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# enhance-dev canvas inspect

```text
enhance-dev canvas inspect [options]
```

## Arguments

This command takes no positional arguments.

## Options

| Option | Required | Default | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--canvas-id <string>` | No | None | Canvas id, from `enhance canvas list`. |
| `--json <json>` | No | None | Complete procedure input as JSON; do not combine it with field flags. |
| `--canvas <url-or-id>` | Yes, unless `--canvas-id` | None | Pasted canvas URL or UUID. Selection links limit reads and edits to the linked subtree. Required unless `--canvas-id` is given. |

## Input

This command presents the capability `canvas.inspect`. It has read effect and none idempotency.

<details class="reference-schema">
<summary>Show complete input JSON Schema</summary>

```json
{"$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","type":"object","properties":{"canvasId":{"type":"string","format":"uuid","pattern":"^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"}},"required":["canvasId"]}
```
</details>


## Output

This command writes JSON records to standard output. Returns a typed canvas.inspect result from the Enhance API without transport-specific prose.

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<summary>Show complete output JSON Schema</summary>

```json
{"$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","type":"object","properties":{"canvasId":{"type":"string","format":"uuid","pattern":"^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"},"openUrl":{"type":"string","format":"uri"},"title":{"type":"string","minLength":1},"version":{"type":"integer","exclusiveMinimum":0,"maximum":9007199254740991},"nodeCount":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":9007199254740991},"rootChildCount":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":9007199254740991},"bounds":{"anyOf":[{"type":"object","properties":{"x":{"type":"number"},"y":{"type":"number"},"width":{"type":"number","exclusiveMinimum":0},"height":{"type":"number","exclusiveMinimum":0}},"required":["x","y","width","height"],"additionalProperties":false},{"type":"null"}]},"kinds":{"type":"object","propertyNames":{"type":"string"},"additionalProperties":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":9007199254740991}},"next":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","minLength":1}}},"required":["canvasId","openUrl","title","version","nodeCount","rootChildCount","bounds","kinds","next"],"additionalProperties":false}
```
</details>


## Examples

```bash
enhance-dev canvas inspect --canvas <url-or-id>
```

<details class="reference-schema">
<summary>Show example input</summary>

```json
{
 "canvasId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010"
}
```
</details>

<details class="reference-schema">
<summary>Show example output</summary>

```json
{
 "canvasId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
 "openUrl": "https://example.test/path",
 "title": "x",
 "version": 1,
 "nodeCount": 0,
 "rootChildCount": 0,
 "bounds": {
  "x": 0,
  "y": 0,
  "width": 1,
  "height": 1
 },
 "kinds": {},
 "next": []
}
```
</details>

## Exit behaviour

| Exit code | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `0` | The command succeeded. |
| `1` | The command failed for another reason (`INTERNAL`). A write may have an unknown outcome. |
| `2` | The command line was malformed. Nothing ran. |
| `3` | The API refused the input (`BAD_REQUEST`). |
| `4` | The credential is missing or expired (`UNAUTHORIZED`). |
| `5` | The API refused the request (`FORBIDDEN`, `NOT_FOUND`, `CONFLICT`, `RATE_LIMITED`). |
| `6` | A batch finished only in part. Retry with the same `--client-token`. |

## Versions

Minimum tested versions: Enhance CLI and MCP runtime 0.1.40, plugin 1.0.38, Node.js 24. No older floor is published.
