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Usage Guide

Complete guide to using agents, slash commands, and multi-agent workflows.

Overview

The plugin ecosystem provides two primary interfaces:

  1. Slash Commands - Direct invocation of tools and workflows
  2. Natural Language - Claude reasons about which agents to use

Slash Commands

Slash commands are the primary interface for working with agents and workflows. Each plugin provides namespaced commands that you can run directly.

Command Format

/plugin-name:command-name [arguments]

Discovering Commands

List all available slash commands from installed plugins:

/plugin

Benefits of Slash Commands

  • Direct invocation - No need to describe what you want in natural language
  • Structured arguments - Pass parameters explicitly for precise control
  • Composability - Chain commands together for complex workflows
  • Discoverability - Use /plugin to see all available commands

Natural Language

Agents can also be invoked through natural language when you need Claude to reason about which specialist to use:

"Use backend-architect to design the authentication API"
"Have security-auditor scan for OWASP vulnerabilities"
"Get performance-engineer to optimize this database query"

Claude Code automatically selects and coordinates the appropriate agents based on your request.

Command Reference by Category

Development & Features

Command Description
/backend-development:feature-development End-to-end backend feature development
/full-stack-orchestration:full-stack-feature Complete full-stack feature implementation
/multi-platform-apps:multi-platform Cross-platform app development coordination

Testing & Quality

Command Description
/unit-testing:test-generate Generate comprehensive unit tests
/tdd-workflows:tdd-cycle Complete TDD red-green-refactor cycle
/tdd-workflows:tdd-red Write failing tests first
/tdd-workflows:tdd-green Implement code to pass tests
/tdd-workflows:tdd-refactor Refactor with passing tests

Code Quality & Review

Command Description
/code-review-ai:ai-review AI-powered code review
/comprehensive-review:full-review Multi-perspective analysis
/comprehensive-review:pr-enhance Enhance pull requests

Debugging & Troubleshooting

Command Description
/debugging-toolkit:smart-debug Interactive smart debugging
/incident-response:incident-response Production incident management
/incident-response:smart-fix Automated incident resolution
/error-debugging:error-analysis Deep error analysis
/error-debugging:error-trace Stack trace debugging
/error-diagnostics:smart-debug Smart diagnostic debugging
/distributed-debugging:debug-trace Distributed system tracing

Security

Command Description
/security-scanning:security-hardening Comprehensive security hardening
/security-scanning:security-sast Static application security testing
/security-scanning:security-dependencies Dependency vulnerability scanning
/security-compliance:compliance-check SOC2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance
/frontend-mobile-security:xss-scan XSS vulnerability scanning

Infrastructure & Deployment

Command Description
/observability-monitoring:monitor-setup Setup monitoring infrastructure
/observability-monitoring:slo-implement Implement SLO/SLI metrics
/deployment-validation:config-validate Pre-deployment validation
/cicd-automation:workflow-automate CI/CD pipeline automation

Data & ML

Command Description
/machine-learning-ops:ml-pipeline ML training pipeline orchestration
/data-engineering:data-pipeline ETL/ELT pipeline construction
/data-engineering:data-driven-feature Data-driven feature development

Documentation

Command Description
/code-documentation:doc-generate Generate comprehensive documentation
/code-documentation:code-explain Explain code functionality
/documentation-generation:doc-generate OpenAPI specs, diagrams, tutorials

Refactoring & Maintenance

Command Description
/code-refactoring:refactor-clean Code cleanup and refactoring
/code-refactoring:tech-debt Technical debt management
/codebase-cleanup:deps-audit Dependency auditing
/codebase-cleanup:tech-debt Technical debt reduction
/framework-migration:legacy-modernize Legacy code modernization
/framework-migration:code-migrate Framework migration
/framework-migration:deps-upgrade Dependency upgrades

Database

Command Description
/database-migrations:sql-migrations SQL migration automation
/database-migrations:migration-observability Migration monitoring
/database-cloud-optimization:cost-optimize Database and cloud optimization

Git & PR Workflows

Command Description
/git-pr-workflows:pr-enhance Enhance pull request quality
/git-pr-workflows:onboard Team onboarding automation
/git-pr-workflows:git-workflow Git workflow automation

Project Scaffolding

Command Description
/python-development:python-scaffold FastAPI/Django project setup
/javascript-typescript:typescript-scaffold Next.js/React + Vite setup
/systems-programming:rust-project Rust project scaffolding

AI & LLM Development

Command Description
/llm-application-dev:langchain-agent LangChain agent development
/llm-application-dev:ai-assistant AI assistant implementation
/llm-application-dev:prompt-optimize Prompt engineering optimization
/agent-orchestration:multi-agent-optimize Multi-agent optimization
/agent-orchestration:improve-agent Agent improvement workflows

Testing & Performance

Command Description
/performance-testing-review:ai-review Performance analysis
/application-performance:performance-optimization App optimization

Team Collaboration

Command Description
/team-collaboration:issue Issue management automation
/team-collaboration:standup-notes Standup notes generation

Accessibility

Command Description
/accessibility-compliance:accessibility-audit WCAG compliance auditing

API Development

Command Description
/api-testing-observability:api-mock API mocking and testing

Context Management

Command Description
/context-management:context-save Save conversation context
/context-management:context-restore Restore previous context

Multi-Agent Workflow Examples

Plugins provide pre-configured multi-agent workflows accessible via slash commands.

