Available commands

OpenClaw comes with several commands to manage your sessions and settings.

/new — New session

Starts a new conversation session. All context from the current session will be forgotten.

/new

Use this when you want a clean slate on a new topic.

/reset — Reset session

Resets the current session without creating a new one. Clears the conversation history.

/reset

/status — Status + usage

Shows your session status: current model, API credits consumed, and usage stats.

/status

Handy for checking how many API credits you’ve used.

/model — Switch model

Changes the AI model used for the current session.

/model

OpenClaw will show you the available models:

• Claude Sonnet 4.5 — Fast and efficient (daily use)
• Claude Opus 4.6 — More powerful for code and complex tasks
• GPT-4o — OpenAI (if configured)
• Gemini — Google (if configured)

/reasoning — Extended thinking

Toggles “extended thinking” mode on or off.

/reasoning

When enabled, Claude takes time to think before responding. Useful for complex problems, but uses more tokens.

💡 Tip: /status shows whether reasoning is enabled.