Chat and Slash Commands
Talk to the Storyteller, or type / for quick commands.
The Chat
The chat is the main screen of a story. Type what your character says or does and press Enter. On a phone, use Send. Bardo answers in the conversation and, when something changes in the world, lists the changes under the reply.
Slash Commands
Type / at the start of the message box. A menu opens above it. Keep typing to filter by name or description. Use the arrow keys, Tab to complete the name and Enter to run it, click or tap an entry, and press Escape to close the menu while keeping what you typed.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/init (or /setup) | When geography is enabled, founds a starting world: a seeded region with places, a market and history, a calendar and a world/world.md note holding the seed. |
/help | Lists the commands and what they do. |
/look | Describes what you can see here. |
/character | Shows your character. |
/world | Shows where you are. |
/map | Shows the ways out of here. |
/inventory | Shows what you are carrying. |
/time | Shows how much time has passed. |
/history | Lists the recorded events, newest first. Private events are not shown. |
/advanced (or /tools) | Opens World Tools: World Builder, Timeline, Characters & Knowledge and Simulation. Looking changes nothing; anything that saves says so first. |
/table (or /rules) | Opens the rules table when available. Reading or navigating requires no model; proposing a source reading and confirming a roll are separate actions with their own gates. |
/settings | Opens the project files: notes, world and configuration. |
/docs | Opens this documentation. |
Every command needs no AI model. Only /init writes, and only files: it never replaces a world that already exists (running it again says so and changes nothing), and the world then grows lazily as the story goes. The other slash commands read records or navigate to a panel. Actions inside a panel can have separate save, model and confirmation requirements.
Mistyped Commands
Text that starts with / is always a command attempt. If the name is not one of the above, Bardo tells you so and suggests /help. Nothing is sent to the Storyteller. Extra words after a command are refused the same way.
If you want to start a sentence with a slash for the story itself, begin with a space or a word first.
Why Only These Commands
Every command here maps to something that exists. Unsupported combat commands are not listed. The optional rules table has a separate, owner-reviewed roll flow; it does not imply complete support for a published game. See Optional mechanics.