Magic Commands

Use Jean's built-in commands for context management, commits, reviews, PRs, notes, and conflict resolution.

Magic commands are Jean's opinionated shortcuts for common development moves.

They package prompt construction, git actions, and context loading into workflows that are easier to repeat than a hand-written prompt every time.

Jean groups magic commands into a few main areas.

Context

Save Context stores a summarized snapshot for later reuse
Load Context pulls a saved summary back into the current flow
Linked Projects shares context across related repositories (see Project linking)
Create Recap generates a digest of the current session

Commit and sync

Commit
Commit & Push
Revert Commit
Pull
Push

These work well when you want Jean to help with the commit message or guide the sequence instead of manually stitching it together.

Pull request work

Open or Create PR
Update PR refreshes the title and description on an existing PR using current commits
Review runs an AI code review and stores findings you can revisit in the Review panel
PR Comments loads inline review comments so Jean can address them one by one
Merge

Jean can generate PR content, review diffs, and help address inline review comments from an existing PR.

Open or Create PR and Update PR both use the Generate PR Content prompt, so you can tune voice, structure, and required fields once and reuse them everywhere. See Magic prompts.

Investigation and release work

Investigate Issues
Investigate Pull Requests
Generate Release Notes

These flows are useful because Jean already knows how to load and format the surrounding context before the model starts reasoning.

Branch work

Merge
Resolve Conflicts

The conflict workflow is especially useful when you want Jean to stay with the operation until the repo is back in a healthy state.

Why these are different from plain prompts

Magic commands carry defaults for:

prompt templates
model choice
provider choice
backend choice
reasoning effort

You can override those defaults in the Magic prompts pane, which means the workflow stays the same while the engine behind it changes.

Cmd+M on macOS or Ctrl+M elsewhere opens the menu from any chat
each item has a single-letter shortcut once the menu is open (for example, K for Linked Projects)

Good uses for magic commands

Use a magic command when:

the task is common and repeatable
you want Jean to pull structured context first
the output format matters
you want the same flow across many repos

Use a plain chat message when:

the task is unusual
you are still exploring the problem
you want a looser conversation before choosing a workflow

What lives in the magic menu