diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 00e90cc..07fae7f 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ func Execute() error {
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&batchSize, "batch-size", "b", 25, "Number of contexts to process in parallel")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&filterPatterns, "include", []string{}, "Include contexts by name using regex pattern (can be specified multiple times for OR logic)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&filterPatterns, "include", "i", []string{}, "Include contexts by name using regex pattern (can be specified multiple times for OR logic)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&filterPatterns, "filter", []string{}, "Alias for --include")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("filter", "use --include instead")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&excludePatterns, "exclude", []string{}, "Exclude contexts by name using regex pattern (can be specified multiple times for OR logic)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&excludePatterns, "exclude", "e", []string{}, "Exclude contexts by name using regex pattern (can be specified multiple times for OR logic)")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(getCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(logsCmd)