get_symbol
Retrieve verified, line-numbered source for a specific symbol, live range, or omission reference using an ID from a prior response. Handles ambiguity with candidates and index misses with fallback lines.
Instructions
Follow-up read of one symbol whose id another response already gave you.
**Not an entry point.** ``get_answer`` already ships ``symbol_bodies``, and
for a whole file ``get_context(include=["skeleton"])`` or a plain Read is
one call instead of many. Reach here for a body that was elided, or for a
``continuation`` / omission ref. Never walk a file symbol by symbol.
Returns verified, line-numbered source for one indexed symbol, live range,
or omission ref. Ambiguity returns every candidate; an index miss returns
live fallback lines. A truncated result carries the exact continuation to
pass straight back.
Args:
symbol_id: "path/to/file.py::Name", "path/to/file.py:140-180" for a
live range, or an omission ref.
context_lines: extra lines before/after (0-50).
repo: usually omitted.
query: omission refs only, regex/substring filter on lines.
id: accepted alias for ``symbol_id``.
depth: 1 (default) is this symbol alone; 2-3 also returns the bodies
it calls, transitively, in ``callee_bodies``.
reference: structured source reference emitted by this tool. Its id
and repository are accepted together without caller translation.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | ||
| repo | No | ||
| depth | No | ||
| query | No | ||
| reference | No | ||
| symbol_id | No | ||
| context_lines | No |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |