode#diff-panel) covers what it shows, how to keep it closed, and how to change what it compares against.
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199203## Clear the conversation
200204
201205Run `/clear` to start a new conversation.
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## Review changes with /diff ### Diff panel ### Diff viewer
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505505To find out which of these happened, start `claude --debug` with spell checking on and type a word. Then look for the `[spellcheck]` lines in the debug log at `~/.claude/debug/<session-id>.txt`. One line names the program Claude Code started, or lists the ones it looked for and didn't find. Later lines say why it stopped. A missing-dictionary error there means the checker has no dictionary for your `language` value, or no default one when `language` is unset. Install one, or set `language` to a dictionary you have.
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507## Review changes with /diff
508
509Run `/diff` to look over the changes in your working tree without leaving Claude Code. You see the edits Claude has made so far alongside anything else you haven't committed.
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511In [fullscreen rendering](/docs/en/fullscreen), `/diff` opens the [diff panel](#diff-panel) beside the conversation, which stays open and updates while you keep working. In the classic renderer, `/diff` opens the [diff viewer](#diff-viewer) in place of the prompt, and you close it when you're done reading.
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513### Diff panel
514
515The diff panel lists the changed files with their added and removed line counts, and shows each file's diff under the list. Claude Code refreshes it each time Claude edits a file or runs a shell command. To close it, run `/diff` again or click the `✕` in its header.
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517To use the panel you need:
518
519* [Fullscreen rendering](/docs/en/fullscreen)
520* A git repository
521* A terminal at least 110 columns wide
522* Claude Code v2.1.260 or later
523
524When the panel can't open, `/diff` opens the diff viewer instead or tells you why.
525
526The panel also opens on its own once Claude starts editing files, if your terminal is at least 144 columns wide. After you've opened it yourself with `/diff`, later sessions open it as soon as Claude edits a file in any terminal wide enough to fit it. Close the panel and it stays closed, in this session and later ones, until you run `/diff` again.
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528While the panel is open, you can:
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530* **Jump to a file**: click its row in the list. Scroll the panel with the mouse wheel. When the file list itself is too long to fit, scroll it with `Alt+Up` and `Alt+Down`, or `Ctrl+Up` and `Ctrl+Down`.
531* **Ask Claude about specific lines**: select them in the panel with the mouse. Claude Code attaches the selection to your next prompt and shows a line count next to the input until you send it.
532* **Show the files the panel leaves out**: the list skips test files and generated files, and collapses changes from before this session into one line at the bottom. Click either count line to expand it.
533* **Change what the panel compares against**: press `Ctrl+X B` to cycle from this session's changes, to your uncommitted changes as one list, to everything since your branch split from the default branch. Claude Code remembers the choice for each project.
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535To bind keys to these actions, see [Diff panel actions](/docs/en/keybindings#diff-panel-actions).
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537### Diff viewer
538
539The diff viewer takes the place of the prompt until you close it. Its **Current** view shows your uncommitted changes from git, or, when there are none, what your branch adds on top of the default branch. The viewer also has a turn view for each prompt after which Claude edited files, showing just those edits. Claude Code builds the turn views from Claude's file edits rather than from git, so a change Claude makes through a shell command appears only under Current.
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541Use these keys in the viewer:
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543* **Left and Right**: move between Current and the turn views.
544* **Up and Down**: select a file.
545* **Enter**: open the selected file's diff. Scroll it with Up and Down, or PageUp and PageDown.
546* **Esc**: return from a file's diff to the list, or close the viewer from the list.
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548To rebind these keys, see [Diff actions](/docs/en/keybindings#diff-actions).
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507550## Side questions with /btw
508551
509552Use `/btw` to ask a question about your current work without adding to the conversation history.
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### Diff panel actions
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5555| `Footer` | Footer indicator navigation (tasks, teams, diff, artifacts) |
5656| `MessageSelector` | Rewind and summarize dialog message selection |
5757| `DiffDialog` | Diff viewer navigation |
58| `DiffPanel` | The [diff panel](/docs/en/interactive-mode#diff-panel) is open |
5859| `ModelPicker` | Model picker effort level |
5960| `Select` | Generic select/list components |
6061| `Plugin` | Plugin dialog (browse, discover, manage) |
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270271| `scroll:top` | G, Home | Jump to the top |
271272| `scroll:bottom` | Shift+G, End | Jump to the bottom |
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274### Diff panel actions
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276Actions for the [diff panel](/docs/en/interactive-mode#diff-panel) that `/diff` opens in fullscreen rendering. `app:cycleDiffBase` is in the `DiffPanel` context, which is active while the panel is open; the others are `Global`. The panel requires Claude Code v2.1.260 or later.
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278| Action | Default | Description |
279| :-------------------------- | :------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
280| `app:toggleReplTab` | (unbound) | Open or close the diff panel, the same as running `/diff` |
281| `app:cycleDiffBase` | Ctrl+X B | Cycle the panel's comparison base: this session, uncommitted, then branch |
282| `app:diffFileListUp` | Ctrl+Up, Meta+Up | Scroll the panel's file list up when it overflows |
283| `app:diffFileListDown` | Ctrl+Down, Meta+Down | Scroll the panel's file list down when it overflows |
284| `app:toggleDiffNoiseFilter` | (unbound) | Show or hide test and generated files in the panel |
285| `app:toggleDiffPreSession` | (unbound) | Expand or collapse the changes from before this session |
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273287### Model picker actions
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275289Actions available in the `ModelPicker` context:
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428442This also works for chord bindings. Unbinding every chord that shares a prefix frees that prefix for use as a single-key binding. A chord in any active context keeps its prefix reserved, so you must unbind each chord in the context that defines it.
