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evidencectl request prepare command reference
Prepare the request, authorization header, and verification context.
Contract status
Section titled “Contract status”This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version 0.34.0 and catalog SHA-256 c9eb944fbb64b3beca0250dc0dee945ea12d5c5f92ffeab2f7c21d9eeb888c6c. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.
evidencectl request prepare [OPTIONS] --name <NAME> <QUESTION|--profile <PROFILE>>Constraints
Section titled “Constraints”| Condition | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Command invocation | Exactly one of [QUESTION], --profile <PROFILE> is required. |
--requirement <REQUIREMENT> is present | --profile <PROFILE> is required. |
--purpose <PURPOSE> is present | <QUESTION> is required. |
| Command invocation | --profile <PROFILE> and [QUESTION] cannot be used together. |
| Command invocation | --subject <SUBJECT> and --subjects-file <PATH> cannot be used together. |
Arguments
Section titled “Arguments”| Argument | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[QUESTION] | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Question defined by the active local project |
Options
Section titled “Options”| Option | Always required | Repeatable | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
--profile <PROFILE> | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Owner-only progressive client profile |
--requirement <REQUIREMENT> | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Stable public requirement handle from the selected contract catalog |
--purpose <PURPOSE> | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Exact purpose declared by the question |
--subject <SUBJECT> | No | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Subject selector. Repeat role:field=value; local alternatives require role@profile:field=value |
--subjects-file <PATH> | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Owner-only JSON file containing typed role, field, and value entries; local alternatives also require profile |
--name <NAME> | Yes | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Safe name for this retained request |
--client <CLIENT> | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Registered local application used to request authorization |
--response-format <FORMAT> | No | No | signed-jws | signed-jws, sd-jwt-vc | n/a | Response format to request and verify |
--format <output_format> | No | No | human | human | n/a | Select human-readable output; this command provides no JSON report |
-h, --help | No | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |
Generation contract
Section titled “Generation contract”Run npm run generate from docs/site after changing a public command, argument, option, default, environment binding, or help description.