Support /btw for Claude Code and Codex agents

[Jameson-Crate]

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What are you proposing?

Support the existing /btw command when using Claude Code or Codex agents in Zed.

Why does this matter?

Both agents already support /btw for asking a question in an ephemeral fork of the current conversation. This allows quick contextual questions without steering or polluting the main conversation.

Making the command available in Zed would preserve this useful native agent workflow.

Are there any examples or context?

In Claude Code and Codex, users can run:

/btw Why did you choose this approach?

The model answers using the current context, while keeping the exchange separate from the main conversation.

Possible approach

Expose and forward the agents’ existing /btw command through Zed, including any required rendering of its ephemeral response. This could be limited to Claude Code and Codex agents that advertise or support the command.