diff --git a/doc/configuration/chat-buffer.md b/doc/configuration/chat-buffer.md
index 7d34173e0..5ff1458e2 100644
--- a/doc/configuration/chat-buffer.md
+++ b/doc/configuration/chat-buffer.md
@@ -89,12 +89,22 @@ require("codecompanion").setup({
   strategies = {
     chat = {
       slash_commands = {
-        ["mycmd"] = {
-          description = "My fancy new command",
+        ["git_files"] = {
+          description = "List git files",
           ---@param chat CodeCompanion.Chat
           callback = function(chat)
-            return chat:add_buf_message({ content = "Just writing to the chat buffer" })
+            local handle = io.popen("git ls-files")
+            if handle ~= nil then
+              local result = handle:read("*a")
+              handle:close()
+              chat:add_reference({ content = result }, "git", "<git_files>")
+            else
+              return vim.notify("No git files available", vim.log.levels.INFO, { title = "CodeCompanion" })
+            end
           end,
+          opts = {
+            contains_code = false,
+          },
         },
       },
     },
@@ -102,6 +112,8 @@ require("codecompanion").setup({
 })
 ```
 
+Credit to [@lazymaniac](https://github.com/lazymaniac) for the [inspiration](https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim/discussions/958).
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > You can also point the callback to a lua file that resides within your own configuration
 
diff --git a/lua/codecompanion/strategies/chat/init.lua b/lua/codecompanion/strategies/chat/init.lua
index 4ee6e64dd..975c21f0f 100644
--- a/lua/codecompanion/strategies/chat/init.lua
+++ b/lua/codecompanion/strategies/chat/init.lua
@@ -841,6 +841,18 @@ function Chat:done(output)
   self:reset()
 end
 
+---Add a reference to the chat buffer (Useful for user's adding custom Slash Commands)
+---@param data { role: string, content: string }
+---@param source string
+---@param id string
+---@param opts? table Options for the message
+function Chat:add_reference(data, source, id, opts)
+  opts = opts or { reference = id, visible = false }
+
+  self.references:add({ source = source, id = id })
+  self:add_message(data, opts)
+end
+
 ---Reconcile the references table to the references in the chat buffer
 ---@return nil
 function Chat:check_references()