diff --git a/packages/tui/src/app.tsx b/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
index 6b6db471822..a2b8547c6f1 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
         title: "Switch model variant",
         category: "Agent",
         palette: local.model.variant.list().length === 0 ? undefined : (true as const),
-        slash: { name: "variants", aliases: ["thinking"] },
+        slash: { name: "variants", aliases: ["thinking", "effort"] },
         run: () => {
           if (local.model.variant.list().length === 0) {
             return toast.show({