diff --git a/crates/agent_ui/src/acp/thread_view.rs b/crates/agent_ui/src/acp/thread_view.rs
index bf981d10f7685c64f8c3e8c03895dda8c5d839eb..589633ae250580f6eb66a513534c79a898fdc0d6 100644
--- a/crates/agent_ui/src/acp/thread_view.rs
+++ b/crates/agent_ui/src/acp/thread_view.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ impl AcpThreadView {
 
         let placeholder = if agent.name() == "Zed Agent" {
             format!("Message the {} — @ to include context", agent.name())
+        } else if agent.name() == "Claude Code" || !available_commands.borrow().is_empty() {
+            format!(
+                "Message {} — @ to include context, / for commands",
+                agent.name()
+            )
         } else {
             format!("Message {} — @ to include context", agent.name())
         };