> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # show - Inspect an operation **`contree show` is a top-level shortcut for [operation show](./operation) (`contree op show`).** Both share one argparse setup and one handler. The top-level `show` accepts one or more UUIDs and history references — each entry renders as its own row. Accepted reference forms: * `@`, `:`, or `HEAD` — the operation at the active branch tip. * `@N`, `:N`, bare `N` — absolute history id. * `@-N`, `:-N`, `HEAD~N` — N steps back from the tip. * `HEAD~` — shorthand for `HEAD~1`. * `@+N`, `:+N` — N steps forward from the tip (latest child). See the [operation - Manage operations](./operation) page for the full description. Display the full result of one or more operations, including stdout and stderr from sandbox execution. ## Examples ```bash theme={null} # Show a single operation contree show 3f2a7b... # Show multiple operations in one call contree show 3f2a7b... a1b2c3... 9d8e7f... # History references (resolved against the active session) contree show @5 @4 @3 # Relative to the active branch tip (like `session rollback`) contree show @-1 # the operation one step back from the tip contree show @+1 # the next operation forward (latest child) # Git-style HEAD notation, equivalent to @ and @-N contree show HEAD # current tip operation contree show HEAD~ # one step back (shorthand for HEAD~1) contree show HEAD~3 # three steps back from the tip # JSON output for scripting contree -f json show 3f2a7b... # Show result of a detached run contree run -d -- make test contree show UUID ``` ## Help output

\$ contree show --help

usage: contree show \[-h] \[--raw] UUID\_OR\_REF \[UUID\_OR\_REF ...]

Manage operations (list, inspect, cancel).

Aggregates ps/show/kill under a single namespace, and adds multi-UUID
support to \`\`show\`\` and \`\`cancel\`\` so several operations can be acted
on in one invocation.

Subcommands:
  list (ls)             List operations. \`\`contree ps\`\` is an alias.
  show UUID \[UUID...]   Show one or more operation results.
  cancel UUID \[UUID...] Cancel one or more operations (or --all).

positional arguments:
  UUID\_OR\_REF  Operations to inspect. Accepts UUIDs and session-history references: @ or HEAD for
               the active branch tip, @N for an absolute history id, @-N or HEAD\~N for N steps
               back, @+N for N steps forward.

options:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  --raw        Print each operation's full server payload as JSONL (one JSON object per line) to
               stdout, verbatim. Skips formatter routing and derived columns; streams cleanly into
               \`jq -c\`. Useful for debugging or for fields the table view omits.

for coding agents:
  list/show are read-only; cancel mutates remote state
  show and cancel accept multiple UUIDs in one invocation
  show supports @N session-history references inherited from \`contree show\`

agent note:
  Before using this command in an automated workflow, read:
    contree agent

## Output The command renders every scalar top-level field the API returns (typically: **uuid**, **kind**, **status**, **created\_at**, **started\_at**, **finished\_at**, **duration**, **session\_key**, …) and adds these derived fields: * **exit\_code** – the sandbox process exit code (extracted from `metadata.result.state.exit_code`) * **image** – resulting image UUID from `result.image` * **tag** – image tag from `result.tag` * **stdout / stderr** – sandbox output, decoded (for `default`, `json`, and `json-pretty` formats) `status` is the server’s word: it reflects whether the API ran the operation to completion, not whether the sandbox process exited with zero. A `SUCCESS` row with `exit_code=1` means “the API completed the job; your command returned 1”. `error` is pinned to the last column. Nested objects (`metadata`, `result`) are dropped from the flat row — use `--raw` for the full server payload, or `-f json` to keep the flat structured row. Pass `--raw` to skip all of the above and print each operation’s full server JSON payload as JSONL (one object per line) to stdout, verbatim. Streams cleanly into `jq -c`. Useful for debugging or pulling fields the table view omits (resources, full metadata, etc.). Timestamps come back from the API in UTC and are converted to the **local timezone** for human-readable formatters (`default`, `table`, `csv`, `tsv`, `plain`). The JSON formatters preserve the source timezone offset. For `csv`, `tsv`, and `table` formats, stdout/stderr are omitted – use `default` or `json` to see sandbox output. ## See also * [ps - List activity](./ps) – list operations to find UUIDs * [operation - Manage operations](./operation) – multi-UUID variant: `contree op show UUID1 UUID2 ...` * [run - Execute a command in the sandbox](./run) – the command that creates operations