Slash Commands
Slash commands close the development loop inside the agent session. Building, auditing, and verifying performance happen without leaving the conversation — and every audit is checked against the thresholds you have declared in config.
Available commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/pulse-dev | Starts (or restarts) the development server. The server watches for file changes and reloads automatically. |
/pulse-stop | Stops the running development server. |
/pulse-build | Runs a production build. Bundles all specs via esbuild into public/dist/ with content-hashed filenames. |
/pulse-start | Starts the production server against the built output. Used to verify production behaviour before deploying. |
/verify | Runs the full verification loop: validate, screenshot, Lighthouse desktop + mobile (pass bar: 100 on Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO), a mobile layout check, a performance trace, and pulse_review — then writes the verification stamp. /verify --quick skips Lighthouse and the perf trace for fast mid-build checkpoints. |
Using commands
Commands are typed directly into the agent chat:
/pulse-dev
/verifyThe agent executes the relevant CLI steps and reports back with results, including whether any Lighthouse score fell short of the pass bar.
/verify runs Lighthouse against a full production build (pulse_build, then the production server on port 3001) — never against the dev server. Development builds are unminified and report misleading scores.Plain language prompts
Slash commands cover the most common operations. For everything else, describe the goal — the agent handles the implementation within Pulse's spec structure:
"Create a blog index page that fetches posts from an API"
"Add email validation to the contact form"
"Build a checkout flow with a Stripe payment step"
"Add a guard to the dashboard so unauthenticated users are redirected to /login"The agent produces spec files that conform to Pulse's structure — the framework enforces correctness, so there is no manual wiring to verify.