Commands
Use the full /cadence:cad- name in Claude Code. Square brackets below mean an optional argument; angle brackets name a value you supply. N is a phase number. Commands that accept an optional phase use the current phase when they can resolve one, or ask when they can’t.
The commands do different kinds of work. Execution, task work, fixes, pausing and rollback can make commits. Setup and planning can commit project records. Landing publishes only through its chosen or explicitly authorized path. A slash command isn’t inherently read-only.
Start and build
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/cadence:cad-new-project | [--research] [--brief <file>] | Establish the project, requirements and roadmap. --research requests research; --brief starts from decisions already written down. |
/cadence:cad-adopt | None | Read an existing repository and establish its project record and remaining-work roadmap. |
/cadence:cad-context | [N] | Settle phase decisions and acceptance criteria. Writes CONTEXT.md; optional before planning. |
/cadence:cad-plan | [N] [--skip-check] [--inline] [--gaps] | Create executable plans. --skip-check bypasses the optional checker, --inline requests the inline path, and --gaps plans outstanding verification gaps. Plan review is separate. |
/cadence:cad-execute | [N] [--rerun] | Execute plans, run checks and commit tasks. Normally it checks for already completed work; --rerun explicitly requests replay. |
/cadence:cad-verify | [N] [--sweep] [--deep] | Verify acceptance criteria and record results. With a testing policy, required checks are automated and CI-only work stays pending. --deep requests the goal-backward pass; --sweep checks across phases. |
/cadence:cad-task | <description> [--plan] | Implement a small off-roadmap task with commits. --plan asks for a plan for multi-step work. |
/cadence:cad-spike | <question or hypothesis> | Run a time-boxed experiment and record a verdict in SPIKE.md. Its throwaway code is exempt from the project testing policy. |
See plan and execute and verify results for the normal sequence. A request for --deep still respects workflow.verifier=false.
Review and investigate
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/cadence:cad-plan-review | [N or path to PLAN.md] | Review an existing, edited or imported plan through the plan-review trigger. |
/cadence:cad-decision-review | [path to decision document] | Examine a consequential decision against the code and available evidence. |
/cadence:cad-minimalism-review | [path, directory or N] | Produce a ranked list of unnecessary code and abstractions. Applies none of its suggestions. |
/cadence:cad-debug | [symptom], list, status <slug>, continue <slug>, or --diagnose | Investigate a defect with persistent hypotheses and reproduction evidence. --diagnose stops at diagnosis; the fixing path can change code and commit. |
/cadence:cad-coverage | [N] | Find requirements without meaningful regression coverage and address the gaps. Under a policy, it follows the agreed scope and stopping rule and includes the required coverage job’s result. |
/cadence:cad-docs-verify | [path or glob] | Check documentation claims against code. Defaults to the README and docs/. Reports findings without rewriting the docs. |
/cadence:cad-audit | [milestone] | Trace active requirements through phases, plans and verification. Broken traces or coverage breaks fail the audit. |
/cadence:cad-why | <path>[:<line>] | Read the Git and planning history behind a file or line. Read-only. |
Review findings explains the difference between a report, a blocking gate and work you choose to accept.
Manage the cycle
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/cadence:cad-phase | add [description], insert <N>, remove <N>, or edit <N> | Change the roadmap, maintaining phase numbering and references. |
/cadence:cad-milestone | [version or next-milestone name] | Audit and close a cycle, update the live project record and handle applicable release preparation. With unattended closing authorized, it can continue into landing. |
/cadence:cad-land | [base branch] | Report Git state and publish through your selected mechanism or the authorized unattended path. It can push, create a PR/MR, merge, tag and clean up, depending on that path. |
/cadence:cad-undo | <N> [--no-commit] | Revert the phase commits identified from its summary, after showing the scope and checking for dirty state. --no-commit leaves the combined revert uncommitted. |
/cadence:cad-pause | [resume note] | Preserve work with a WIP commit when needed and commit a paused state cursor. Resume through progress. |
See finish and publish before using the closing commands. Pausing and undoing also change repository state; they aren’t status queries.
Find your place and configure
| Command | Arguments | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/cadence:cad-progress | [--stats or --trace] | Derive the project state and offer the next action. The normal path can reconcile the cursor; --stats and --trace are read-only views. |
/cadence:cad-report | [N] [--all] | Read a phase’s run record, including dispatch costs and review outcomes. --all gives the milestone view. |
/cadence:cad-suggest | [N] | Propose configuration changes supported by the run record. With no phase, read the whole record. Applies no changes itself. |
/cadence:cad-capture | [todo, seed or note] <text> [--phase N] [--cadence] | Save an idea without changing the current task’s scope. --cadence writes to the Cadence-wide queue beside your global configuration. |
/cadence:cad-config | [key=value ...], --review [redetect], --surfaces, --testing, or --roles [--global] | Configure the project through a menu, direct setting or guided setup. See the configuration reference. |
/cadence:cad-health | None | Report structural problems in .planning/, configuration and the active testing-policy setup. |
/cadence:cad-help | [command name] | Show the command reference inside a session, or help for one command. |
Provider consultation and automatic review triggers are capabilities used by these commands, not additional standalone commands.