---
title: Core CLI workflows
description: Read grounded context, inspect evidence, and make intentional writes.
product: cli
lifecycle: stable
appliesTo: "@sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10"
sourceArtifact: "@sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10"
owner: CLI owner
raw: /raw/cli/workflows.md
---

## Read and ground

```bash
sift ask "What changed in the launch plan?"
sift search "launch plan"
sift context assemble "Summarize the launch decision" --json
sift evidence list RECORD_ID --json
sift evidence get EVIDENCE_ID --json
```

A good grounded result includes citations or an explicit coverage gap. Do not treat fluent text without evidence as brain state.

## Intentional writes

```bash
sift remember "The launch owner is Casey" --visibility team
sift decide --statement "Ship on Tuesday" --state accepted --visibility team
sift todo --title "Verify production docs" --visibility team
```

Read before patching, preserve the expected version/section when available, and ask for user confirmation before high-impact or broad-scope writes.

## Bundled skills

```bash
sift skill list
sift skill print sift-cli
sift skill install sift-setup
```