---
title: memhtml read
description: "Read one memory: its metas, links, article, and format warnings."
---

## 1. Synopsis

Read one memory: its metas, links, article, and format warnings.

```sh
memhtml read <path> [options]
```

## 2. Arguments

| Argument | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | yes | Repo-root-relative path to the memory. |

## 3. Flags

| Flag | Type | Default | Values | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--session-id` | string | *no default* | *no fixed set* | Records a `read` session link, so provenance is queryable both ways. |
| `--prompt-id` | string | *no default* | *no fixed set* | The prompt within that session. |
| `--turn-uuid` | string | *no default* | *no fixed set* | The turn within that session. |

Every command also accepts the [global flags](/reference/global-flags/).

## 4. Response

On success the command writes one JSON envelope to stdout, and its `type` is `memory.detail`.

On failure it writes the failure envelope, whose `code` comes from [error codes](/reference/error-codes/).

[The JSON envelope](/reference/envelope/) gives the fields both shapes carry. [Response types](/reference/response-types/) lists every value `type` takes across the binary.

## 5. Further reading

The guide blocks that name this command:

* [`write-surfaces`](/reference/guide/write-surfaces/)
* [`code-mode`](/reference/guide/code-mode/)
* [`recall-discipline`](/reference/guide/recall-discipline/)

## 6. Provenance

A loader generates this page from `apps/cli/src/commands.ts` while the site builds, so no file in the repository holds it: the `COMMANDS` array there is the one source of argument parsing, of `memhtml manifest`, and of `AGENTS.md`. Change the registry and this page changes with it.