---
title: "tool si.ask.read_source"
description: "the installed connector, the kind, a cursor: a page of source objects, the next cursor, the cells credited."
section: reference
address: /reference/tools/si-ask-read_source
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# tool si.ask.read_source

the installed connector, the kind, a cursor: a page of source objects, the next cursor, the cells credited.

[figure: Over MCP, si.ask.read_source takes ReadSourceInput and returns a card whose body is ReadSourcePage.]

a page of source objects, the next cursor, the cells credited. The call needs the ask grant at the strategy rung.



| | |
|---|---|
| input | [ReadSourceInput](/concepts/readsourceinput) |
| result | a card whose body is [ReadSourcePage](/concepts/readsourcepage) |
| read-only | yes |
| destructive | no |
| card address | `ui://scale-intelligence/cards/ReadSourcePage` |
| HTTP route | [`/v1/ask/read_source`](/reference/ask/read_source) |





| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `installed_connector` | `id` | yes |  |
| `kind_of_reading` | `id` | yes |  |
| `cursor` | `text` | no |  |
| `credit_cells` | `[id]` | no |  |