diff --git a/ui/text/src/components/DiffViewer.tsx b/ui/text/src/components/DiffViewer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f4619048178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/text/src/components/DiffViewer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { Box, Text, useInput } from "ink";
+import {
+  TEXT_DIM,
+  TEXT_PRIMARY,
+  GOLD,
+  TEAL,
+  CRANBERRY,
+  TEXT_SECONDARY,
+} from "../colors.js";
+import { SCROLL_FAST_MULTIPLIER } from "../constants.js";
+
+const PAD_X = 2;
+const PAD_Y = 1;
+const HEADER_LINES = 1;
+const FOOTER_LINES = 1;
+
+type LineKind = "add" | "remove" | "hunk" | "meta" | "context";
+
+function classifyLine(line: string): LineKind {
+  if (line.startsWith("+++") || line.startsWith("---")) return "meta";
+  if (
+    line.startsWith("diff ") ||
+    line.startsWith("index ") ||
+    line.startsWith("new file") ||
+    line.startsWith("deleted file") ||
+    line.startsWith("rename ") ||
+    line.startsWith("similarity ") ||
+    line.startsWith("Binary ")
+  ) {
+    return "meta";
+  }
+  if (line.startsWith("@@")) return "hunk";
+  if (line.startsWith("+")) return "add";
+  if (line.startsWith("-")) return "remove";
+  return "context";
+}
+
+function padLine(line: string, width: number): string {
+  if (line.length >= width) return line.slice(0, width);
+  return line + " ".repeat(width - line.length);
+}
+
+interface Props {
+  content: string;
+  truncated: boolean;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}
+
+export function DiffViewer({
+  content,
+  truncated,
+  width,
+  height,
+  onClose,
+}: Props) {
+  const lines = useMemo(() => {
+    const split = content.split("\n");
+    if (split.length > 0 && split[split.length - 1] === "") split.pop();
+    return split;
+  }, [content]);
+
+  const innerWidth = Math.max(width - PAD_X * 2, 10);
+  const innerHeight = Math.max(height - PAD_Y * 2, 3);
+  const viewportHeight = Math.max(
+    innerHeight - HEADER_LINES - FOOTER_LINES,
+    1,
+  );
+  const maxScroll = Math.max(lines.length - viewportHeight, 0);
+
+  const [scroll, setScroll] = useState(0);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setScroll((prev) => Math.min(prev, maxScroll));
+  }, [maxScroll]);
+
+  useInput((ch, key) => {
+    if (ch === "q" || ch === "Q" || key.escape) {
+      onClose();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (key.ctrl && (ch === "c" || ch === "C")) {
+      onClose();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (key.downArrow || ch === "j") {
+      const step = key.meta ? SCROLL_FAST_MULTIPLIER : 1;
+      setScroll((s) => Math.min(s + step, maxScroll));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (key.upArrow || ch === "k") {
+      const step = key.meta ? SCROLL_FAST_MULTIPLIER : 1;
+      setScroll((s) => Math.max(s - step, 0));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (key.pageDown || ch === " " || (key.ctrl && ch === "d")) {
+      setScroll((s) => Math.min(s + viewportHeight, maxScroll));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (key.pageUp || ch === "b" || (key.ctrl && ch === "u")) {
+      setScroll((s) => Math.max(s - viewportHeight, 0));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (ch === "g") {
+      setScroll(0);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (ch === "G") {
+      setScroll(maxScroll);
+      return;
+    }
+  });
+
+  const visible = lines.slice(scroll, scroll + viewportHeight);
+
+  const atEnd = scroll >= maxScroll;
+  const atStart = scroll === 0;
+  const position = maxScroll === 0
+    ? "ALL"
+    : atEnd
+    ? "END"
+    : `${Math.round((scroll / maxScroll) * 100)}%`;
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      flexDirection="column"
+      width={width}
+      height={height}
+      paddingX={PAD_X}
+      paddingY={PAD_Y}
+    >
+      <Box width={innerWidth} justifyContent="space-between" flexShrink={0}>
+        <Text color={TEXT_PRIMARY} bold>
+          git diff{truncated ? " (truncated)" : ""}
+        </Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}>
+          {atStart ? "" : "↑ "}lines {scroll + 1}–
+          {Math.min(scroll + viewportHeight, lines.length)} / {lines.length}
+          {" "}[{position}]
+        </Text>
+      </Box>
+      <Box flexDirection="column" width={innerWidth} height={viewportHeight}>
+        {visible.map((line, i) => {
+          const kind = classifyLine(line);
+          const padded = padLine(line, innerWidth);
+          switch (kind) {
+            case "add":
+              return (
+                <Text
+                  key={i}
+                  wrap="truncate-end"
+                  color={TEXT_PRIMARY}
+                  backgroundColor={TEAL}
+                >
+                  {padded}
+                </Text>
+              );
+            case "remove":
+              return (
+                <Text
+                  key={i}
+                  wrap="truncate-end"
+                  color={TEXT_PRIMARY}
+                  backgroundColor={CRANBERRY}
+                >
