feat(slash-commands): portable project-scoped slash commands (Phase 1.1-1.4)

Net-new Scarf primitive — Hermes has no project-scoped slash command
concept. Commands live at <project>/.scarf/slash-commands/<name>.md as
Markdown files with YAML frontmatter; Scarf intercepts the chat slash
menu, expands {{argument}} substitution client-side, and sends the
expanded prompt as a normal user message. Works uniformly on Mac + iOS,
local + remote SSH, against any Hermes version (no upstream dep).

Lands the model + service + chat wiring; editor UI (Mac), read-only
browser (iOS), AGENTS.md block extension, .scarftemplate format
extension, and tests follow in subsequent commits.

What this commit ships:

- ScarfCore Models/ProjectSlashCommand.swift — Sendable struct
  carrying name + description + argumentHint? + model? + tags? + body
  + sourcePath. Validates name shape (lowercase, hyphens, starts with
  letter, ≤64 chars).
- ScarfCore Services/ProjectSlashCommandService.swift — transport-
  based loadCommands(at:), loadCommand(at:), save(_:at:),
  delete(named:at:), expand(_:withArgument:). Markdown-with-
  frontmatter parser reuses HermesYAML so no new dep. Substitution
  supports `{{argument}}` and `{{argument | default: "..."}}`.
- HermesSlashCommand.Source gains .projectScoped (full payload looked
  up in RichChatViewModel by name) and .acpNonInterruptive (reserved
  for /steer in Phase 2.1).
- RichChatViewModel.projectScopedCommands + projectScopedCommand(named:)
  + loadProjectScopedCommands(at:); availableCommands precedence is
  ACP > project-scoped > quick_commands, all de-duped by name.
- Mac ChatViewModel: expandIfProjectScoped(_:) helper called in
  sendViaACP; loads commands when currentProjectPath is set in
  startACPSession's resolution branch.
- iOS ChatController: same pattern in send(); loads commands in both
  resetAndStartInProject and startResuming(sessionID:); resume now
  resolves both path AND name so we can read the slash-commands dir.

Verified: ScarfCore + Mac + iOS all build clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Models/HermesSlashCommand.swift

@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 import Foundation
 
-/// A slash command available in chat. Sourced either from the ACP server
+/// A slash command available in chat. Sourced from one of four places —
-/// (`available_commands_update`) or from user-defined `quick_commands` in
+/// see `Source` for which.
-/// `config.yaml`.
 public struct HermesSlashCommand: Identifiable, Sendable, Equatable {
+    /// Where this command came from. Drives the slash-menu badge and the
+    /// chat view model's invocation path (literal-send vs client-side
+    /// expansion vs non-interruptive flag).
     public enum Source: Sendable, Equatable {
+        /// Advertised by the ACP server via `available_commands_update`.
+        /// Sent to the agent as the literal slash text.
         case acp
+        /// User-defined `quick_commands.<name>` in `~/.hermes/config.yaml`
+        /// (legacy). Sent to the agent as the literal slash text.
         case quickCommand
+        /// Project-scoped, Scarf-managed command at
+        /// `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/<name>.md`. Scarf intercepts
+        /// the invocation, expands `{{argument}}` substitution against the
+        /// command's body, and sends the result as a normal user prompt
+        /// (the agent never sees the slash trigger). Added in v2.5.
+        case projectScoped
+        /// ACP-native commands that don't interrupt the current turn —
+        /// `/steer` is the flagship case. The chat UI keeps the
+        /// "agent working" indicator on; the guidance applies after the
+        /// next tool call. Added in v2.5 alongside Hermes v2026.4.23.
+        case acpNonInterruptive
     }
 
