Command reference ยท Claude Code
/workflows
Opens the progress view for running workflows.
/workflows opens the progress view for dynamic workflows: select, watch, pause, resume, stop, or save running and completed runs as your own command. A workflow runs in the background and distributes work across many subagents; the view opens immediately, even while a response is currently running.
In the view, according to the doc, these keys apply: p pauses or resumes the run, x stops the selected agent or โ when the run itself is focused โ the whole workflow, r restarts a running agent, s saves the script as its own command, project-wide under .claude/workflows/ or personally under ~/.claude/workflows/.
A paused run can be resumed: finished agents deliver their cached result, the rest continues live. This only works within the same session, though โ after a restart, the workflow starts over from scratch.
โ WHEN TO USE IT?
Watch a running workflow
Call /workflows, select the run with the arrow keys, and pause it with p to briefly do something else.
Save a run as a command
After a successful review workflow, open /workflows, select the run, and save it under .claude/workflows/ with s to reuse it in the future.
โ WHEN NOT TO?
No workflow is running
The view shows running and completed workflows; without one, it stays empty.
Better: First start a workflow, for example via a bundled workflow like /deep-research.
Expecting resumption after a restart
According to the doc, resuming only works within the same session; if Claude Code is closed while a workflow is running, the next session starts it over from scratch.
Better: Leave the session open, or deliberately restart the workflow.
SOURCES
- Claude Code docs (official) โ code.claude.com
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