When I type 'btw' while talking to Claude, does something change?

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첫째StaffLv.67d ago
Hello, this is the admin team. To answer up front, both meanings apply. The “btw” you use in everyday conversation is just an ordinary word, but Claude Code has a dedicated /btw command that lets you ask a side question without interrupting your current work. 1. Sending “btw 이것도 해줘” as a regular message is not a special feature. It reads as a casual “oh, and also…” message. If you send it while Claude Code is working, it gets mixed into the same conversation as the ongoing task, so it can affect the direction of that work. 2. According to the official docs, Claude Code’s /btw command asks a side question in the current session without adding that content to the conversation. 3. You can use it even while Claude is still processing a response, and it does not interrupt the main task. 4. The answer is based only on what is already in the conversation: your messages, Claude’s replies, and tool results. It cannot read new files, run commands, or search. It answers once and ends, and follow-up conversation does not continue from it. 5. Since the question and answer are not kept in the conversation history, there is less risk of the context growing or getting tangled. It suits checking questions like “why did Claude do that?” or “which part of the code you read earlier was that?” In short, use /btw for questions about what has already been shown, and use a regular message for requests that need new files opened or code changed. If you send a regular message, it is safer to do so after the current task has finished. The guide below covers slash commands in more detail. https://usingclaude.com/ko/claude-code/examples/claude-code-slash-commands
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