     public var id: String { name }

scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Models/ProjectSlashCommand.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// A user-authored, project-scoped slash command. Lives at
+/// `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/<name>.md` as a Markdown file with
+/// YAML frontmatter — Scarf-side primitive, not a Hermes feature.
+///
+/// The command is invoked via the chat slash menu like any other command,
+/// but Scarf intercepts the invocation client-side: the body is treated as
+/// a prompt template (with `{{argument}}` substitution from whatever
+/// followed the slash), expanded to a regular user prompt, and sent to
+/// Hermes as a normal message. The agent never sees the slash trigger;
+/// it sees the expanded prompt prefixed with a `<!-- scarf-slash:<name> -->`
+/// marker so it can correlate.
+///
+/// **Why client-side expansion.** Hermes has no project-scoped slash
+/// command concept. Doing the substitution in Scarf means commands work
+/// uniformly on Mac + iOS, local + remote SSH transports, against any
+/// Hermes version (no upstream dependency).
+public struct ProjectSlashCommand: Sendable, Equatable, Identifiable {
+    /// Stable identity is the command's `name` (must be unique within a
+    /// project's `slash-commands/` dir).
+    public var id: String { name }
+
+    /// Slash trigger — drives the menu and the on-disk filename.
+    /// Must match `[a-z][a-z0-9-]*`. Validated by the service on save.
+    public let name: String
+
+    /// Human-readable subtitle shown in the slash menu.
+    public let description: String
+
+    /// Optional placeholder shown after `/<name> ` in the menu (e.g. `<focus area>`).
+    public let argumentHint: String?
+
+    /// Optional per-command model override. When set, the expanded prompt
+    /// is sent with this model in the ACP envelope, regardless of the
+    /// session's default.
+    public let model: String?
+
+    /// Optional grouping tags for the catalog / editor UI. Not surfaced
+    /// to the agent.
+    public let tags: [String]?
+
+    /// The prompt template body (everything after the YAML frontmatter
+    /// closer). Mustache-style `{{argument}}` substitution; supports
+    /// `{{argument | default: "..."}}` for fallbacks.
+    public let body: String
+
+    /// Absolute path the command was loaded from (used by the editor's
+    /// save/delete affordances + by the uninstaller's lock-file tracking).
+    public let sourcePath: String
+
+    public init(
+        name: String,
+        description: String,
+        argumentHint: String? = nil,
+        model: String? = nil,
+        tags: [String]? = nil,
+        body: String,
+        sourcePath: String
+    ) {
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
+        self.argumentHint = argumentHint
+        self.model = model
+        self.tags = tags
+        self.body = body
+        self.sourcePath = sourcePath
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Validation
+
+public extension ProjectSlashCommand {
+    /// Allowed name shape: lowercase, digits, hyphens; must start with a
+    /// letter. Mirrors the catalog validator's rule so on-disk files
+    /// authored in Scarf round-trip cleanly through `.scarftemplate`.
+    static let validNamePattern = #"^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$"#
+
+    /// Returns nil when the name is well-formed; otherwise a human-readable
+    /// reason suitable for inline editor UX.
+    static func validateName(_ name: String) -> String? {
+        if name.isEmpty { return "Name can't be empty." }
+        if name.count > 64 { return "Name must be 64 characters or fewer." }
+        if name.range(of: validNamePattern, options: .regularExpression) == nil {
+            return "Name must start with a letter and contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens."
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+}

scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Services/ProjectSlashCommandService.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+import Foundation
+#if canImport(os)
+import os
+#endif
+
+/// Loads, saves, and expands user-authored project-scoped slash commands
+/// stored at `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/<name>.md`.
+///
+/// Each command is a Markdown file with a YAML frontmatter block:
+///
+/// ```markdown
+/// ---
+/// name: review
+/// description: Code-review the current branch
+/// argumentHint: <focus area>
+/// model: claude-sonnet-4.5
+/// tags:
+///   - code-review
+///   - git
+/// ---
+/// You are reviewing changes on the current git branch. …
+/// Focus area: {{argument | default: "general code quality"}}.
+/// ```
+///
+/// The service is transport-based — `Mac` reads the local filesystem,
+/// `ScarfGo` reads over SFTP via Citadel — so the same code path works
+/// on both platforms. Failures are logged but not thrown for `load*`
+/// methods because the slash menu degrades gracefully (no commands =
+/// menu just shows ACP + quick-command sources).
+public struct ProjectSlashCommandService: Sendable {
+    #if canImport(os)
+    private static let logger = Logger(
+        subsystem: "com.scarf",
+        category: "ProjectSlashCommandService"
+    )
+    #endif
+
+    public let context: ServerContext
+
+    public nonisolated init(context: ServerContext = .local) {
+        self.context = context
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Read
+
+    /// List every slash command at `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/`.
+    /// Sorted by `name` ascending. Returns `[]` for projects that have no
+    /// `slash-commands/` directory yet — that's the default state for any
+    /// project that hasn't authored one.
+    public nonisolated func loadCommands(at projectPath: String) -> [ProjectSlashCommand] {
+        let dir = Self.slashCommandsDir(for: projectPath)
+        let transport = context.makeTransport()
+        guard transport.fileExists(dir) else { return [] }
+
+        let entries: [String]
+        do {
+            entries = try transport.listDirectory(dir)
+        } catch {
+            #if canImport(os)
+            Self.logger.warning(
+                "listDirectory failed at \(dir, privacy: .public): \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public); returning empty list"
+            )
+            #endif
+            return []
+        }
+
+        var commands: [ProjectSlashCommand] = []
+        for entry in entries where entry.hasSuffix(".md") {
+            let path = dir + "/" + entry
+            if let cmd = loadCommand(at: path) {
+                commands.append(cmd)
+            }
+        }
+        return commands.sorted { $0.name < $1.name }
+    }
+
+    /// Load a single command file by absolute path. Returns nil on any
+    /// parse / IO failure (logged).
+    public nonisolated func loadCommand(at path: String) -> ProjectSlashCommand? {
+        let transport = context.makeTransport()
+        do {
+            let data = try transport.readFile(path)
+            guard let raw = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else {
+                #if canImport(os)
+                Self.logger.warning("non-UTF8 contents at \(path, privacy: .public)")
+                #endif
+                return nil
+            }
+            return Self.parse(raw, sourcePath: path)
+        } catch {
+            #if canImport(os)
+            Self.logger.warning(
+                "readFile failed at \(path, privacy: .public): \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)"
+            )
+            #endif
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Write
+
+    /// Persist the given command. Throws if the name is invalid or the
+    /// transport rejects the write. Creates `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/`
+    /// on demand.
+    public nonisolated func save(
+        _ command: ProjectSlashCommand,
+        at projectPath: String
+    ) throws {
+        if let reason = ProjectSlashCommand.validateName(command.name) {
+            throw ServiceError.invalidName(reason)
+        }
+        let dir = Self.slashCommandsDir(for: projectPath)
+        let transport = context.makeTransport()
+        if !transport.fileExists(dir) {
+            try transport.createDirectory(dir)
+        }
+        let path = dir + "/" + command.name + ".md"
+        let serialised = Self.serialise(command)
+        guard let data = serialised.data(using: .utf8) else {
+            throw ServiceError.encodingFailed
+        }
+        try transport.writeFile(path, data: data)
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the command with the given name. No-op if it doesn't exist.
+    public nonisolated func delete(
+        named name: String,
+        at projectPath: String
+    ) throws {
+        let path = Self.slashCommandsDir(for: projectPath) + "/" + name + ".md"
+        let transport = context.makeTransport()
+        guard transport.fileExists(path) else { return }
+        try transport.removeFile(path)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Expansion
+
+    /// Render the command's body for sending to the agent. Substitutes
+    /// `{{argument}}` (and `{{argument | default: "..."}}`) with the
+    /// supplied argument. The result is what `ChatViewModel.sendPrompt`
+    /// transmits as a normal user message.
+    ///
+    /// The expansion also prepends a Scarf-managed marker so the agent
+    /// can correlate the prompt back to the slash command — useful when
+    /// the agent is asked "what command did the user run?".
+    public nonisolated func expand(
+        _ command: ProjectSlashCommand,
+        withArgument argument: String
+    ) -> String {
+        let trimmed = argument.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let body = Self.substituteArgument(in: command.body, with: trimmed)
+        return "<!-- scarf-slash:\(command.name) -->\n\(body)"
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Errors
+
+    public enum ServiceError: Error, LocalizedError {
+        case invalidName(String)
+        case encodingFailed
+
+        public var errorDescription: String? {
+            switch self {
+            case .invalidName(let reason): return reason
+            case .encodingFailed: return "Couldn't encode the slash command — please check for unusual characters in the body."
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Path helpers
