This is the AWS CDK v2 Developer Guide. The older CDK v1 entered maintenance on June 1, 2022 and ended support on June 1, 2023.

# `cdk metadata`
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Display metadata associated with a CDK stack.

## Usage
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```
$ cdk metadata <arguments> <options>
```

## Arguments
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 **CDK stack ID**   
The construct ID of the CDK stack from your app to display metadata for.  
 *Type*: String  
 *Required*: No

## Options
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 `--help, -h <BOOLEAN>`   
Show command reference information for the `cdk metadata` command.