Commands and Prompt Syntax

You talk to CloudThinker in plain language, and three optional symbols make a request more precise: @ picks an agent, # picks a connection, and / runs a skill, command, or chat action. A command is a saved prompt: type / plus its name and CloudThinker sends the full instruction for you.

Prerequisites

Developers and Admins can run commands. Commands run in the chat box, and Viewers can’t chat with CloudThinker, so a Viewer can’t run one.
To create, edit, import, or delete commands, you need the Developer or Admin workspace role.

Commands belong to the workspace, not to the person who made them. Every member sees them in the / menu, and any Developer or Admin can edit or delete any command that isn’t built in.

Prompt syntax

@agent #connection your request

Part	Required	What it does	Example
`@agent`	No	Sends the request to one of your workspace’s custom agents. Leave it out and CloudThinker, the built-in assistant, answers. Type `@` to pick from your workspace’s agents. A name that matches no agent stays plain text, and CloudThinker answers	`@finops-reviewer`
`#connection`	No	Points CloudThinker at one connected system, such as an AWS account or a Kubernetes cluster. The `#` picker also lists your knowledge bases	`#prod-aws`
`/name`	No	Runs a skill, a command, or a chat action from the `/` menu	`/security-configuration-audit`
Your request	Yes	What you need, in your own words. Add scope, time range, and the output shape you want	`top 5 cost drivers this month as a table`

A plain sentence with none of the symbols works. Add #connection when the workspace has several accounts and the answer depends on which one CloudThinker reads.

What changed in our AWS bill this week?
#prod-aws Which EC2 instances ran under 10% CPU for the last 14 days?
Summarize open critical findings for production as a dashboard

Ask for an output shape, such as a dashboard, a report, or a table, in words. The # picker selects connections and knowledge bases only, not output types. Type / in the CloudThinker chat box to open the menu. It has two groups, and typing after the / filters both.

Group	What it contains
Actions	Controls for the current chat, listed below
Skills and commands	Your enabled skills (packaged procedures an agent follows) and every command in the workspace. Items you used recently sort first

Action	What it does
Compact	Summarizes the chat to free context. The summary is a model call, so it uses credits
Side chat	Asks a quick side question while this chat keeps running. It’s a model call, so it uses credits too
Context	Shows how full the context window is
Model	Switches the model for this chat. The model’s tier sets its credit multiplier
Approval	Sets the approval mode for this chat
Attach files	Adds files or images to the message
Connection	Opens a list of your connections and inserts the one you pick as a `#connection` token in your message. Same result as typing `#`
Resume chat	Continues a recent chat
New chat	Starts a fresh conversation. Shown inside an existing chat
Rename	Renames this chat
Stop	Stops the running reply. Shown while CloudThinker is answering

Built-in commands

Every workspace includes these commands. You can run and view them, but you can’t edit or delete them.

Setup helpers

These interview you or check your setup, then create or propose something.

Command	What it does
`/create-agent`	Interviews you and helps design a new custom agent
`/create-skill`	Interviews you and helps create a new custom skill
`/create-automation`	Clarifies the trigger and the prompt, then creates an automation
`/create-custom-section`	Adds one custom section to Review summaries on pull requests and merge requests
`/create-policy`	Checks your current approval setup and proposes a rule for you to accept
`/find-rules`	Reads your connections and approval history, then proposes the approval rules this workspace needs

/create-policy and /find-rules appear only where CloudThinker can write approval rules for you. A rule you accept there only records what it would decide until CloudThinker turns on Rule enforcement for your workspace, which is off by default, so set the Approval mode for the behavior you need today. If the commands are missing from your / menu, contact CloudThinker support, or whoever runs CloudThinker for your company. See Rules troubleshooting.

Cloud analysis prompts

These are saved prompts with no fixed output format. CloudThinker runs them against the workspace’s connected cloud accounts, so connect at least one first, and add #connection when you want one account.

Command	What it does
`/resource-rightsizing-analysis`	Finds underused resources by CPU, memory, and storage usage
`/automated-backup-strategy`	Reviews backup schedules and retention for coverage and cost
`/monitoring-alerting-setup`	Sets up monitoring and alerts for utilization, performance, and cost anomalies
`/security-configuration-audit`	Audits access controls, encryption settings, and security practices
`/cost-allocation-tagging`	Plans consistent resource tags for cost allocation

Create a command

Open the Commands page

Switch to the right workspace in the workspace switcher at the top of the sidebar, then go to More → Workspace settings → Commands. The page lists only this workspace’s commands. Tabs split the list into All, Your Commands (the ones your workspace created), and CloudThinker’s Commands (built in), and Search commands… filters by name.

