> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.omics.ai/products/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.omics.ai/products/command-line-interface/reference/workbench/workflows-describe.md).

# workflows describe

Describe one or more workflows

## Synopsis

```shell
omics workbench workflows describe [WORKFLOW_ID...]
  [--include-deleted]
```

## Description

Describe one or more workflows, returning a richer response than the [list](/products/command-line-interface/reference/workbench/workflows-list.md) command.

## Examples

```shell
omics workbench workflows describe 'PacificBiosciences:wdl-humanwgs--wdl-humanwgs'
```

You can pass multiple `WORKFLOW_ID`'s to the command to return the complete workflow information for each of the specified workflows

```shell
omics workbench workflows describe 'PacificBiosciences:wdl-humanwgs--wdl-humanwgs' 'd349043e-f2be-449b-b9a1-e1824ec7ec11'
```

## Positional Arguments

### `WORKFLOW_ID`

Specify one or more run ID's that you would like to retrieve information for.

## Flags

### `--force`

An optional flag to include deleted workflows in the list


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