Slash commands
Slash commands drive chat without typing prose — and they're a Refine-tier capability. On Refine, type / in any chat to see the picker; pick a command or keep typing to filter. On Free, Discover, and Build you chat in plain language — ask about your notes and constellations — and the command picker doesn't appear; the change-making commands live at Refine.
Commands either operate on the chat's referenced notes (so you need at least one reference) or stand on their own.
Six commands ship in the MVP, all at the Refine tier.
/expand
Run a deeper research pass on the referenced notes.
Requires references: yes (at least one note must be in scope).
Use when you want Bridge to go beyond the general expansion that ran automatically and produce a deeper, more thorough elaboration. Useful when an Expandable note is starting to feel important and you want more of the AI's thinking on it before deciding whether to start a venture.
/plan
Generate a portable plan document set for this chat.
Requires references: yes.
Triggers a Build Plan run against the chat's referenced notes. Equivalent to tapping the Start a venture button, but from inside the chat surface. The generated plan lands in the Plan tab and a link appears in the chat.
/findings
Show cross-project connections and contradictions for the referenced notes.
Requires references: yes.
Runs a direct query over your connected notes — surfacing contradictions, cross-project links, and supporting/elaborating connections on demand, rather than waiting for a background pass. If nothing has surfaced for those notes yet, it tells you so.
/summarize
Summarize the referenced notes into a paragraph.
Requires references: yes.
A one-paragraph plain-prose summary of the referenced notes. Useful when you want to copy-paste a quick brief out of Bridge — for an email, a Slack message, a kickoff doc.
/note
Draft a new note. Approve it in chat before it persists.
Requires references: no.
Drafts a new note based on the conversation so far. The draft appears in the chat as an unsaved note card with an Approve / Reject control. Approving it persists the note to your Notes tab; rejecting it discards the draft. Useful when a chat surfaces an idea worth capturing as its own first-class note.
/help
List the available slash commands.
Requires references: no.
Prints the command list with one-line descriptions. Run it inside a chat as a reminder; the picker also shows the list as you type /.
Errors
Each command surfaces one of four states in the chat:
- Unknown command — you typed
/somethingelse. Bridge replies: "Unknown command: /somethingelse. Try /help for the list." - Missing references — you ran
/expand(or/plan,/findings,/summarize) without any notes in scope. Bridge replies: "/expand needs at least one referenced note. Tap the + in the chat header to add one." - Tier-gated — you ran a command below Refine. Bridge replies: "/expand requires the Refine plan. Upgrade at bridgedev.io to unlock it."
- Command failed — the underlying handler threw. Bridge replies: "/expand failed: <error message>."
Tier gating
All slash commands are a Refine-tier capability. Free, Discover, and Build chat in plain language — they can ask about their notes and constellations, but can't drive changes through commands. Refine and Refine LTD include all six commands.
Adding new commands
Bridge ships with six. We can add new commands without an architectural lift — they show up in the picker and /help output automatically when they ship.
Next
- See Chat for the chat fundamentals (note vs constellation vs plan scoping).
- See Refining a plan for how
/planand/expandcombine with the Refine-tier diff-approval flow. - See Tier comparison — slash commands enter at Refine.