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# evidencectl check command reference

> Generated syntax and options for evidencectl check.

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Validate authored policy and, when selected, deployment closure offline.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version `0.38.0` and catalog SHA-256 `cd13c658f65af295f9df3c6db86dc045ac06e9e040afc1f5f5b27c3184ab653d`. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
evidencectl check [OPTIONS] <PROJECT>
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `<PROJECT>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Editable Evidence project directory |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--target <TARGET>` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Explicit deployment target whose governance and runtime structure are checked |
| `--production` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Require a production or evidence-grade target and complete deployment closure |
| `--deny-findings` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Refuse an otherwise valid but incomplete authoring project |
| `--format <output_format>` | No | `human` | `human`, `json`, `junit` | n/a | Select human-readable or machine-readable output. `junit` is accepted only by fixture runs (`test` and `fixtures run`) |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

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