> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/getcompanion-ai/feynman/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Slash Commands

> Complete reference for all REPL slash commands available in Feynman.

Slash commands are available inside the Feynman REPL. They map to research workflows, project management tools, agent delegation utilities, and bundled package capabilities. Type `/help` inside the REPL for the live command list, which reflects your installed packages and may include additional commands.

## Research workflows

These are the primary commands you will use day-to-day. Each workflow dispatches one or more specialized subagents (`researcher`, `reviewer`, `writer`, `verifier`) depending on the task.

| Command                 | Args         | Description                                                                                                           | Produces                                             |
| ----------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `/deepresearch <topic>` | `<topic>`    | Run a thorough, source-heavy investigation on a topic and produce a durable research brief with inline citations      | `outputs/<slug>.md` + `outputs/<slug>.provenance.md` |
| `/lit <topic>`          | `<topic>`    | Run a literature review using paper search and primary-source synthesis                                               | `outputs/<slug>.md` + provenance sidecar             |
| `/review <artifact>`    | `<artifact>` | Simulate an AI research peer review with likely objections, severity grading, and a concrete revision plan            | `outputs/<slug>-review.md`                           |
| `/audit <item>`         | `<item>`     | Compare a paper's claims against its public codebase and identify mismatches, omissions, and reproducibility risks    | `outputs/<slug>-audit.md`                            |
| `/replicate <paper>`    | `<paper>`    | Plan or execute a replication workflow for a paper, claim, or benchmark                                               | Replication plan, scripts, and results on disk       |
| `/compare <topic>`      | `<topic>`    | Compare multiple sources on a topic and produce a source-grounded matrix of agreements, disagreements, and confidence | `outputs/<slug>-comparison.md`                       |
| `/draft <topic>`        | `<topic>`    | Turn research findings into a polished paper-style draft with equations, sections, and explicit claims                | `papers/<slug>.md`                                   |
| `/autoresearch <idea>`  | `<idea>`     | Autonomous experiment loop — try ideas, measure results, keep what works, discard what doesn't, repeat                | Iteration log and `autoresearch.md` session state    |
| `/watch <topic>`        | `<topic>`    | Set up a recurring or deferred research watch on a topic, company, paper area, or product surface                     | `outputs/<slug>-baseline.md` + scheduled follow-up   |

<Note>
  All research workflow slash commands can also be invoked directly from the CLI — for example, `feynman deepresearch "topic"`. See [CLI Commands](/reference/cli-commands) for details.
</Note>

### Workflow details

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="/deepresearch — Deep research brief">
    Runs a multi-round research sweep using parallel `researcher` subagents, then synthesizes findings into a cited and verified brief. Each run produces a plan artifact, intermediate research files, a draft, and a final cited output with a provenance sidecar.

    The workflow always presents a plan and asks for confirmation before starting. For unattended execution, ask Feynman to run it asynchronously.

    ```
    /deepresearch mechanistic interpretability in transformers
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/lit — Literature review">
    Searches papers and primary sources, then produces a structured literature review separating consensus, disagreements, and open questions. Uses the `researcher`, `verifier`, and `reviewer` subagents.

    ```
    /lit diffusion models for protein structure prediction
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/review — Peer review simulation">
    Evaluates an artifact (paper, draft, or output file) against research quality criteria: novelty, empirical rigor, baselines, and reproducibility. Returns severity-graded feedback and a revision plan.

    ```
    /review outputs/my-draft.md
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/audit — Claim vs. code audit">
    Compares a paper's stated methods, defaults, and reported metrics against its actual public codebase. Flags missing code, mismatches, ambiguous defaults, and reproduction risks.

    ```
    /audit 2401.12345
    /audit https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/replicate — Replication workflow">
    Extracts implementation details from a paper and produces a structured replication plan. If you choose an execution environment (local, venv, Docker, Modal, RunPod), it implements and runs the steps there. Requires explicit environment confirmation before executing any code.

    ```
    /replicate GPT-4 MMLU few-shot benchmark
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/compare — Source comparison matrix">
    Gathers source material across multiple papers, posts, or repositories and builds a comparison matrix covering key claims, evidence types, caveats, and confidence levels. Generates charts for quantitative comparisons.

    ```
    /compare LoRA vs full fine-tuning for instruction following
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/draft — Paper-style draft">
    Writes a structured paper from research findings. Includes title, abstract, problem statement, related work, method or synthesis, evidence, limitations, and conclusion. Uses LaTeX for equations and `pi-charts` for data figures.

    ```
    /draft scaling laws for retrieval-augmented generation
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/autoresearch — Autonomous experiment loop">
    Iteratively tries ideas against a benchmark metric, keeps improvements, reverts regressions, and logs every iteration. Collects metric name, benchmark command, scope, and max iterations before starting. Supports local, venv, Docker, Modal, and RunPod environments.

    ```
    /autoresearch minimize test suite runtime
    /autoresearch off       # Stop the loop, keep data
    /autoresearch clear     # Delete all state
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="/watch — Recurring research monitor">
    Runs a baseline sweep on a topic and schedules a recurring or deferred follow-up using `schedule_prompt`. Useful for tracking a research area, company, or paper cluster over time.

    ```
    /watch llm reasoning benchmark progress
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Project and session

| Command    | Description                                                                               |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/help`    | Show grouped Feynman commands and prefill the editor with a selected command              |
| `/init`    | Bootstrap `AGENTS.md` and session-log folders for a new research project                  |
| `/outputs` | Browse all research artifacts (papers, outputs, experiments, notes)                       |
| `/jobs`    | Inspect active background research work — running processes and scheduled follow-ups      |
| `/log`     | Write a durable session log with completed work, findings, open questions, and next steps |

## Agents and delegation

These commands are provided by the Pi agent runtime and enable multi-agent workflows inside the REPL.

| Command     | Usage                        | Description                                    |
| ----------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `/agents`   | `/agents`                    | List available subagents                       |
| `/run`      | `/run <agent> <task>`        | Delegate a task to a named subagent            |
| `/chain`    | `/chain agent1 -> agent2`    | Run agents in sequence, passing output forward |
| `/parallel` | `/parallel agent1 -> agent2` | Run agents concurrently                        |

Feynman ships four bundled research subagents: `researcher`, `reviewer`, `writer`, and `verifier`. These are defined in `.feynman/agents/` and synced at startup.

```
/run researcher "Gather recent papers on speculative decoding"
/chain researcher -> writer
/parallel researcher -> reviewer
```

## Bundled package commands

These commands are provided by core Pi packages bundled with every Feynman installation.

| Command            | Usage              | Description                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/ps`              | `/ps`              | List active background processes and experiments                     |
| `/schedule-prompt` | `/schedule-prompt` | Schedule a deferred or recurring prompt                              |
| `/search`          | `/search`          | Search prior session transcripts (requires `session-search` package) |
| `/preview`         | `/preview`         | Preview the current artifact as rendered HTML or PDF                 |
| `/new`             | `/new`             | Start a new session                                                  |
| `/quit`            | `/quit`            | Exit the REPL                                                        |
| `/exit`            | `/exit`            | Exit the REPL                                                        |

<Tip>
  `/preview` requires pandoc. Run `feynman --setup-preview` or `feynman setup` to install it.
</Tip>