Interact with running tasks¶

These commands start, watch and stop work that runs in parallel or in the background.

A background session is a full session that continues without a terminal. A subagent is a helper agent that Claude starts for a side task.

See running work¶

Command	Aliases	Description
`/tasks`	`/bashes`	Show and manage the background work of this session, including finished subagents
`/list-agents`	`/peers`	List the subagents, teammates and other sessions that Claude can send messages to
`/workflows`		Open the workflow progress view. Watch, pause, resume or save workflows

Command	Aliases	Description
`/background [prompt]`	`/bg`	Move this session to the background and free the terminal. Use `claude agents` to monitor it
`/fork [prompt]`		Copy the conversation into a new background session and continue here
`/stop`		Stop the attached background session. Claude Code keeps the transcript and the worktree
`/exit`	`/quit`	In an attached background session, detach and let the session continue

Command	Description
`/subtask <task>`	Start a forked subagent with the full conversation. Its result comes back to this conversation
`/batch <instruction>`	Skill. Split a large change into 5 to 30 units. Each unit runs in a background subagent in its own worktree
`/deep-research <question>`	Workflow. Search the web, cross-check sources and write a report with citations

Command	Aliases	Description
`/loop [interval] [prompt]`	`/proactive`	Skill. Run a prompt again and again while the session is open, for example `/loop 5m check if the deploy finished`
`/schedule [description]`	`/routines`	Create, update, list or run routines (scheduled agents that run in the cloud)

You want to	Command
Get the result of a side task in this conversation	`/subtask`
Run a copy in parallel and continue here	`/fork`
Move into a copy and try a different direction	`/branch`
Free the terminal and let this session continue	`/background`