Full-Stack Development

# Command-based workflow invocation
/full-stack-orchestration:full-stack-feature "user dashboard with real-time analytics"

# Natural language alternative
"Implement user dashboard with real-time analytics"

Orchestration: backend-architect → database-architect → frontend-developer → test-automator → security-auditor → deployment-engineer → observability-engineer

What happens:

  1. Database schema design with migrations
  2. Backend API implementation (REST/GraphQL)
  3. Frontend components with state management
  4. Comprehensive test suite (unit/integration/E2E)
  5. Security audit and hardening
  6. CI/CD pipeline setup with feature flags
  7. Observability and monitoring configuration

Security Hardening

# Comprehensive security assessment and remediation
/security-scanning:security-hardening --level comprehensive

# Natural language alternative
"Perform security audit and implement OWASP best practices"

Orchestration: security-auditor → backend-security-coder → frontend-security-coder → mobile-security-coder → test-automator

Data/ML Pipeline

# ML feature development with production deployment
/machine-learning-ops:ml-pipeline "customer churn prediction model"

# Natural language alternative
"Build customer churn prediction model with deployment"

Orchestration: data-scientist → data-engineer → ml-engineer → mlops-engineer → performance-engineer

Incident Response

# Smart debugging with root cause analysis
/incident-response:smart-fix "production memory leak in payment service"

# Natural language alternative
"Debug production memory leak and create runbook"

Orchestration: incident-responder → devops-troubleshooter → debugger → error-detective → observability-engineer

Command Arguments and Options

Many slash commands support arguments for precise control:

# Test generation for specific files
/unit-testing:test-generate src/api/users.py

# Feature development with methodology specification
/backend-development:feature-development OAuth2 integration with social login

# Security dependency scanning
/security-scanning:security-dependencies

# Component scaffolding
/frontend-mobile-development:component-scaffold UserProfile component with hooks

# TDD workflow cycle
/tdd-workflows:tdd-red User can reset password
/tdd-workflows:tdd-green
/tdd-workflows:tdd-refactor

# Smart debugging
/debugging-toolkit:smart-debug memory leak in checkout flow

# Python project scaffolding
/python-development:python-scaffold fastapi-microservice

Combining Natural Language and Commands

You can mix both approaches for optimal flexibility:

# Start with a command for structured workflow
/full-stack-orchestration:full-stack-feature "payment processing"

# Then provide natural language guidance
"Ensure PCI-DSS compliance and integrate with Stripe"
"Add retry logic for failed transactions"
"Set up fraud detection rules"

Best Practices

When to Use Slash Commands

  • Structured workflows - Multi-step processes with clear phases
  • Repetitive tasks - Operations you perform frequently
  • Precise control - When you need specific parameters
  • Discovery - Exploring available functionality

When to Use Natural Language

  • Exploratory work - When you're not sure which tool to use
  • Complex reasoning - When Claude needs to coordinate multiple agents
  • Contextual decisions - When the right approach depends on the situation
  • Ad-hoc tasks - One-off operations that don't fit a command

Workflow Composition

Compose multiple plugins for complex scenarios:

# 1. Start with feature development
/backend-development:feature-development payment processing API

# 2. Add security hardening
/security-scanning:security-hardening

# 3. Generate comprehensive tests
/unit-testing:test-generate

# 4. Review the implementation
/code-review-ai:ai-review

# 5. Set up CI/CD
/cicd-automation:workflow-automate

# 6. Add monitoring
/observability-monitoring:monitor-setup

Agent Skills Integration

Agent Skills work alongside commands to provide deep expertise:

User: "Set up FastAPI project with async patterns"
→ Activates: fastapi-templates skill
→ Invokes: /python-development:python-scaffold
→ Result: Production-ready FastAPI project with best practices

User: "Implement Kubernetes deployment with Helm"
→ Activates: helm-chart-scaffolding, k8s-manifest-generator skills
→ Guides: kubernetes-architect agent
→ Result: Production-grade K8s manifests with Helm charts

See Agent Skills for details on the 47 specialized skills.

See Also