diff --git a/devchat/engine/recursive_prompter.py b/devchat/engine/recursive_prompter.py
index 8bf3ff04..e5150a09 100644
--- a/devchat/engine/recursive_prompter.py
+++ b/devchat/engine/recursive_prompter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import re
+import os
 from .namespace import Namespace
 
 
@@ -13,6 +15,23 @@ def run(self, name: str) -> str:
             file_path = self.namespace.get_file(ancestor_name, 'prompt.txt')
             if file_path:
                 with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
-                    merged_content += file.read()
+                    prompt_content = file.read()
+                    # replace @file@ with the content of the file
+                    prompt_content = self._replace_file_references(file_path, prompt_content)
+                    merged_content += prompt_content
                     merged_content += '\n'
+
         return merged_content
+
+    def _replace_file_references(self, prompt_file_path: str, content: str) -> str:
+        # prompt_file_path is the path to the file that contains the content
+        # @relative file path@: file is relative to the prompt_file_path
+        pattern = re.compile(r'@(.+?)@')
+        matches = pattern.findall(content)
+        for match in matches:
+            file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(prompt_file_path), match)
+            if os.path.exists(file_path):
+                with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                    file_content = file.read()
+                    content = content.replace(f'@{match}@', file_content)
+        return content
diff --git a/devchat/engine/router.py b/devchat/engine/router.py
index 1caa8358..786f7c49 100644
--- a/devchat/engine/router.py
+++ b/devchat/engine/router.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def load_workflow_instruction(user_input: str):
     if user_input[:1] != '/':
         return None
 
-    workflows_dir = os.path.join(os.path.abspath('~/.chat'), 'workflows')
+    workflows_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/.chat'), 'workflows')
     if not os.path.exists(workflows_dir):
         return None
     if not os.path.isdir(workflows_dir):
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def load_workflow_instruction(user_input: str):
     command_name = user_input.split()[0][1:]
     command_prompts = prompter.run(command_name)
 
-    return command_prompts
+    return [command_prompts]
 
 
 def run_command(