---
title: "Read the CLI's schema"
description: "Print the CLI schema as JSON."
sidebar:
  label: describe
---

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## Synopsis

```sh
motif --describe [command]
```

## Example

Read one command's schema before you call it.

```sh
motif --describe erase --format json
```

## Options

| Flag | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `--describe [command]` | Show CLI schema as JSON (for agents). |

It also takes the [common options](/docs/commands#common-options).

## Dry run

This command spends nothing, so it has no dry run.