# `mix hieroglyph.manifest`
[🔗](https://github.com/ZenHive/hieroglyph/blob/main/lib/mix/tasks/hieroglyph.manifest.ex#L1)

Generates a static `api_manifest.json` from the library's descripex annotations.

The manifest is a JSON-serializable representation of every public function
in the library — params, return types, errors, specs, and descriptions.
Suitable for downstream codegen (cartouche-generated contract bindings),
agent discovery, validators, and CI contract-stability diffs across
hieroglyph version bumps.

    mix hieroglyph.manifest
    mix hieroglyph.manifest path/to/output.json

Uses `ABI.__descripex_modules__/0` as the single source of truth for which
modules to include. Output defaults to `api_manifest.json` in the project root.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*