> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developer.harness.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developer.harness.io/sast-and-sca/ocular/cpgql-reference/help-directive.md).

# Help Directive

The Help Directive is a CPGQL Directive which returns textual descriptions of other directives.

If it is executed by itself, it shows an overview of [Top-Level Commands](/sast-and-sca/ocular/top-level-commands.md):

```
ocular> help 
res0: Helper = Welcome to the interactive help system. Below you find a table of all available
top-level commands. To get more detailed help on a specific command, just type

`help.<command>`.

Try `help.importCode` to begin with.
_______________________________________________________________________________
 command     | description                         | example                  |
==============================================================================|
 close       | Close project by name               | close(projectName)       |
 cpg         | CPG of the active project           | cpg.method.l             |
 delete      | Close and remove project from disk  | delete(projectName)      |
 importCode  | Create new project from code        | importCode("example.jar")|
 importCpg   | Create new project from existing CPG| importCpg("cpg.bin.zip") |
 open        | Open project                        | open("projectName")      |
 project     | Currently active project            | project                  |
 reloadPolicy| reload policy                       | reloadPolicy             |
 run         | Run analyzer on active CPG          | run.securityprofile      |
 save        | Write all changes to disk           | save                     |
 undo        | undo effects of analyzer            | undo                     |
 workspace   | Access to the workspace directory   | workspace                |
```

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If executed with a *Top-Level Command* *CPGQL Component* prefix, it describe that *Top-Level Command*:

```
ocular> help.save 
res0: String = """
Close and reopen all loaded CPGs. This ensures that changes have been flushed to
disk.

Returns list of affected projects"""
```

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