---
title: "GroundingsInput"
description: "which groundings to read: one capture's, one entity's, or every one in a place"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/groundingsinput
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# GroundingsInput

which groundings to read: one capture's, one entity's, or every one in a place

[figure: GroundingsInput is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | harness |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `capture` | `hash` | no |  |
| `entity` | `id` | no |  |
| `place` | `one of staged \| grounding \| waiting for a person \| committed \| discarded \| all` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/read/groundings`](/reference/read/groundings) takes it as input