diff --git a/src/lib/req-parser.test.ts b/src/lib/req-parser.test.ts
index b1babf0..670924e 100644
--- a/src/lib/req-parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/req-parser.test.ts
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
   });
 
   describe("event ID flag (-e) with nevent/naddr support", () => {
-    describe("nevent support", () => {
-      it("should parse nevent and populate filter.ids", () => {
+    describe("nevent support (tag filtering)", () => {
+      it("should parse nevent and populate filter['#e'] (tag filtering)", () => {
         const eventId =
           "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
         const nevent = nip19.neventEncode({
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
         });
         const result = parseReqCommand(["-e", nevent]);
 
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeDefined();
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([eventId]);
-        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toBeDefined();
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toEqual([eventId]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
       });
 
       it("should extract relay hints from nevent", () => {
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
         });
         const result = parseReqCommand(["-e", nevent]);
 
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(result.relays).toBeUndefined();
       });
     });
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
     });
 
     describe("mixed format support", () => {
-      it("should handle comma-separated mix of all formats", () => {
+      it("should handle comma-separated mix of all formats (all to tags)", () => {
         const hex = "a".repeat(64);
         const eventId =
           "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
@@ -383,14 +383,13 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
           `${hex},${note},${nevent},${naddr}`,
         ]);
 
-        // hex and note should go to filter["#e"]
+        // hex, note, and nevent all go to filter["#e"] (deduplicated: eventId appears twice)
         expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(2);
         expect(result.filter["#e"]).toContain(hex);
         expect(result.filter["#e"]).toContain(eventId);
 
-        // nevent should go to filter.ids
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toContain(eventId);
+        // No direct ID lookup for -e flag
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
 
         // naddr should go to filter["#a"]
         expect(result.filter["#a"]).toHaveLength(1);
@@ -408,8 +407,9 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
 
         const result = parseReqCommand(["-e", `${nevent1},${nevent2}`]);
 
-        // Both nevent decode to same event ID, should deduplicate
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
+        // Both nevent decode to same event ID, should deduplicate in #e
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
       });
 
       it("should collect relay hints from mixed formats", () => {
@@ -447,10 +447,12 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
 
         const result = parseReqCommand(["-e", `${nevent1},${hex}`]);
 
-        // nevent goes to filter.ids
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
-        // hex goes to filter["#e"]
+        // Both nevent and hex go to filter["#e"]
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toContain(eventId);
         expect(result.filter["#e"]).toContain(hex);
+        // No direct ID lookup for -e flag
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
         // relays extracted from nevent
         expect(result.relays).toBeDefined();
         expect(result.relays).toContain("wss://relay.damus.io/");
@@ -499,7 +501,8 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
         const result = parseReqCommand(["-k", "1", "-e", nevent]);
 
         expect(result.filter.kinds).toEqual([1]);
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
       });
 
       it("should work with explicit relays", () => {
@@ -539,13 +542,199 @@ describe("parseReqCommand", () => {
 
         expect(result.filter.kinds).toEqual([1]);
         expect(result.filter.authors).toEqual([hex]);
-        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
         expect(result.filter.since).toBeDefined();
         expect(result.filter.limit).toBe(50);
       });
     });
   });
 
