Commands

Commands Reference

Codive provides both natural language interaction and slash commands for quick actions.

Slash Commands

Use slash commands for common operations:

Command	Description
/help	Show available commands
/clear	Clear conversation history
/context	Show current context files
/config	Show effective configuration
/undo	Undo last file change
/diff	Show pending changes
/accept	Accept all pending changes
/reject	Reject all pending changes
/exit	Exit Codive

/help

Display help information:

> /help

Available commands:
  /help     - Show this help message
  /clear    - Clear conversation history
  /context  - Show files in current context
  /config   - Show configuration
  /undo     - Undo last change
  /diff     - Show pending changes
  /accept   - Accept pending changes
  /reject   - Reject pending changes
  /exit     - Exit Codive

Type naturally to interact with the AI agent.

/clear

Clear the conversation history and start fresh:

> /clear

Conversation cleared. Starting fresh.

>

Note

This clears the AI’s memory of the conversation but doesn’t affect any file changes.

/context

View files currently in the AI’s context:

> /context

Files in context:
  src/main.rs (245 lines)
  src/lib.rs (128 lines)
  Cargo.toml (32 lines)
  README.md (67 lines)

Total: 4 files, 472 lines
Context size: 12,847 tokens

Add files to context:

> /context add src/utils/*.rs

Added 3 files to context:
  src/utils/helpers.rs
  src/utils/config.rs
  src/utils/logging.rs

Remove files from context:

> /context remove README.md

Removed README.md from context.

/config

Show the current configuration:

> /config

Effective configuration:
  Provider: anthropic
  Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
  Max iterations: 50
  Confirm writes: true
  Confirm commands: true

Tools enabled:
  read, write, bash, glob, grep

Config sources:
  ~/.config/codive/config.toml
  ./codive.toml

/undo

Undo the last file change:

> /undo

Undoing last change:
  Reverted src/lib.rs to previous state

Files affected: 1

Tip

Codive keeps a history of changes. You can /undo multiple times to revert further back.

/diff

Show all pending changes:

> /diff

Pending changes:

--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 fn main() {
+    init_logging();
+
     let config = Config::load()?;

--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub mod logging;
+
 pub mod config;

2 files changed, 4 insertions

/accept

Accept all pending changes:

> /accept

Accepting all changes:
  ✓ src/main.rs
  ✓ src/lib.rs

2 files written.

/reject

Reject all pending changes:

> /reject

Rejecting all changes:
  ✗ src/main.rs (discarded)
  ✗ src/lib.rs (discarded)

Changes discarded.

CLI Commands

These commands are run from your shell, not inside Codive.

codive

Start an interactive session:

codive

Run a one-shot command:

codive "add error handling to the parse function"

codive config

Configuration management:

# Validate configuration
codive config validate

# Show effective configuration
codive config show

# Edit configuration in $EDITOR
codive config edit

# Reset to defaults
codive config reset

codive init

Initialize Codive in a project:

# Create codive.toml with sensible defaults
codive init

# Initialize with specific template
codive init --template rust
codive init --template node
codive init --template python

codive serve

Start Codive as an HTTP server:

# Start on default port 3000
codive serve

# Custom port
codive serve --port 8080

# Bind to all interfaces
codive serve --host 0.0.0.0

codive connect

Connect to a remote Codive server:

# Connect to localhost
codive connect :3000

# Connect to remote server
codive connect server.example.com:3000

codive tools

Manage tools:

# List available tools
codive tools list

# Show tool details
codive tools info bash

# Disable a tool
codive tools disable bash

# Enable a tool
codive tools enable bash

codive version

Show version information:

codive version

codive 0.1.0
Built with Rust 1.75
Commit: abc1234

Environment Commands

Commands that interact with your environment:

Running Shell Commands

Codive can run shell commands when you ask:

> run cargo test

Running: cargo test

   Compiling myproject v0.1.0
    Finished test target
     Running unittests

running 12 tests
test result: ok. 12 passed; 0 failed

Git Operations

Codive understands git:

> show me what changed since last commit

Changes since HEAD:
  Modified: src/main.rs
  Added: src/utils/logging.rs

Summary: 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> create a commit with these changes

Creating commit:
  Message: "Add logging utility module"

  Files:
    M src/main.rs
    A src/utils/logging.rs

Proceed? [y/n]

Keyboard Shortcuts

Quick actions in interactive mode:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C	Cancel current operation
Ctrl+D	Exit Codive (same as /exit)
Ctrl+L	Clear screen
Ctrl+Z	Undo (same as /undo)
Up/Down	Navigate command history
Tab	Autocomplete paths/commands
Ctrl+R	Search command history

Next Steps

• Configure custom settings
• Add custom tools
• Set up IDE integration