Click New Command

The Create Command dialog opens. Fill in the three fields:

Field	What to enter
Title	A readable name, such as `Weekly cost review`
Slug	The name people type after `/`. CloudThinker fills it from the title. Use lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores; other characters are dropped and long slugs are cut to 100 characters. If the slug is taken in this workspace, CloudThinker adds a number, such as `weekly-cost-review-1`. Avoid a slug that matches an enabled skill’s name: the skill wins
Prompt	The full instruction CloudThinker sends when the command runs. Up to 1,000 characters

Click Create Command

Success state: the command appears under Your Commands, and typing / plus the first letters of its slug in any chat in the workspace shows it.

Check the slug on the new command’s card before you share it. If CloudThinker added a number because the slug was taken, your team will type the wrong name. Rename it with Edit if needed.

Keep the stable part of the instruction in the command and type the variable part when you run it. A prompt such as

Review last week's spend for the account below, list the top 5 changes with their cost impact, and suggest one fix for each:

lets each run name its own account.

Run a command

Type / and pick the command

Type / in the chat box, keep typing to filter, and select the command. The /slug token stays in your message.

Add context and send

Type anything extra after the token, then send:

/security-configuration-audit focus on the production AWS account

CloudThinker replaces /security-configuration-audit with the command’s full prompt before the agent reads your message. Slugs match without regard to case.Success state: the reply answers the saved instruction plus your added context, not the literal slug text.

Edit or delete a command

On More → Workspace settings → Commands, hover over the command’s card and click the … menu (Open actions).

Edit opens the Edit Command dialog. Change the fields and click Update Command.
Delete asks you to confirm in a Delete Command dialog. The slug stops expanding at once.

Built-in commands show View instead, because you can’t change them. Commands expand in the web app chat, inside the prompt of a scheduled automation, and in a headless CLI prompt (cloudthinker chat -p), so one saved instruction can serve chat, schedules, and scripts.

Move commands between workspaces

Commands belong to one workspace. To reuse a set in another workspace:

Export from the source workspace

On More → Workspace settings → Commands, click Export File. CloudThinker downloads shortcuts-export-<date>.json with every command under Your Commands. Built-in commands are left out, and the active tab and search don’t limit the export.

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "exported_at": "2026-10-25T09:00:00+00:00",
  "shortcuts": [
    {
      "title": "Weekly cost review",
      "slug": "weekly-cost-review",
      "content": "Review last week's spend and list the top 5 changes.",
      "category": null
    }
  ]
}

The file uses the product’s older internal names:

Key	What it holds
`shortcuts`	The list of commands, up to 100 per import
`title`	The command’s Title
`slug`	The command’s Slug. Imports clean and de-duplicate it the same way the dialog does
`content`	The command’s Prompt. Imports enforce the same 1,000-character limit
`category`	An optional label, up to 255 characters, or `null`. The Create Command dialog doesn’t set it

Import into the target workspace

Switch to the other workspace, open More → Workspace settings → Commands, click Upload File, and pick the JSON file. One file imports up to 100 commands.Success state: the commands appear under Your Commands. A command whose slug is already taken in that workspace gets a new slug automatically, so check the list before you share the names.

Troubleshooting

A command doesn't expand when I send it

An enabled skill whose name matches the slug, ignoring case, wins the slug. The menu hides the command, and /name invokes the skill instead. Rename the command’s slug on More → Workspace settings → Commands, or turn off the skill if you meant the command.

The / menu shows Nothing matches

I don't see New Command or Upload File

Your workspace role is Viewer. Ask a workspace Admin to give you the Developer role, or ask a Developer to create the command.

The prompt won't save

The Prompt field holds up to 1,000 characters, and Title, Slug, and Prompt are all required. For longer procedures, build a custom skill instead.

Next steps

Skills

Package multi-step procedures that share the / menu with your commands

Automations

Run a saved prompt on a schedule instead of typing it

Slack integration

Ask CloudThinker the same questions from a Slack channel

Multi-account AWS

Target the right AWS account with #connection in multi-account setups

Start here

Learn the basics

Help

Work where you are

Commands and Prompt Syntax

Prerequisites

Prompt syntax

What the / menu shows

Built-in commands

Setup helpers

Cloud analysis prompts

Create a command

Run a command

Edit or delete a command

Move commands between workspaces

Troubleshooting

Next steps

Skills

Automations

Slack integration

Multi-account AWS

​Prerequisites

​Prompt syntax

​What the / menu shows

​Built-in commands

​Setup helpers

​Cloud analysis prompts

​Create a command

​Run a command

​Edit or delete a command

​Move commands between workspaces

​Troubleshooting

​Next steps

Skills

Automations

Slack integration

Multi-account AWS

Prerequisites

Prompt syntax

What the / menu shows

Built-in commands

Setup helpers

Cloud analysis prompts

Create a command

Run a command

Edit or delete a command

Move commands between workspaces

Troubleshooting

Next steps