Hermes Commands — GAIA Gap Analysis
Commands that Hermes has and GAIA doesn’t. Organized by category for review.
Category: Session Management
| Command |
Description |
Effort |
/new / /reset |
Start a fresh conversation (new session ID, clear history) |
🟢 Trivial |
/clear |
Clear screen + new session |
🟢 Trivial |
/history |
Show full conversation history |
🟢 Trivial |
/save |
Save the current conversation explicitly |
🟢 Trivial |
/resume <id> |
Resume a previous session by ID or title |
🟡 GAIA has gaia session restore, no in-TUI command |
/sessions |
Interactive session picker (browse + resume) |
🟡 UI work |
/title <name> |
Name the current session |
🟢 Trivial |
/branch / /fork |
Fork the conversation at a point (explore alternative paths) |
🟡 Requires conversation branching logic |
/compress |
Manually compress context (summarize old turns) |
🟢 GAIA has auto-compaction (A3), no manual trigger |
/snapshot / /snap |
Create/restore state snapshots (config + state) |
🟡 Medium |
/rollback |
List or restore filesystem checkpoints |
🟡 GAIA has checkpoint (B6), no rollback UI |
/background <p> |
Run a prompt in a separate background session |
🟡 GAIA has SpawnAsync, no /background command |
/queue <p> / /q |
Queue a message without interrupting the agent |
🟡 Medium |
/steer <p> |
Inject mid-turn guidance (arrives after next tool call) |
🔴 Complex |
/goal <text> |
Persistent goal across turns (auto-continues until done) |
🔴 Complex, judge model needed |
/subgoal <text> |
Append criterion to active goal |
🔴 Complex (depends on /goal) |
/handoff <platform> |
Move session from CLI to Telegram/Discord/etc |
🟡 Medium |
/moa <prompt> |
One-shot Mixture of Agents (run prompt through MoA, restore model) |
🟢 B1 exists, no one-shot command |
Category: Configuration
| Command |
Description |
Effort |
/model <name> |
Switch LLM model/provider mid-session |
🟡 Requires hot provider switching |
/personality <name> |
Change agent personality |
🟢 GAIA has persona system, no TUI command |
/reasoning <level> |
Change reasoning effort (low/medium/high) |
🟢 Trivial |
/verbose |
Cycle tool progress display (off/new/all/verbose) |
🟢 Trivial |
/fast <mode> |
Toggle fast mode (OpenAI Priority / Anthropic Fast) |
🟢 Trivial |
/skin <name> |
Change TUI theme/colors |
🟢 Trivial |
| `/voice <on |
off>` |
Toggle voice mode |
/yolo |
Toggle auto-approve (skip dangerous confirmations) |
🟢 GAIA has trust modes, no /yolo |
/statusbar / /sb |
Toggle context status bar |
🟢 Trivial |
/footer |
Toggle metadata footer on responses |
🟢 Trivial |
/busy <mode> |
Control what Enter does while agent is working |
🟡 Medium |
/indicator <style> |
Change busy animation style |
🟢 Trivial |
/timestamps |
Toggle timestamps on messages |
🟢 Trivial |
/codex-runtime |
Toggle Codex app-server runtime |
🔴 Very specific to Codex |
| Command |
Description |
Effort |
/skills browse/search/install |
Skill management from within chat |
🟢 GAIA has CLI, not in-TUI |
| `/memory approve |
reject` |
Review pending memory writes |
/cron |
Manage scheduled tasks from chat |
🟢 GAIA has cron, no TUI command |
/learn <what> |
Create a skill from anything (dir, URL, workflow) |
🟡 Medium |
/suggestions |
Review agent-suggested automations |
🟡 Medium |
/blueprint <name> |
Create automation from template |
🟡 Medium |
/browser connect |
Manage browser connection for web tools |
🟢 GAIA has browser module, no TUI command |
/curator |
Background skill maintenance |
🟡 Medium |
/kanban |
Project board from chat |
🔴 Complex |
/bundles |
List/load skill bundles |
🟢 GAIA has skills, no bundles concept |
/reload-mcp |
Reload MCP servers from config |
🟢 Trivial |
/reload-skills |
Re-scan skills directory |
🟢 Trivial |
/plugins |
List plugins |
🟢 GAIA has plugins, no TUI command |
Category: Info & System
| Command |
Description |
Effort |
/help |
Show help/command list |
🟢 Trivial |
/version |
Show GAIA version and build info |
🟢 Trivial |
/insights |
Usage analytics (last 30 days) |
🟡 Depends on cost tracking |
/credits |
Show credit balance |
🟡 Requires billing integration |
/billing |
Manage billing |
🟡 Requires billing integration |
/debug |
Upload debug report, get shareable link |
🟡 Medium |
/platforms / /gateway |
Show gateway adapter status |
🟢 Trivial (already implemented in gateway) |
/copy <n> |
Copy last response to clipboard |
🟢 Trivial |
/image <path> |
Attach image for next prompt |
🟡 Medium (vision support) |
/paste |
Attach clipboard image |
🟡 Medium |
Category: Messaging-Only
| Command |
Description |
Effort |
/sethome |
Set current chat as delivery home |
🟢 Trivial |
/approve |
Approve pending dangerous command |
🟢 GAIA has ConfirmGuard |
/deny |
Deny pending dangerous command |
🟢 Trivial |
/commands |
Browse all commands (paginated) |
🟢 Trivial |
/restart |
Gracefully restart gateway |
🟢 Trivial |
/update |
Update GAIA to latest version |
🟡 Medium |
/topic |
Multi-session DM mode (Telegram) |
🟡 Medium |
Summary
| Category |
Missing |
| Session |
18 commands |
| Configuration |
14 commands |
| Tools & Skills |
13 commands |
| Info |
10 commands |
| Messaging |
7 commands |
| Total |
~62 commands |
Many are trivial (< 30 min each). Some are major features (/goal, /kanban, /handoff).
Generated 2026-07-21. Based on Hermes Agent v0.19.0.