chainctl
chainctl Chainguard Control
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Describe a policy and its parameter schema.
Show the full definition of a policy: its description, type, and the set
of configurable parameters it accepts. The output includes a copyable
example invocation suitable for chainctl policy-gate enable.
Use this command to discover what’s configurable on a system policy before enabling it for your organization.
chainctl policy-gate describe --policy POLICY [--parent ORG] [--output=json|table] [flags]
# Describe the cooldown policy
chainctl policy-gate describe --policy=cooldown --parent=example.com
# JSON output (useful for scripts that need the full schema)
chainctl policy-gate describe --policy=cooldown --parent=example.com -o json --parent string The name or id of the organization to scope the lookup to.
--policy string The name or UIDP of the policy to describe. --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
--console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
--force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
-h, --help Help for chainctl
--issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
--log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
-o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
-v, --v int Set the log verbosity level.Last updated: 2026-05-29 17:37