+
+    /// `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands` — same path on Mac + iOS.
+    public static func slashCommandsDir(for projectPath: String) -> String {
+        let trimmed = projectPath.hasSuffix("/")
+            ? String(projectPath.dropLast())
+            : projectPath
+        return trimmed + "/.scarf/slash-commands"
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Frontmatter parsing + serialisation
+
+extension ProjectSlashCommandService {
+    /// Parse a Markdown file with YAML frontmatter into a
+    /// `ProjectSlashCommand`. Returns nil when the frontmatter is missing
+    /// or required fields can't be extracted. Reuses `HermesYAML` so we
+    /// don't pull in a third-party YAML dependency.
+    static func parse(_ raw: String, sourcePath: String) -> ProjectSlashCommand? {
+        guard let (frontmatter, body) = splitFrontmatter(raw) else {
+            #if canImport(os)
+            logger.warning(
+                "missing frontmatter at \(sourcePath, privacy: .public); skipping"
+            )
+            #endif
+            return nil
+        }
+        let parsed = HermesYAML.parseNestedYAML(frontmatter)
+        guard let name = parsed.values["name"], !name.isEmpty,
+              let description = parsed.values["description"], !description.isEmpty
+        else {
+            #if canImport(os)
+            logger.warning(
+                "frontmatter missing required name/description at \(sourcePath, privacy: .public); skipping"
+            )
+            #endif
+            return nil
+        }
+        return ProjectSlashCommand(
+            name: name,
+            description: description,
+            argumentHint: parsed.values["argumentHint"],
+            model: parsed.values["model"],
+            tags: parsed.lists["tags"],
+            body: body,
+            sourcePath: sourcePath
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Serialise a command to the on-disk format. Round-trip-safe with
+    /// `parse(_:sourcePath:)` for any value that doesn't contain newlines
+    /// or YAML-reserved characters in its frontmatter scalars.
+    static func serialise(_ command: ProjectSlashCommand) -> String {
+        var fm = "---\n"
+        fm += "name: \(command.name)\n"
+        fm += "description: \(yamlScalar(command.description))\n"
+        if let hint = command.argumentHint, !hint.isEmpty {
+            fm += "argumentHint: \(yamlScalar(hint))\n"
+        }
+        if let model = command.model, !model.isEmpty {
+            fm += "model: \(yamlScalar(model))\n"
+        }
+        if let tags = command.tags, !tags.isEmpty {
+            fm += "tags:\n"
+            for tag in tags {
+                fm += "  - \(yamlScalar(tag))\n"
+            }
+        }
+        fm += "---\n"
+        // Body always ends with one trailing newline so editors don't
+        // produce diffs on save when the user typed cleanly.
+        var body = command.body
+        if !body.hasSuffix("\n") { body += "\n" }
+        return fm + body
+    }
+
+    /// Wrap a scalar in double quotes when it contains characters that
+    /// HermesYAML's parser treats as structural (`:`, `#`, leading `-`,
+    /// etc.). Otherwise emit it bare.
+    private static func yamlScalar(_ value: String) -> String {
+        let needsQuoting = value.contains(":")
+            || value.contains("#")
+            || value.contains("\"")
+            || value.hasPrefix("-")
+            || value.hasPrefix("[")
+            || value.hasPrefix("{")
+            || value.hasPrefix(">")
+            || value.hasPrefix("|")
+        if !needsQuoting { return value }
+        let escaped = value.replacingOccurrences(of: "\"", with: "\\\"")
+        return "\"\(escaped)\""
+    }
+
+    /// Split a Markdown-with-frontmatter string at the closing `---`.
+    /// Returns `(frontmatter, body)` or nil when no frontmatter is found.
+    /// The opening `---` must be the very first line of the file (any
+    /// leading whitespace/newlines disqualify the file — keeps the
+    /// detection unambiguous).
+    static func splitFrontmatter(_ raw: String) -> (frontmatter: String, body: String)? {
+        let lines = raw.components(separatedBy: "\n")
+        guard lines.first == "---" else { return nil }
+        for (idx, line) in lines.enumerated() where idx > 0 && line == "---" {
+            let frontmatter = lines[1..<idx].joined(separator: "\n")
+            let bodyStart = idx + 1
+            let body: String
+            if bodyStart >= lines.count {
+                body = ""
+            } else {
+                // Drop a single blank line right after `---` (common
+                // Markdown style; preserves the body's first real line).
+                var bodyLines = Array(lines[bodyStart...])
+                if bodyLines.first == "" { bodyLines.removeFirst() }
+                body = bodyLines.joined(separator: "\n")
+            }
+            return (frontmatter, body)
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+
+    /// Replace `{{argument}}` and `{{argument | default: "..."}}` in the
+    /// template body with the user-supplied argument. Default value is
+    /// used when the argument is empty / whitespace-only.
+    static func substituteArgument(in template: String, with argument: String) -> String {
+        var result = template
+        // Match {{argument | default: "..."}} first (more specific).
+        let defaultPattern = #"\{\{\s*argument\s*\|\s*default:\s*"((?:[^"\\]|\\.)*)"\s*\}\}"#
+        if let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: defaultPattern) {
+            let range = NSRange(result.startIndex..., in: result)
+            let matches = regex.matches(in: result, range: range).reversed()
+            for match in matches {
+                guard let fullRange = Range(match.range, in: result),
+                      let defaultRange = Range(match.range(at: 1), in: result)
+                else { continue }
+                let replacement = argument.isEmpty
+                    ? String(result[defaultRange])
+                    : argument
+                result.replaceSubrange(fullRange, with: replacement)
+            }
+        }
+        // Then plain {{argument}} for anything that didn't have a default.
+        result = result.replacingOccurrences(
+            of: #"\{\{\s*argument\s*\}\}"#,
+            with: argument,
+            options: .regularExpression
+        )
+        return result
+    }
+}

scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/ViewModels/RichChatViewModel.swift

@@ -189,11 +189,41 @@ public final class RichChatViewModel {
     public private(set) var acpCommands: [HermesSlashCommand] = []
     /// User-defined commands parsed from `config.yaml` `quick_commands`.
     public private(set) var quickCommands: [HermesSlashCommand] = []
+    /// Project-scoped, Scarf-managed commands at
+    /// `<project>/.scarf/slash-commands/<name>.md`. Loaded by
+    /// `loadProjectScopedCommands(at:)` when a project chat starts; cleared
+    /// on `reset()`. The full `ProjectSlashCommand` payload is kept here
+    /// (not just the surface metadata) because expansion happens in
+    /// `ChatViewModel.sendPrompt` and needs the body + model override.
+    public private(set) var projectScopedCommands: [ProjectSlashCommand] = []
 
-    /// Merged list, ACP-first, de-duplicated by name.
+    /// Merged slash-menu list. Precedence: **ACP > project-scoped >
+    /// quick_commands** (most specific source wins). De-duplicated by name.
     public var availableCommands: [HermesSlashCommand] {
         let acpNames = Set(acpCommands.map(\.name))
-        return acpCommands + quickCommands.filter { !acpNames.contains($0.name) }
+        let projectAsHermes: [HermesSlashCommand] = projectScopedCommands
+            .filter { !acpNames.contains($0.name) }
+            .map { cmd in
+                HermesSlashCommand(
+                    name: cmd.name,
+                    description: cmd.description,
+                    argumentHint: cmd.argumentHint,
+                    source: .projectScoped
+                )
+            }
+        let projectNames = Set(projectAsHermes.map(\.name))
+        let quicks = quickCommands.filter {
+            !acpNames.contains($0.name) && !projectNames.contains($0.name)
+        }
+        return acpCommands + projectAsHermes + quicks
+    }
+
+    /// Look up the full project-scoped command payload by slash trigger.
+    /// `ChatViewModel.sendPrompt` calls this when the input matches a
+    /// `.projectScoped` source and needs the body for client-side
+    /// expansion.
+    public func projectScopedCommand(named name: String) -> ProjectSlashCommand? {
+        projectScopedCommands.first { $0.name == name }
     }
 
