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# evidencectl verify command reference

> Generated syntax and options for evidencectl verify.

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Verify one retained Evidence Gateway response offline.

## Contract status

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

## Usage

```text
evidencectl verify --context <CONTEXT> --output <OUTPUT> <RESPONSE>
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `<RESPONSE>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Signed JWS or SD-JWT VC response returned by Evidence Gateway |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--context <CONTEXT>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Owner-only verification context retained before the response existed |
| `--output <OUTPUT>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | New owner-only file for the exact verified Evidence Gateway payload |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

## Generation contract

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