---
title: changelog validate-onboarding cli command
description: Validate that every product registered with features.release-notes: prestage has the required onboarding files in its repository. 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/pull/3856/cli/changelog/validate-onboarding
products:
  - Elastic Docs Builder
---

# changelog validate-onboarding cli command
```bash
docs-builder changelog validate-onboarding [options]
```

Validate that every product registered with features.release-notes: prestage has the required onboarding files in its repository.

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--owner string">
    GitHub owner (org) the product repositories live under.
    **Default:** `elastic`
  </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>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <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>