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# enhance-dev canvas node

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

## Arguments

This command takes no positional arguments.

## Options

| Option | Required | Default | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--canvas-id <string>` | No | None | Canvas id, from `enhance canvas list`. |
| `--node-id <string>` | No | None | Stable node id returned by `enhance canvas tree`. Required unless `--canvas` is a single-node selection link. |
| `--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.node`. It has read effect and none idempotency.

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

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


## Output

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

[Show complete output JSON Schema (JSON file)](/docs/reference/mcp/canvas-node.output-schema.json)


## Examples

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

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

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

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

```json
{
 "canvasId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
 "version": 1,
 "node": {
  "id": "x",
  "label": "x",
  "kind": "x",
  "parentId": "x",
  "childCount": 0,
  "box": {
   "x": 0,
   "y": 0,
   "width": 1,
   "height": 1
  },
  "propertySections": [],
  "styles": {},
  "props": {},
  "children": []
 },
 "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.
