Claude Code macOS Shortcuts

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Claude Code macOS keyboard shortcuts
ActionmacOS Shortcut
CLI Session
Interrupt / cancel current operationCtrlC
Exit Claude CodeCtrlD
Insert newline without submittingShiftEnter
Search command historyCtrlR
Move back one wordAltB
Move forward one wordAltF
Delete to beginning of lineCtrlU
Delete word backwardCtrlW
Kill background subagentsCtrlXCtrlK
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VS Code Extension
Open Claude Code panel⌘⇧PClaude
Focus Claude input box⌘Esc
Open new Claude tab⌘⇧Esc
Start new conversation⌘N
Insert @mention reference⌥K
Slash Commands
List all slash commands/
Initialize project memory (CLAUDE.md)/init
Clear conversation, free context/clear
Compact conversation to summary/compact
Show context window usage/context
Switch model/model
Open settings (JSON)/config
Open keybindings config/keybindings
View / edit memory file/memory
Manage tool permissions/permissions
Manage MCP servers/mcp
List background tasks/tasks
Show active agents/agents
Schedule loop iteration/schedule
Exit and detach to background/background
Authenticate account/login
CLI Flags
Non-interactive print modeclaude-p"prompt"
Continue most recent conversationclaude--continue
Resume conversation by IDclaude--resumeID
Select model at launchclaude--modelMODEL
Set system prompt from fileclaude--system-promptFILE
Add MCP serverclaudemcpaddNAMECMD
List MCP serversclaudemcplist
Show versionclaude--version