From 189c0ac0a024247f637a3353cd967caad4098ec3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vedant Mahajan <vedant.04.mahajan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:34:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add /new as alias for /clear and refine command
 description (#17865)

---
 packages/cli/src/ui/commands/clearCommand.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/clearCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/clearCommand.ts
index 8e5deafd01..b47d07dd17 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/clearCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/clearCommand.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import { MessageType } from '../types.js';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 
 export const clearCommand: SlashCommand = {
-  name: 'clear',
-  description: 'Clear the screen and conversation history',
+  name: 'clear (new)',
+  altNames: ['new'],
+  description: 'Clear the screen and start a new session',
   kind: CommandKind.BUILT_IN,
   autoExecute: true,
   action: async (context, _args) => {