talking to folk
just text it like a person. plus the handful of slash commands worth knowing.
the main thing to know: you don't need special phrasing. folk understands plain language. text it the way you'd text a friend.
can you find somewhere nice for dinner saturday, walking distance from me?
remind me to renew my passport next month
what did i say i wanted to get my brother for his birthday?
folk figures out what you mean, asks if it needs more, and tells you when it's done. if something will take a while (like deep research), it'll go work on it and message you back.
slash commands
slash commands are little shortcuts. you don't need them — but they're handy.
type / and the name. the ones most people use:
/help
see what folk can do, right in the chat.
/new
start a fresh conversation with a clean slate.
/stop
tell folk to drop what it's doing right now.
/date
plan a full date — folk's flagship skill.
/research
kick off a real research run.
/voice
turn spoken replies on or off.
forget the exact command?
just send /help or /commands and folk lists everything available
in your chat.
picking up where you left off
folk keeps the thread of a conversation, so you can be vague and it'll know what
"it" and "they" refer to. when you want a clean start — a totally new topic —
send /new. that wipes the short-term context (your long-term
memory stays).
a few more session helpers:
/retry— not happy with the last answer? have folk try again./stop— folk's working on something you no longer want? stop it.
when folk asks permission
for anything with real-world consequences — sending an email, booking a table, spending money — folk checks with you first. you'll see a quick prompt and can reply:
/approve— yes, go ahead./deny— no, don't.
power users can turn these confirmations off with /yolo. only do that if
you're comfortable letting folk act without asking — it means real actions
happen without a second look.