> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usealmanac.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Trace a page to its sources

> Inspect the source records and original files behind a wiki page.

A page is the reading layer; the source library is the evidence layer.

## Show a page with its evidence

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
almanac show operations/customer-onboarding --sources
```

After the page body, Almanac prints the source path, citation key, and note for
each connected source.

## Inspect a source record

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
almanac sources tree
almanac sources show policies/onboarding.pdf
```

`show` prints metadata about the source. It does not print arbitrary binary file
contents.

<Frame caption="The source library keeps recognizable folders, shows the selected source record, and offers the original file for download.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/almanac-e141534d/PSPQxvCsHo2cfSd-/images/product/source-library-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=PSPQxvCsHo2cfSd-&q=85&s=47ec38f0ada43940c7105b50face8e81" alt="The Almanac source library shows a folder breadcrumb, three original files, a selected spreadsheet record, and a download action." width="1035" height="610" data-path="images/product/source-library-dark.png" />
</Frame>

## Download the original bytes

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
almanac sources download policies/onboarding.pdf --output onboarding.pdf
```

Downloads preserve the original file. Use this when the readable page is not
enough and you need to inspect the evidence directly.

<Note>
  Source search matches source metadata. Use page search when you need synthesized
  wiki knowledge and source search when you need the underlying record.
</Note>

See [Sources, pages, and citations](/concepts/sources-pages-and-citations) for the
relationship, or [improve the page with Garden](/guides/garden) when the evidence
is correct but the article needs editorial work.
