customizing-commands

Agent Building

Creates, edits, and enables Letta Code mod-provided slash commands. Use when the user asks to add a custom /command, slash command, command shortcut, scoped conversation-backed command, or command-driven panel behavior.

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How to use this skill

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/letta-ai/letta-code/blob/HEAD/src/skills/builtin/customizing-commands/SKILL.md

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Customizing Commands

Use this as the command-specific entrypoint for local mod slash commands. For broader mod work, recipes live in ../creating-mods/references/commands.md, ../creating-mods/references/architecture.md, ../creating-mods/references/ui.md, and ../creating-mods/references/plan-mode.md.

Mod files live in:

~/.letta/mods/

Use a focused file name, e.g. ~/.letta/mods/review.ts or ~/.letta/mods/commands.ts.

First decide whether a command is right

User wants	Build
`/foo` sends a prompt or shows local output	Mod command
`/foo` starts a reusable agent workflow	Skill + thin mod command
Agent/model should autonomously call the capability	Mod tool, not a command
Command shows transient progress/results	Mod command + panel
Command needs model output while the main agent is busy	`runWhenBusy: true` command + forked `ctx.conversation`

If the command is a durable workflow like /goal, put the workflow instructions in a skill and keep the mod command as a small launcher/prompt.

Workflow

Inspect ~/.letta/mods/ for related command files.
Preserve unrelated mod code; create a focused new file if merging is messy.
Register with letta.commands.register() and guard with letta.capabilities.commands.
Return the unregister function, or a disposer that calls it plus any timer/panel cleanup.
Tell the user the exact file path changed and to run /reload.

Default prompt command

export default function activate(letta) {
  if (!letta.capabilities.commands) return;

  return letta.commands.register({
    id: "review",
    description: "Review current git changes",
    args: "[focus]",
    run(ctx) {
      const focus = ctx.args.trim();
      return {
        type: "prompt",
        content: focus
          ? `Review current git changes. Focus on ${focus}.`
          : "Review current git changes. Focus on correctness issues.",
        systemReminder: true,
      };
    },
  });
}

Command result types

type ModCommandResult =
  | { type: "prompt"; content: string; systemReminder?: boolean }
  | { type: "output"; output: string; success?: boolean }
  | { type: "handled" };

prompt: sends content to the agent. Use for normal slash shortcuts.
output: prints local text and does not contact the agent.
handled: command handled its own side effects/UI; common for panel commands.

Rules

Command IDs omit the slash: id: "review", not "/review".
Use lowercase slugs with letters, numbers, and hyphens.
Do not register built-in command IDs.
runWhenBusy: true commands must not return prompt while the main agent is busy; use scoped conversation helpers/panels and return handled.
showInTranscript: false commands should usually return handled, not prompt.
Do not import Letta Code app internals.
Do not do surprising side effects on startup; mods activate on app start and /reload.

More recipes

Simple output command, panel command, busy-safe conversation command: ../creating-mods/references/commands.md
Complex command architecture, state, cleanup: ../creating-mods/references/architecture.md
Panel/status UI patterns: ../creating-mods/references/ui.md
Worked plan-mode command/tool composition: ../creating-mods/references/plan-mode.md