allow exit and quit commands without leading slash (/)

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What would you like to be added?

This is feature request - someone can point it as bug as well but I will not.
Ask / Request 👉🏽 Implement exit and quit as standard commands with a simple confirmation prompt

Why is this needed?

  1. Claude Code - Uses /exit (slash required) - causing user confusion where people accidentally send /exit as a prompt instead of exiting.
  2. Aider - Uses /exit and /quit (slash required) - Following the same non-standard pattern
  3. GitHub Copilot CLI - Uses "Exit" as a menu option and Esc key - No slash prefix needed, just select "Exit" from options or press Esc.
  4. Cursor CLI - uses exit.
  5. Git doesn't require /commit to prevent collision with the word "commit"
  6. Docker doesn't require /exit
  7. Even tools with rich command sets (like gdb, psql) use contextual parsing, not mandatory prefixes
  8. Every major REPL (Python, Node.js, MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL) accepts exit or quit without special prefixes
  9. Having Gemini suggest /exit when users ask how to exit is a band-aid that Still requires users to discover they need help (failed discoverability).
  10. It Adds an extra step (ask AI → receive suggestion → type command) and doesn't't help users who try the standard exit first and get frustrated.

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