     public var supportsCompress: Bool { availableCommands.contains { $0.name == "compress" } }
@@ -270,6 +300,7 @@ public final class RichChatViewModel {
         acpErrorDetails = nil
         acpCachedReadTokens = 0
         acpCommands = []
+        projectScopedCommands = []
         pendingPermission = nil
         loadQuickCommands()
     }
@@ -408,6 +439,27 @@ public final class RichChatViewModel {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Load project-scoped slash commands from
+    /// `<projectPath>/.scarf/slash-commands/` off the main actor and
+    /// publish them. Safe to call repeatedly — replaces the existing
+    /// list (e.g., when the user adds / edits / deletes commands).
+    /// Pass `nil` to clear (e.g., on session de-attribution from a
+    /// project, or quick-chat sessions).
+    public func loadProjectScopedCommands(at projectPath: String?) {
+        guard let projectPath else {
+            projectScopedCommands = []
+            return
+        }
+        let ctx = context
+        Task.detached { [weak self] in
+            let svc = ProjectSlashCommandService(context: ctx)
+            let loaded = svc.loadCommands(at: projectPath)
+            await MainActor.run { [weak self] in
+                self?.projectScopedCommands = loaded
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Parse `quick_commands` from `<context>/config.yaml`. Returns
     /// `[(name, command)]` for every well-formed `type: exec` entry.
     /// Mac-side `QuickCommandsViewModel` uses a richer model + adds

scarf/Scarf iOS/Chat/ChatView.swift

@@ -533,8 +533,14 @@ final class ChatController {
         guard !sessionId.isEmpty else { return }
         draft = ""
         vm.addUserMessage(text: text)
+        // Project-scoped slash commands expand client-side: the user
+        // bubble shows the literal `/<name> args` they typed (above);
+        // Hermes receives the expanded prompt template body. Other
+        // command sources (ACP, quick_commands) keep going to Hermes
+        // literally. v2.5.
+        let wireText = expandIfProjectScoped(text)
         do {
-            _ = try await client.sendPrompt(sessionId: sessionId, text: text)
+            _ = try await client.sendPrompt(sessionId: sessionId, text: wireText)
         } catch {
             // The event task may already have surfaced a
             // .connectionLost; show the send-time error only if the
@@ -548,6 +554,28 @@ final class ChatController {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Mirror of `ChatViewModel.expandIfProjectScoped(_:)` on Mac.
+    /// `/<name> args` matching a loaded project-scoped command is
+    /// expanded; everything else is sent literally.
+    private func expandIfProjectScoped(_ text: String) -> String {
+        let trimmed = text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard trimmed.hasPrefix("/") else { return text }
+        let withoutSlash = String(trimmed.dropFirst())
+        let name: String
+        let argument: String
+        if let space = withoutSlash.firstIndex(of: " ") {
+            name = String(withoutSlash[..<space])
+            argument = String(withoutSlash[withoutSlash.index(after: space)...])
+        } else {
+            name = withoutSlash
+            argument = ""
+        }
+        guard !name.isEmpty,
+              let cmd = vm.projectScopedCommand(named: name)
+        else { return text }
+        return ProjectSlashCommandService(context: context).expand(cmd, withArgument: argument)
+    }
+
     /// Stop the current session + tear down the SSH exec channel.
     /// Idempotent.
     func stop() async {
@@ -565,6 +593,9 @@ final class ChatController {
         await stop()
         vm.reset()
         currentProjectName = nil
+        // Quick-chat sessions don't have a project; clear any leftover
+        // project-scoped slash commands from a prior session.
+        vm.loadProjectScopedCommands(at: nil)
         await start()
     }
 
