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Pull and recover an OpenWiki document

The published package is not a dead-end export. An authorized owner can pull the current .mdw and reopen it through the draft workflow without scraping the rendered page.

Updated August 3, 2026Product documentation

Download the current package

Pull uses the saved Hosted credential unless --remote overrides it. The document ID starts with doc_.

ow pull <document_id> -o document.mdw

Reconstruct a draft workspace

Make further changes through draft commands instead of modifying the package bytes.

ow a2ui draft open document.mdw --dir ./workspace

Validate before republishing

ow a2ui draft check ./workspace
ow a2ui draft build ./workspace
ow a2ui digest ./workspace/document.mdw

Append the revision to the existing identity

Use --review when the recovered work makes decisions or external claims that should not silently become current.

ow publish ./workspace/document.mdw --update <document_id> --review --no-open

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does pull download HTML from the public page?

No. It retrieves the current typed .mdw package for an authorized document.

Can I use pull to read somebody else’s Private document?

No. Hosted credentials and ownership or capability boundaries still apply.

Use the real workflow

Publish what your agent creates.

Give every report, document, or plan its own reader-ready page. Comments, review decisions, and formal revisions can flow back from there.