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Shell commands don't appear to expand in custom commands #2233
Description
I created a test command that only has a git status with supplied $ARGUMENTS, and ran it like this
Using this command/test.md
---
description: "Test shell commands"
---
<test>
`!git status`
</test>
$ARGUMENTS
And using it with this argument
/test Can you describe for me what is in the <test> tag above
It output
<test>
`!git status`
</test>
Can you describe for me what is in the <test> tag above
cluster444 (06:15 PM)
The content in the <test> tag is:
`!git status`
This appears to be a command wrapped in backticks with an exclamation mark prefix. The !git status looks like it could be a shell command reference or a special syntax for running git status - possibly
from a Jupyter notebook, markdown documentation, or another system that uses ! as a prefix to execute shell commands.
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github-actions commentedon Aug 25, 2025
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
!prefix for bash command execution within custom commands and the `` placeholder!prefix functionality from Claude Code and its implementation in opencodeThe core issue you're reporting (shell commands with
!prefix not expanding in custom commands) is covered extensively in issue #299, which includes detailed implementation plans for bash command execution support in custom commands.Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.
rekram1-node commentedon Aug 25, 2025
@Cluster444 you need to do it like:
!`git status`
instead of:
`!git status`