# Feature Request: ziti-cli \`--skeleton\` switch
**URL:** https://openziti.discourse.group/t/feature-request-ziti-cli-skeleton-switch/1649
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/feature-request-ziti-cli-skeleton-switch/1649 "2023-09-20T23:49:13Z")
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### Author:  [@jptechnical](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/jptechnical)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/feature-request-ziti-cli-skeleton-switch/1649/1 "2023-09-20T23:49:13Z")
See [this example of the `aws-cli`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-skeleton.html) where you can create a skeleton command for creating an ec2 instance with the elements that the command accepts.
This feature request would be to add the ability to generate a skeleton of a command from the ziti-cli. For instance, the command `ziti edge create identity --skeleton` would output the json (or whatever payload or structure) the command will accept.
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### Author:  [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/feature-request-ziti-cli-skeleton-switch/1649/2 "2023-09-21T00:24:07Z")
See the `--help` options. All the commands (i think?) support the `--output-request-json` flag.
Here's one example:
```auto
ziti edge create config --help
creates a config managed by the Ziti Edge Controller
Usage:
ziti edge create config [JSON configuration data] [flags]
Flags:
-i, --cli-identity string Specify the saved identity you want the CLI to use when connect to the controller with
-h, --help help for config
-f, --json-file string Read config JSON from a file instead of the command line
-j, --output-json Output the full JSON response from the Ziti Edge Controller
--output-request-json Output the full JSON request to the Ziti Edge Controller
-t, --tags stringToString Add tags to entity definition (default [])
--tags-json string Add tags defined in JSON to entity definition
--timeout int Timeout for REST operations (specified in seconds) (default 5)
--verbose Enable verbose logging
```
notice:
_-j, --output-json Output the full JSON response from the Ziti Edge Controller_
_--output-request-json Output the full JSON request to the Ziti Edge Controller_
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### Author:  [@jptechnical](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/jptechnical)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/feature-request-ziti-cli-skeleton-switch/1649/3 "2023-09-21T01:23:04Z")
> [@TheLumberjack](#):
>
> `--output-request-json Output the full JSON request to the Ziti Edge Controller`
I was looking at that, actually. I was going to try that on my next command.
I think I am more looking for all the elements that the resource will accept. Even if the spec is blank, having a json document with all the possible keys would be helpful.
Digging into the repo I can see that the flags that are accepted start [on this line](https://github.com/openziti/ziti/blob/2b37d11aa9f0e3fbc923de635a63fd6137bd948c/ziti/cmd/edge/create_identity.go#L86).
It would be really nice if this could be dumped from the command. Or if this list of flags could be documented somewhere. I see that each of the flags does have definition text, but I don't know how to get that flag definition text from the cli.