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schema: 1
type: term
title: custom command (`cci`)
description: >-
  In this channel's material, a **custom command (`cci`)** is a reusable, saved
  prompt used within the Claude Code workflow described by practitioners —
  letting an engineer re-run an established instruction instead of retyping it,
  so that good prompts compound a small team's output.
  [^11bdf6ed-1223-5cba-afde-fa9b4ce88712@284]
  [^320b90ca-d366-5cb1-9dbb-89b66cd5893b@256]
canonical: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/custom-command-cci-9839955f3fd3
markdown: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/custom-command-cci-9839955f3fd3.md
llms: null
parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt'
channel: everyinc
updated: '2026-10-23T22:12:35.346Z'
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---


# custom command (\`cci\`)

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/custom-command-cci-9839955f3fd3

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

In this channel's material, a **custom command (`cci`)** is a reusable, saved prompt used within the Claude Code workflow described by practitioners — letting an engineer re-run an established instruction instead of retyping it, so that good prompts compound a small team's output. [^11bdf6ed-1223-5cba-afde-fa9b4ce88712@284] [^320b90ca-d366-5cb1-9dbb-89b66cd5893b@256]

In the material collected for *Coding Agents in Practice*, a **custom command** is discussed as part of the Claude Code workflow that Kieran Klaassen and Nityesh Agarwal describe — a practice where repetitive prompts are captured so they can be re-run instead of retyped, letting a small team compound its engineering output. [^11bdf6ed-1223-5cba-afde-fa9b4ce88712@284] [^320b90ca-d366-5cb1-9dbb-89b66cd5893b@256]The wider lesson of the channel is that the human's job shifts from typing code to **planning, orchestrating, and verifying**; custom commands fit into that picture as a way of encoding a verified workflow once so the agent can repeat it. [^7d2a9b32-b281-5828-9eb1-bf812129ae58@426] [^11bdf6ed-1223-5cba-afde-fa9b4ce88712@284]- A **custom command** captures a prompt or workflow so it can be reused rather than rewritten each time. [^11bdf6ed-1223-5cba-afde-fa9b4ce88712@284]- It belongs to the same family of practices as **compounding prompts** — turning one good prompt into repeated leverage. [^320b90ca-d366-5cb1-9dbb-89b66cd5893b@256]- Its value shows up in the channel's core theme: humans orchestrate and verify, agents execute. [^7d2a9b32-b281-5828-9eb1-bf812129ae58@426]