---
title: changelog evaluate-artifact cli command
description: (CI) Evaluate downloaded artifact in the resolving workflow. Reads metadata, validates PR state (SHA, labels), and sets GitHub Actions outputs for downstream...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/pull/2927/cli/changelog/evaluate-artifact
products:
  - Elastic Docs Builder
---

# changelog evaluate-artifact cli command
```bash
docs-builder changelog evaluate-artifact \
  --metadata <string> \
  --owner <string> \
  --repo <string>
```

(CI) Evaluate downloaded artifact in the resolving workflow.

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--metadata string required">
    Path to the downloaded metadata.json file
  </definition>
  <definition term="--owner string required">
    GitHub repository owner
  </definition>
  <definition term="--repo string required">
    GitHub repository name
  </definition>
  <definition term="-l --log-level enum">
    Minimum log level.
    **Values:** trace, debug, information, warning, error, critical, none
    **Default:** `information`
  </definition>
  <definition term="-c --config-source enum">
    Override the configuration source: local, remote
    **Values:** local, remote, embedded
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]skip-private-repositories">
    Skip cloning private repositories
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Notes

Reads metadata, validates PR state (SHA, labels), and sets GitHub Actions outputs
for downstream steps (commit, comment).