---
title: "tool si.read.entity"
description: "an entity, and the two dates: every identifier it ever had, every account, everything it published, every thread, community and gathering, and every connection, across platforms and sources."
section: reference
address: /reference/tools/si-read-entity
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# tool si.read.entity

an entity, and the two dates: every identifier it ever had, every account, everything it published, every thread, community and gathering, and every connection, across platforms and sources.

[figure: Over MCP, si.read.entity takes EntityInput and returns a card whose body is EntitySurface.]

every identifier it ever had, every account, everything it published, every thread, community and gathering, and every connection, across platforms and sources. The call needs the read grant at the strategy rung.



| | |
|---|---|
| input | [EntityInput](/concepts/entityinput) |
| result | a card whose body is [EntitySurface](/concepts/entitysurface) |
| read-only | yes |
| destructive | no |
| card address | `ui://scale-intelligence/cards/EntitySurface` |
| HTTP route | [`/v1/read/entity`](/reference/read/entity) |





| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `entity` | `id` | yes |  |