---
title: stack kb context-engine post-context-engine-ai-index-query cli command
description: Query AI Indices Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4384/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/context-engine/post-context-engine-ai-index-query
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb context-engine post-context-engine-ai-index-query cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb context-engine post-context-engine-ai-index-query \
  --query <query> \
  [options]
```

Query AI Indices
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--query string required">
    The ES|QL query to run. Its FROM decides which Elasticsearch indices are read (normally `ai-index-*`); the server adds the space filter and a row limit.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--limit number">
    Maximum rows to return. Defaults to 100; a trailing `LIMIT` in the query is capped to this value.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--params string">
    Values for `?name` placeholders in the query.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>