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430Claude Code binds these default chords on the `ctrl+x` prefix: `ctrl+x ctrl+k`, `ctrl+x ctrl+e`, and `ctrl+x enter` in `Chat`, and `ctrl+x ctrl+b` in `Task`. The `ctrl+x enter` chord requires v2.1.247 or later. To reclaim `ctrl+x` itself as a single-key binding, unbind all of them:
444Claude Code binds these default chords on the `ctrl+x` prefix: `ctrl+x ctrl+k`, `ctrl+x ctrl+e`, and `ctrl+x enter` in `Chat`, `ctrl+x ctrl+b` in `Task`, and `ctrl+x b` in `DiffPanel`. The `ctrl+x enter` chord requires v2.1.247 or later, and `ctrl+x b` requires v2.1.260 or later. To reclaim `ctrl+x` itself as a single-key binding, unbind all of them:
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432446```json theme={null}
433447{
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436450 "context": "Task",
437451 "bindings": {
438452 "ctrl+x ctrl+b": null
453 }
454 },
455 {
456 "context": "DiffPanel",
457 "bindings": {
458 "ctrl+x b": null
439459 }
440460 },
441461 {
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7575| `/design-login` | Authorize design-system access for `/design-sync` with your claude.ai account |
7676| `/design-sync [hint]` | **[Skill](/docs/en/skills#bundled-skills).** Convert your repo's React design system and upload it to [Claude Design](https://claude.ai/design), so designs it produces use your real components. Optionally name the design system, for example `/design-sync Acme DS`. A first-time sync verifies every component and can take a few hours on a large repo. Available on the Anthropic API; on Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Agent Platform, Microsoft Foundry, and Claude Platform on AWS the underlying tool can't reach claude.ai, so the command is unavailable |
7777| `/desktop` | Continue the current session in the Claude Code Desktop app. Requires macOS or x64 Windows and a Claude subscription. Alias: `/app` |
78| `/diff` | Open an interactive diff viewer showing uncommitted changes and per-turn diffs. Use left/right arrows to switch between the current git diff and individual Claude turns, and up/down to browse files. Press Enter to open the selected file's diff, scroll it with up/down or PageUp/PageDown, and press Esc to return to the file list. Claude Code computes these diffs from raw git blob content, so diff drivers and `textconv` filters configured in `.gitattributes` or git config don't apply. Before v2.1.222, workspace-configured drivers and filters could rewrite the viewer's output. The open viewer also refreshes automatically when the repository's git state changes outside the session, such as a branch switch or commit in another terminal; the auto-refresh requires Claude Code v2.1.198 or later |
78| `/diff` | Review the changes in your working tree, including the edits Claude has made so far. See [Review changes with /diff](/docs/en/interactive-mode#review-changes-with-%2Fdiff) |
7979| `/doctor` | **[Skill](/docs/en/skills#bundled-skills).** Run a setup checkup that diagnoses issues and can fix them. Checks installation health, including duplicate or leftover installs, `PATH` problems, and unparseable settings files. Finds unused skills, MCP servers, and plugins versus their context cost, flags slow [hooks](/docs/en/hooks), and checks for a newer version on your [release channel](/docs/en/setup#configure-release-channel). Deduplicates local `CLAUDE.md` files against checked-in ones, trims checked-in [`CLAUDE.md`](/docs/en/memory#my-claude-md-is-too-large) files by cutting content Claude could derive from the codebase, and migrates the always-loaded guidance that remains into [skills](/docs/en/skills) and nested `CLAUDE.md` files that load on demand. Also offers to make [auto mode](/docs/en/permissions#permission-modes) your default and to [pre-approve](/docs/en/permissions) frequently denied read-only commands. Reports findings first and asks for confirmation before changing anything. From the terminal, `claude doctor` prints read-only installation diagnostics without starting a session. Alias: `/checkup`. The `CLAUDE.md` trim check requires Claude Code v2.1.206 or later. Before v2.1.205, `/doctor` opened a read-only diagnostics screen and pressing `f` sent the report to Claude |
8080| `/effort [level\|auto\|status]` | Set the [effort level](/docs/en/model-config#adjust-effort-level): `low` to `xhigh`, `max`, [`ultracode`](/docs/en/workflows#let-claude-decide-with-ultracode), or `auto`; `status` prints it. `max` and `ultracode` are session-only; the [`ultracode`](/docs/en/settings-reference#ultracode) key persists. Run it while Claude is responding and, once you confirm the [cache warning](/docs/en/prompt-caching#changing-effort-level), if Claude Code shows one, Claude Code applies the new level to the next request in that turn. Before v2.1.242, Claude Code decided from a feature flag it fetched from Anthropic whether to run the command mid-turn or queue it until the turn finished, and always queued it in a session that doesn't [fetch feature flags](/docs/en/env-vars#features-that-need-feature-flag-fetching), such as on a [third-party provider](/docs/en/third-party-integrations). Works in `-p` outside the [effort hold](/docs/en/model-config#adjust-effort-level) |
8181| `/exit` | Exit the CLI. In an attached [background session](/docs/en/agent-view#attach-to-a-session), this detaches and the session keeps running. Alias: `/quit` |