---
title: theme check
description: >-
  Calls and runs [Theme Check](/docs/themes/tools/theme-check) to analyze your
  theme code for errors and to ensure that it follows theme and Liquid best
  practices. [Learn more about the checks that Theme Check
  runs.](/docs/themes/tools/theme-check/checks)
api_name: shopify-cli
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/theme/theme-check'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/theme/theme-check.md'
---

# theme check

Calls and runs [Theme Check](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/tools/theme-check) to analyze your theme code for errors and to ensure that it follows theme and Liquid best practices. [Learn more about the checks that Theme Check runs.](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/tools/theme-check/checks)

## Flags

The following flags are available for the `theme check` command:

* **--fail-level \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_FAIL\_LEVEL**

  Minimum severity for exit with error code

* **--init**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_INIT**

  Generate a .theme-check.yml file

* **--list**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_LIST**

  List enabled checks

* **--no-color**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_NO\_COLOR**

  Disable color output.

* **--path \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_PATH**

  The path where you want to run the command. Defaults to the current working directory.

* **--print**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_PRINT**

  Output active config to STDOUT

* **--verbose**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_VERBOSE**

  Increase the verbosity of the output.

* **-a, --auto-correct**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_AUTO\_CORRECT**

  Automatically fix offenses

* **-C, --config \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_CONFIG**

  Use the config provided, overriding .theme-check.yml if present Supports all theme-check: config values, e.g., theme-check:theme-app-extension, theme-check:recommended, theme-check:all For backwards compatibility, :theme\_app\_extension is also supported

* **-e, --environment \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_ENVIRONMENT**

  The environment to apply to the current command.

* **-o, --output \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_OUTPUT**

  The output format to use

* **-v, --version**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_VERSION**

  Print Theme Check version

Examples

### Examples

* #### theme check

  ##### theme check

  ```bash
  shopify theme check [flags]
  ```