@@ -577,6 +608,10 @@ final class ChatController {
         await stop()
         vm.reset()
         currentProjectName = project.name
+        // Pull any project-authored slash commands at
+        // <project.path>/.scarf/slash-commands/ into the chat menu.
+        // Async + non-fatal — degrades cleanly on SFTP failures (logged).
+        vm.loadProjectScopedCommands(at: project.path)
         // Write the context block first. Non-fatal on failure — chat
         // still starts, just without the managed block. We capture the
         // failure (rather than swallowing via `try?`) so the user gets
@@ -722,16 +757,20 @@ final class ChatController {
         // JSON-decode edge case that would render just a folder icon
         // with no text (pass-2 bug: user saw exactly that).
         let ctx = context
-        let resolved: String? = await Task.detached {
+        // Resolve both the path AND the name so we can (a) render the
+        // header chip with the name and (b) load any project-scoped
+        // slash commands at the project's `.scarf/slash-commands/` dir.
+        let resolved: (path: String, name: String)? = await Task.detached {
             let attribution = SessionAttributionService(context: ctx)
             guard let path = attribution.projectPath(for: sessionID) else { return nil }
             let registry = ProjectDashboardService(context: ctx).loadRegistry()
             guard let name = registry.projects.first(where: { $0.path == path })?.name,
                   !name.isEmpty
             else { return nil }
-            return name
+            return (path: path, name: name)
         }.value
-        currentProjectName = resolved
+        currentProjectName = resolved?.name
+        vm.loadProjectScopedCommands(at: resolved?.path)
 
         state = .connecting
         let client = ACPClient.forIOSApp(

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift

@@ -267,6 +267,33 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
         }
     }
 
+    /// If `text` is a `/<name> [args]` invocation matching a project-
+    /// scoped slash command currently loaded into the view model, return
+    /// the expanded prompt body (with `{{argument}}` substituted). Otherwise
+    /// return the input unchanged.
+    ///
+    /// ACP commands and `quick_commands:` keep going to Hermes literally —
+    /// only project-scoped commands get the client-side expansion treatment
+    /// because Hermes has no concept of them.
+    private func expandIfProjectScoped(_ text: String) -> String {
+        let trimmed = text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard trimmed.hasPrefix("/") else { return text }
+        let withoutSlash = String(trimmed.dropFirst())
+        let name: String
+        let argument: String
+        if let space = withoutSlash.firstIndex(of: " ") {
+            name = String(withoutSlash[..<space])
+            argument = String(withoutSlash[withoutSlash.index(after: space)...])
+        } else {
+            name = withoutSlash
+            argument = ""
+        }
+        guard !name.isEmpty,
+              let cmd = richChatViewModel.projectScopedCommand(named: name)
+        else { return text }
+        return ProjectSlashCommandService(context: context).expand(cmd, withArgument: argument)
+    }
+
     private func sendViaACP(client: ACPClient, text: String) {
         guard let sessionId = richChatViewModel.sessionId else {
             clearACPErrorState()
@@ -280,10 +307,18 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
             richChatViewModel.addUserMessage(text: text)
         }
 
+        // Project-scoped slash commands expand client-side: the user
+        // sees the literal `/<name> args` they typed (already in the
+        // transcript as their bubble), but Hermes receives the expanded
+        // prompt template. The literal slash is meaningless to Hermes
+        // for project-scoped commands; this is what makes them portable
+        // and Hermes-version-independent. v2.5.
+        let wireText = expandIfProjectScoped(text)
+
         acpStatus = "Agent working..."
         acpPromptTask = Task { @MainActor in
             do {
-                let result = try await client.sendPrompt(sessionId: sessionId, text: text)
+                let result = try await client.sendPrompt(sessionId: sessionId, text: wireText)
                 acpStatus = "Ready"
                 richChatViewModel.handleACPEvent(
                     .promptComplete(sessionId: sessionId, response: result)
@@ -420,11 +455,18 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
                     let name = registry.projects.first(where: { $0.path == path })?.name
                     self.currentProjectPath = path
                     self.currentProjectName = name ?? path
+                    // Pull any project-scoped slash commands the user has
+                    // authored at <path>/.scarf/slash-commands/ so the
+                    // chat slash menu surfaces them. Async + non-fatal —
+                    // the menu degrades to ACP + quick commands only on
+                    // any failure (logged inside the service).
+                    self.richChatViewModel.loadProjectScopedCommands(at: path)
                 } else {
                     // Explicit clear on non-project sessions so the
                     // indicator doesn't leak from a previous chat.
                     self.currentProjectPath = nil
                     self.currentProjectName = nil
+                    self.richChatViewModel.loadProjectScopedCommands(at: nil)
                 }
 
                 // Refresh session list so the new ACP session appears in the Resume menu