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# Read a comment

> Returns a same-task parent relationship, direct reply count, author, body and current version. Use this version when deleting a comment.

Read access: a read-enabled personal or team REST API key, or a signed-in user. OAuth clients use the corresponding MCP tool through /mcp.

Returns a same-task parent relationship, direct reply count, author, body and current version. Use this version when deleting a comment.

[Request conventions](https://www.mill.fyi/api-reference/overview.md) · [API keys](https://www.mill.fyi/api-keys.md) · [MCP connections](https://www.mill.fyi/mcp-connections.md)


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json GET /api/comments/{commentId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Mill HTTP API
  version: 1.0.6
  description: >-
    All registered task-board, account, OAuth, MCP transport and health
    operations. MCP tool schemas come from runtime validators; account
    operations follow their server handlers. Example data is fictional.
    Generation imports routes without issuing requests or connecting to a
    database.
servers:
  - url: https://mill-api.example.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/comments/{commentId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Comments and activity
      summary: Read a comment
      description: >-
        Returns a same-task parent relationship, direct reply count, author,
        body and current version. Use this version when deleting a comment.


        Read access: a read-enabled personal or team REST API key, or a
        signed-in user. OAuth clients use the corresponding MCP tool through
        /mcp.
      operationId: get_api_comments_by_commentId
      parameters:
        - name: commentId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: >-
            The commentId from the corresponding list, record or authorization
            response.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Successful response. Examples are illustrative; field values vary by
            record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  comment:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      taskId:
                        type: string
                      parentId:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      replyCount:
                        type: integer
                      authorId:
                        type: string
                      authorKind:
                        type: string
                      authorName:
                        type: string
                      body:
                        type: string
                      version:
                        type: integer
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                      updatedAt:
                        type: string
                    additionalProperties: true
                additionalProperties: true
                description: >-
                  Illustrative response shape. Fields can be absent in alternate
                  successful flows; see the operation description and example.
              example:
                comment:
                  id: 33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333
                  taskId: 22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222
                  parentId: null
                  replyCount: 0
                  authorId: 66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666
                  authorKind: human
                  authorName: Alex Morgan
                  body: The restore check passed.
                  version: 1
                  createdAt: '2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z'
                  updatedAt: '2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z'
        default:
          description: >-
            Request failure. Inspect code, message and requestId; respect
            Retry-After on HTTP 429.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
        - sessionCookie: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - requestId
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            requestId:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal or team Mill REST API key
    sessionCookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: mill_session
      description: >-
        Signed-in human browser session; mutation requests also need the exact
        UI Origin

````

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