+                  {padded}
+                </Text>
+              );
+            case "hunk":
+              return (
+                <Text key={i} wrap="truncate-end" color={GOLD} bold>
+                  {padded}
+                </Text>
+              );
+            case "meta":
+              return (
+                <Text key={i} wrap="truncate-end" color={TEXT_SECONDARY} bold>
+                  {padded}
+                </Text>
+              );
+            default:
+              return (
+                <Text key={i} wrap="truncate-end" color={TEXT_PRIMARY}>
+                  {padded}
+                </Text>
+              );
+          }
+        })}
+      </Box>
+      <Box width={innerWidth} flexShrink={0}>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>q</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}> close · </Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>↑↓</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}>/</Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>j k</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}> scroll · </Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>space</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}>/</Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>b</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}> page · </Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>g</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}>/</Text>
+        <Text color={GOLD}>G</Text>
+        <Text color={TEXT_DIM}> top/bottom</Text>
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/text/src/slashCommands.tsx b/ui/text/src/slashCommands.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a71e3bd7a79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/text/src/slashCommands.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+
+export interface SlashCommandContext {
+  cwd: string;
+}
+
+export type SlashCommandResult =
+  | { handled: true; message?: string }
+  | { handled: true; overlay: "diff"; content: string; truncated: boolean }
+  | { handled: false };
+
+export interface SlashCommand {
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  run: (ctx: SlashCommandContext) => SlashCommandResult;
+}
+
+function isGitRepo(cwd: string): boolean {
+  const result = spawnSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"], {
+    cwd,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "ignore"],
+  });
+  return result.status === 0;
+}
+
+const MAX_DIFF_BYTES = 2_000_000;
+
+function readDiff(cwd: string): { text: string; truncated: boolean } | null {
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    "git",
+    ["--no-pager", "diff", "--no-color"],
+    {
+      cwd,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024,
+    },
+  );
+  if (result.status !== 0 && result.status !== null) return null;
+  const stdout = result.stdout ?? "";
+  if (stdout.length > MAX_DIFF_BYTES) {
+    return { text: stdout.slice(0, MAX_DIFF_BYTES), truncated: true };
+  }
+  return { text: stdout, truncated: false };
+}
+
+const diffCommand: SlashCommand = {
+  name: "diff",
+  description: "show unstaged changes",
+  run: (ctx) => {
+    if (!isGitRepo(ctx.cwd)) {
+      return {
+        handled: true,
+        message: `not a git repository: ${ctx.cwd}`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    const diff = readDiff(ctx.cwd);
+    if (diff === null) {
+      return { handled: true, message: "failed to run `git diff`" };
+    }
+
+    if (diff.text.trim().length === 0) {
+      return { handled: true, message: "no unstaged changes" };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      handled: true,
+      overlay: "diff",
+      content: diff.text,
+      truncated: diff.truncated,
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+const COMMANDS: Record<string, SlashCommand> = {
+  diff: diffCommand,
+};
+
+export function tryRunSlashCommand(
+  input: string,
+  ctx: SlashCommandContext,
+): SlashCommandResult {
+  const trimmed = input.trim();
+  if (!trimmed.startsWith("/")) return { handled: false };
+  const name = trimmed.slice(1).split(/\s+/)[0]?.toLowerCase() ?? "";
+  const cmd = COMMANDS[name];
+  if (!cmd) return { handled: false };
+  return cmd.run(ctx);
+}
+
+export function listSlashCommands(): SlashCommand[] {
+  return Object.values(COMMANDS);
+}
diff --git a/ui/text/src/tui.tsx b/ui/text/src/tui.tsx
index 778e0f91b880..d88a15ac3256 100644
--- a/ui/text/src/tui.tsx
+++ b/ui/text/src/tui.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { resolveGooseBinary } from "@aaif/goose-sdk/node";
 import Onboarding from "./onboarding.js";
 import ConfigureScreen, { ConfigureIntent } from "./configure.js";
 import ExtensionsManager from "./extensions.js";
+import { DiffViewer } from "./components/DiffViewer.js";
 import type { Turn } from "./types.js";
 import {
   emptyLine,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import {
   SCROLL_STEP,
   SCROLL_FAST_MULTIPLIER,
 } from "./constants.js";
+import { tryRunSlashCommand } from "./slashCommands.js";
 
