CLI commands
Command and flag reference for the Optamus CLI.
The CLI is launched with optamus and is driven from the terminal UI. Its commands are slash commands typed into the composer.
Slash commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/demo | Replay the streaming demo |
/engine | Switch the active agent engine |
/theme | Swap the color palette |
/clear | Clear the transcript |
/help | Show the help overlay |
/quit | Quit |
Launch flags
optamus [--continue] [--engine <kind>]| Flag | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
--continue | boolean | Resume the latest session |
--engine <kind> | mock | claude-raw | harness | Select the agent engine |
Keyboard
Enter sends, Alt+Enter inserts a newline, Esc cancels, Tab opens the palette, F1 shows help, F2 swaps the palette, and Ctrl+C quits.
Sessions
Transcripts are appended to ~/.optamus/sessions/<day>.jsonl. TUI settings live in ~/.config/optamus/tui.toml; set OPTAMUS_TUI_CONFIG to use a different path.