diff --git a/shai/src/main/protobuf/cmdExecutor.proto b/shai/src/main/protobuf/cmdExecutor.proto
index 62c3f87e09..6c6532a3b5 100644
--- a/shai/src/main/protobuf/cmdExecutor.proto
+++ b/shai/src/main/protobuf/cmdExecutor.proto
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ enum Cmd {
   PARSE = 0;
   CHECK = 1;
   TYPECHECK = 3;
+  TLA = 4; // Parse input and reply with a TLA+ string
 }
 
 enum CmdErrorType {
diff --git a/shai/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/CmdExecutorService.scala b/shai/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/CmdExecutorService.scala
index 09333fd122..c89abd7235 100644
--- a/shai/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/CmdExecutorService.scala
+++ b/shai/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/CmdExecutorService.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import at.forsyte.apalache.shai.v1.cmdExecutor.{
 import at.forsyte.apalache.tla.bmcmt.config.CheckerModule
 import at.forsyte.apalache.tla.passes.imp.ParserModule
 import at.forsyte.apalache.tla.passes.typecheck.TypeCheckerModule
+import at.forsyte.apalache.tla.lir.TlaModule
+import at.forsyte.apalache.io.lir.PrettyWriter
 
 /**
  * Provides the [[CmdExecutorService]]
@@ -77,9 +79,9 @@ class CmdExecutorService(logger: Logger) extends ZioCmdExecutor.ZCmdExecutor[ZEn
       toolModule <- {
         import OptionGroup._
         cmd match {
-          case Cmd.PARSE     => WithIO(cfg).map(new ParserModule(_)).toCmdResult
-          case Cmd.CHECK     => WithCheckerPreds(cfg).map(new CheckerModule(_)).toCmdResult
-          case Cmd.TYPECHECK => WithTypechecker(cfg).map(new TypeCheckerModule(_)).toCmdResult
+          case Cmd.PARSE | Cmd.TLA => WithIO(cfg).map(new ParserModule(_)).toCmdResult
+          case Cmd.CHECK           => WithCheckerPreds(cfg).map(new CheckerModule(_)).toCmdResult
+          case Cmd.TYPECHECK       => WithTypechecker(cfg).map(new TypeCheckerModule(_)).toCmdResult
           case Cmd.Unrecognized(_) =>
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("programmer error: executeCmd applied before validateCmd")
         }
@@ -90,7 +92,14 @@ class CmdExecutorService(logger: Logger) extends ZioCmdExecutor.ZCmdExecutor[ZEn
         catch {
           case err: Throwable => Left(throwableErr(err))
         }
-    } yield TlaToUJson(tlaModule)
+    } yield cmd match {
+      case Cmd.TLA => tlaModuleToJsonString(tlaModule)
+      case _       => TlaToUJson(tlaModule)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def tlaModuleToJsonString(module: TlaModule): ujson.Value = {
+    ujson.Str(PrettyWriter.writeAsString(module))
   }
 
   // Allows us to handle invalid protobuf messages on the ZIO level, before
diff --git a/shai/src/test/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/TestCmdExecutorService.scala b/shai/src/test/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/TestCmdExecutorService.scala
index 8cabb2c498..4574daa405 100644
--- a/shai/src/test/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/TestCmdExecutorService.scala
+++ b/shai/src/test/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/shai/v1/TestCmdExecutorService.scala
@@ -122,6 +122,22 @@ object TestCmdExecutorService extends DefaultRunnableSpec {
           assert(data("error_data").arr)(isNonEmpty)
         }
       },
+      testM("can use TLA command to receive formatted TLA") {
+        val expectedPayload =
+          """|----------------------------------- MODULE M -----------------------------------
+             |
+             |EXTENDS Integers, Sequences, FiniteSets, TLC, Apalache
+             |
+             |Foo == TRUE
+             |
+             |================================================================================
+             |""".stripMargin
+        for {
+          s <- ZIO.service[CmdExecutorService]
+          resp <- s.run(runCmd(Cmd.TLA, trivialSpec))
+          actualPayload = ujson.read(resp.result.success.get).str
+        } yield assert(actualPayload)(equalTo(expectedPayload))
+      },
   )
     // Create the single shared service for use in our tests, allowing us to run
     // all tests as if they were against the same service this accurately
diff --git a/tla-io/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/io/lir/PrettyWriter.scala b/tla-io/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/io/lir/PrettyWriter.scala
index 527a070fdc..c90ce1064b 100644
--- a/tla-io/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/io/lir/PrettyWriter.scala
+++ b/tla-io/src/main/scala/at/forsyte/apalache/io/lir/PrettyWriter.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.bitbucket.inkytonik.kiama.output.PrettyPrinter
 
 import java.io.{File, FileWriter, PrintWriter}
 import scala.collection.immutable.{HashMap, HashSet}
+import java.io.StringWriter
 
 /**
  * <p>A pretty printer to a file that formats a TLA+ expression to a given text width (normally, 80 characters). As
@@ -691,6 +692,13 @@ object PrettyWriter {
     }
   }
 
+  def writeAsString(module: TlaModule, extendedModules: List[String] = TlaWriter.STANDARD_MODULES): String = {
+    val buf = new StringWriter()
+    val prettyWriter = new PrettyWriter(new PrintWriter(buf))
+    prettyWriter.write(module, extendedModules)
+    buf.toString()
+  }
+
   protected val unaryOps = HashMap(
       TlaBoolOper.not -> "~",
       TlaArithOper.uminus -> "-",