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# evidencectl build command reference

> Generated syntax and options for evidencectl build.

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Compile an editable project into a reviewed deployment candidate.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
evidencectl build [OPTIONS] --target <TARGET> --output <OUTPUT>
```

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--project <PROJECT>` | No | `.` | n/a | n/a | Editable Evidence Gateway project; defaults to the current directory |
| `--target <TARGET>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Explicit deployment target containing governance.yaml and runtime.yaml |
| `--output <OUTPUT>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | New candidate directory to create. It must not already exist |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

## Generation contract

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