 const InputBar = React.memo(function InputBar({
   width,
@@ -512,11 +514,13 @@ function App({
   const [needsOnboarding, setNeedsOnboarding] = useState(false);
   type Overlay =
     | { screen: "configure"; intent: ConfigureIntent }
-    | { screen: "extensions" };
+    | { screen: "extensions" }
+    | { screen: "diff"; content: string; truncated: boolean };
   const [overlay, setOverlay] = useState<Overlay | null>(null);
 
   const clientRef = useRef<GooseClient | null>(null);
   const sessionIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const sessionCwdRef = useRef<string>(process.cwd());
   const streamBuf = useRef("");
   const sentInitialPrompt = useRef(false);
   const queueRef = useRef<string[]>([]);
@@ -707,8 +711,10 @@ function App({
       setStatus("creating session…");
       setLoading(true);
       try {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        sessionCwdRef.current = cwd;
         const session = await client.newSession({
-          cwd: process.cwd(),
+          cwd,
           mcpServers: [],
         });
         sessionIdRef.current = session.sessionId;
@@ -825,6 +831,52 @@ function App({
     exit,
   ]);
 
+  const addLocalTurn = useCallback(
+    (userText: string, message?: string) => {
+      setTurns((prev) => [
+        ...prev,
+        {
+          userText,
+          responseItems: message
+            ? [
+                {
+                  itemType: "content_chunk",
+                  content: { type: "text", text: message },
+                },
+              ]
+            : [],
+          toolCallsById: new Map(),
+        },
+      ]);
+      setViewTurnIdx(-1);
+      setSelectedToolCallIdx(null);
+      setToolCallExpanded(false);
+      setToolCallExpandedScroll(0);
+      setScrollOffset(0);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const runSlashCommand = useCallback(
+    (raw: string): boolean => {
+      const result = tryRunSlashCommand(raw, {
+        cwd: sessionCwdRef.current,
+      });
+      if (!result.handled) return false;
+      if ("overlay" in result && result.overlay === "diff") {
+        setOverlay({
+          screen: "diff",
+          content: result.content,
+          truncated: result.truncated,
+        });
+        return true;
+      }
+      addLocalTurn(raw, "message" in result ? result.message : undefined);
+      return true;
+    },
+    [addLocalTurn],
+  );
+
   const handleSubmit = useCallback(
     (value: string) => {
       const trimmed = value.trim();
@@ -837,6 +889,8 @@ function App({
       setToolCallExpandedScroll(0);
       setScrollOffset(0);
 
+      if (trimmed.startsWith("/") && runSlashCommand(trimmed)) return;
+
       if (loading || isProcessingRef.current) {
         queueRef.current.push(trimmed);
         setQueuedMessages([...queueRef.current]);
@@ -844,7 +898,7 @@ function App({
         sendPrompt(trimmed);
       }
     },
-    [loading, sendPrompt],
+    [loading, sendPrompt, runSlashCommand],
   );
 
   const PAD_X = 2;
@@ -1087,6 +1141,18 @@ function App({
     );
   }
 
+  if (overlay && overlay.screen === "diff") {
+    return (
+      <DiffViewer
+        content={overlay.content}
+        truncated={overlay.truncated}
+        width={safeTermWidth}
+        height={safeTermHeight}
+        onClose={() => setOverlay(null)}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
   if (overlay && clientRef.current && sessionIdRef.current) {
     if (overlay.screen === "configure") {
       const intent = overlay.intent;