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This master documentation provides comprehensive details for all Coherence APM (Agentic Persona Mapping) framework commands. All slash commands leverage the Coherence framework with unified context engineering for enhanced coordination and reliability.
- Command Categories Overview - High-level categorization
- Core Orchestrator Commands - Central control and coordination
- Persona Activation Commands - Agent activation and switching
- Parallel Execution Commands - Enhanced parallel execution capabilities
- QA Framework Commands - Testing and quality assurance
- Project Management Commands - Planning and tracking
- Development Commands - Implementation and coding
- Documentation Commands - Document management
- Utility Commands - Helper and maintenance commands
- Quick Reference Guide - At-a-glance command summary
Central control, session management, and agent coordination
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/coherence- Launch Coherence Orchestrator -
/coherence- Legacy orchestrator access (redirects to/coherence) -
/coherence- Legacy orchestrator access (redirects to/coherence) -
/handoff- Direct agent transition -
/switch- Agent switching with context -
/session-note-setup- Initialize session management -
/personas- List available personas -
/version- Show Coherence version information
Direct activation of specialized agent personas
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/analyst- Research and requirements specialist -
/pm- Product Manager for PRDs and roadmaps -
/architect- System architecture and design -
/design-architect- UI/UX and frontend architecture -
/po- Product Owner for backlog management -
/sm- Scrum Master for agile processes -
/dev- Code implementation specialist -
/developer- Alternative developer activation -
/qa- Quality assurance and testing -
/subtask- Subtask management specialist -
/ai-prompt- AI integration specialist -
/research-prompt- Research documentation specialist
Enhanced parallel processing capabilities
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/planning-next-story- Parallel story processing -
/planning-checklist- Parallel checklist creation -
/planning-stories- Parallel story planning -
/qa-acceptance-criteria- Parallel acceptance criteria -
/qa-framework- Parallel QA execution -
/qa-regression-suite- Parallel regression testing - Project Management (5): PRD, epic, stories, acceptance criteria, validation
- Quality & Testing (6): test strategy, test plan, automation, quality review, regression, QA framework
- Development (2): sprint coordination, parallel execution
- Course Correction (2): checklist, course correction
- Documentation (2): doc sharding, library indexing
Comprehensive testing and quality assurance
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/qa-framework- Complete QA system access -
/qa-predict- ML-powered failure prediction -
/qa-optimize- Test execution optimization -
/qa-anomaly- Quality anomaly detection -
/qa-insights- AI-powered insights -
/run-tests- Execute test suites -
/monitor-tests- Real-time test monitoring -
/show-test-status- Test status dashboard -
/test-dashboard- Comprehensive test view -
/test-metrics- Quality metrics analysis -
/test-plan- Test planning
Planning, tracking, and coordination
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/project-brief- Project initialization -
/prd- Product Requirements Document -
/epic- Epic creation and management -
/stories- User story generation -
/groom- Backlog grooming -
/prioritization- Feature prioritization -
/acceptance-criteria- AC definition -
/validation- Story validation -
/next-story- Story progression -
/checklist- Task checklists -
/course-correction- Agile adjustments -
/requirements- Requirements gathering -
/stakeholder-review- Stakeholder feedback -
/ux-spec- UX specifications -
/release- Release management
Code implementation and technical work
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/architecture- System design -
/frontend-architecture- UI architecture -
/automation-plan- Automation strategy -
/ai-prompt- AI integration prompts -
/git-commit-all- Version control -
/buildit- Build distribution -
/version- Version management -
/update-all-documentation- Doc updates
Document processing and management
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/doc-sharding- Document segmentation -
/library-indexing- Knowledge indexing -
/doc-compliance- Compliance checking -
/doc-compliance-enhanced- Advanced compliance -
/organize-docs- Document organization -
/research-prompt- Research documentation
- Performance: 4-8x faster than sequential execution
- Reliability: Zero CLI crashes with native integration
- Scalability: 2-8 concurrent sub-agents per command
- Intelligence: Smart dependency management and conflict resolution
User: /dev
Result: Activates Developer persona for sequential work
User: /implementation-sprint
Result: Launches 4 native Developer sub-agents working concurrently
Performance: 4.6x faster completion
User: /analyst → /pm → /architect → /dev → /qa
Result: Complete development lifecycle workflow
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------| | Sprint Development | 8.5 hours | 1.8 hours | 4.6x | | PRD Creation | 3.5 hours | 1.0 hour | 3.5x | | Architecture Design | 4.0 hours | 1.0 hour | 4.0x | | Test Suite Execution | 2.0 hours | 0.5 hours | 4.0x | | Document Processing | 6.0 hours | 0.9 hours | 6.7x |
- Large Tasks: Any task requiring >30 minutes of work
- Multiple Components: Tasks with independent subtasks
- Time-Critical: When speed is essential
- Batch Operations: Processing multiple items
- Simple Tasks: Quick, focused work
- Sequential Dependencies: Tasks requiring ordered execution
- Interactive Work: Real-time collaboration needed
- Learning/Exploration: Understanding codebase
/<command> [options] [parameters]
# Basic activation
/dev
# With parameters
/stories --count=5 --type=user
# Parallel execution
/implementation-sprint --agents=4
# Chained workflow
/analyst && /pm && /architect- Complete Task tool modernization
- 100% native sub-agent architecture
- 25,599 lines of deprecated code removed
- Unified persona system with JSON definitions
- Enhanced parallel commands
- QA framework AI/ML integration
- MCP Plopdock integration
- Initial parallel command implementation
- Performance optimization framework
- Coherence Overview
- Installation Guide
- Architecture Documentation
- Best Practices Guide
- Troubleshooting Guide
1. Install APM: ./installer/install.sh
2. Initialize: /session-note-setup
3. Launch: /coherence
4. Select persona: /dev
5. Begin work!/coherence → /analyst → /pm → /architect → /po → /sm → /dev → /qa
/implementation-sprint --stories=5 --agents=4
/parallel-doc-sharding --file=requirements.pdf --chunks=10
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Command Help:
/<command> --help -
List Commands:
/personas -
View Status:
/coherence status - Documentation: This guide and linked files
- Support: Create issue in project repository
Generated by Coherence v4.2.0 - Unified Documentation & Enhanced TTS Last Updated: 2025-08-19