# Personal custom slash commands

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/personal-custom-slash-commands/133386>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 13, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/personal-custom-slash-commands/133386 "2025-09-13T13:53:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wsmoak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/wsmoak/32/79599_2.png) [@wsmoak](https://forum.cursor.com/u/wsmoak)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/personal-custom-slash-commands/133386/1 "2025-09-13T13:53:14Z")

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### Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

### Describe the request

Ability to put ‘personal’ custom slash commands in ~/.cursor/commands

Currently they only work in the .cursor/commands directory of a project.

> **[Commands | Cursor Docs](https://cursor.com/docs/agent/chat/commands)**
>
> Use chat commands for quick actions and shortcuts.

### Operating System (if it applies)

MacOS

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/personal-custom-slash-commands/133386/2 "2025-09-13T14:01:46Z")

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Hey, thanks for the feature request, we’ll consider it.

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/personal-custom-slash-commands/133386/3 "2025-09-15T14:53:51Z")

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Hey, it should already be working, please keep sharing your ideas. We really appreciate it.

> **[Cursor – Commands](https://docs.cursor.com/en/agent/chat/commands#how-commands-work)**
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> Define commands for reusable workflows