+  describe("direct ID lookup flag (-i, --id)", () => {
+    describe("basic parsing", () => {
+      it("should parse hex event ID to filter.ids", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", hex]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+      });
+
+      it("should parse note to filter.ids", () => {
+        const eventId =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const note = nip19.noteEncode(eventId);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", note]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([eventId]);
+      });
+
+      it("should parse nevent to filter.ids", () => {
+        const eventId =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const nevent = nip19.neventEncode({ id: eventId });
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", nevent]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([eventId]);
+      });
+
+      it("should handle --id long form", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["--id", hex]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("comma-separated values", () => {
+      it("should parse comma-separated hex IDs", () => {
+        const hex1 = "a".repeat(64);
+        const hex2 = "b".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${hex1},${hex2}`]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex1, hex2]);
+      });
+
+      it("should parse comma-separated mixed formats", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const eventId =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const note = nip19.noteEncode(eventId);
+        const nevent = nip19.neventEncode({ id: eventId });
+
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${hex},${note},${nevent}`]);
+
+        // hex is unique, note and nevent decode to same eventId (deduplicated)
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toContain(hex);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toContain(eventId);
+      });
+
+      it("should deduplicate IDs", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${hex},${hex}`]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("relay hints", () => {
+      it("should extract relay hints from nevent", () => {
+        const eventId =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const nevent = nip19.neventEncode({
+          id: eventId,
+          relays: ["wss://relay.damus.io"],
+        });
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", nevent]);
+
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([eventId]);
+        expect(result.relays).toBeDefined();
+        expect(result.relays).toContain("wss://relay.damus.io/");
+      });
+
+      it("should normalize relay URLs from nevent", () => {
+        const eventId =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const nevent = nip19.neventEncode({
+          id: eventId,
+          relays: ["wss://relay.damus.io"],
+        });
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", nevent]);
+
+        result.relays?.forEach((url) => {
+          expect(url).toMatch(/^wss?:\/\//);
+          expect(url).toMatch(/\/$/);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it("should collect relay hints from multiple nevents", () => {
+        const eventId1 =
+          "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d";
+        const eventId2 = "b".repeat(64);
+        const nevent1 = nip19.neventEncode({
+          id: eventId1,
+          relays: ["wss://relay.damus.io"],
+        });
+        const nevent2 = nip19.neventEncode({
+          id: eventId2,
+          relays: ["wss://nos.lol"],
+        });
+
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${nevent1},${nevent2}`]);
+
+        expect(result.relays).toBeDefined();
+        expect(result.relays).toContain("wss://relay.damus.io/");
+        expect(result.relays).toContain("wss://nos.lol/");
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("error handling", () => {
+      it("should ignore invalid bech32", () => {
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", "note1invalid"]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+
+      it("should ignore invalid nevent", () => {
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", "nevent1invalid"]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+
+      it("should ignore naddr (not valid for direct ID lookup)", () => {
+        const pubkey = "b".repeat(64);
+        const naddr = nip19.naddrEncode({
+          kind: 30023,
+          pubkey: pubkey,
+          identifier: "test-article",
+        });
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", naddr]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+
+      it("should skip empty values", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${hex},,`]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+      });
+
+      it("should continue parsing after invalid values", () => {
+        const hex1 = "a".repeat(64);
+        const hex2 = "b".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", `${hex1},invalid,${hex2}`]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex1, hex2]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("integration with other flags", () => {
+      it("should work alongside -e flag (both IDs and tags)", () => {
+        const directId = "a".repeat(64);
+        const tagEventId = "b".repeat(64);
+
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", directId, "-e", tagEventId]);
+
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([directId]);
+        expect(result.filter["#e"]).toEqual([tagEventId]);
+      });
+
+      it("should work with kind and limit", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", hex, "-k", "1", "-l", "10"]);
+
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+        expect(result.filter.kinds).toEqual([1]);
+        expect(result.filter.limit).toBe(10);
+      });
+
+      it("should work with relays", () => {
+        const hex = "a".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", hex, "wss://relay.example.com"]);
+
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex]);
+        expect(result.relays).toContain("wss://relay.example.com/");
+      });
+
+      it("should accumulate across multiple -i flags", () => {
+        const hex1 = "a".repeat(64);
+        const hex2 = "b".repeat(64);
+        const result = parseReqCommand(["-i", hex1, "-i", hex2]);
+        expect(result.filter.ids).toEqual([hex1, hex2]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("pubkey tag flag (-p)", () => {
     it("should parse hex pubkey for #p tag", () => {
       const hex = "a".repeat(64);
diff --git a/src/lib/req-parser.ts b/src/lib/req-parser.ts
index df9eb1a..1cc6e14 100644
--- a/src/lib/req-parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/req-parser.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function parseCommaSeparated<T>(
 /**
  * Parse REQ command arguments into a Nostr filter
  * Supports:
- * - Filters: -k (kinds), -a (authors: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -l (limit), -e (note/nevent/naddr/hex), -p (#p: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -P (#P: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -t (#t), -d (#d), --tag/-T (any #tag)
+ * - Filters: -k (kinds), -a (authors: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -l (limit), -i/--id (direct event lookup), -e (tag filtering: #e/#a), -p (#p: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -P (#P: hex/npub/nprofile/NIP-05), -t (#t), -d (#d), --tag/-T (any #tag)
  * - Time: --since, --until
  * - Search: --search
  * - Relays: wss://relay.com or relay.com (auto-adds wss://), relay hints from nprofile/nevent/naddr are automatically extracted
@@ -183,8 +183,40 @@ export function parseReqCommand(args: string[]): ParsedReqCommand {
           break;
         }
 
+        case "-i":
+        case "--id": {
+          // Direct event lookup via filter.ids
+          // Support comma-separated: -i note1...,nevent1...,hex
+          if (!nextArg) {
+            i++;
+            break;
+          }
+
+          let addedAny = false;
+          const values = nextArg.split(",").map((v) => v.trim());
+
+          for (const val of values) {
+            if (!val) continue;
+
+            const parsed = parseIdIdentifier(val);
+            if (parsed) {
+              ids.add(parsed.id);
+              addedAny = true;
+
+              // Collect relay hints from nevent
+              if (parsed.relays) {
+                relays.push(...parsed.relays);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          i += addedAny ? 2 : 1;
+          break;
+        }
+
         case "-e": {
-          // Support comma-separated event identifiers: -e note1...,nevent1...,naddr1...,hex
+          // Tag-based filtering: -e note1...,nevent1...,naddr1...,hex
+          // Events go to #e tag, addresses go to #a tag
           if (!nextArg) {
             i++;
             break;
@@ -198,13 +230,11 @@ export function parseReqCommand(args: string[]): ParsedReqCommand {
 
             const parsed = parseEventIdentifier(val);
             if (parsed) {
-              // Route to appropriate filter field based on type
-              if (parsed.type === "direct-event") {
-                ids.add(parsed.value);
-              } else if (parsed.type === "direct-address") {
-                aTags.add(parsed.value);
-              } else if (parsed.type === "tag-event") {
+              // Route to appropriate tag filter based on type
+              if (parsed.type === "tag-event") {
                 eventIds.add(parsed.value);
+              } else if (parsed.type === "tag-address") {
+                aTags.add(parsed.value);
               }
 
               // Collect relay hints
@@ -564,24 +594,26 @@ function parseNpubOrHex(value: string): {
 }
 
 interface ParsedEventIdentifier {
-  type: "direct-event" | "direct-address" | "tag-event";
+  type: "tag-event" | "tag-address";
   value: string;
   relays?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
- * Parse event identifier - supports note, nevent, naddr, and hex event ID
+ * Parse event identifier for -e flag (tag filtering)
+ * All event IDs go to #e, addresses go to #a
+ * Supports: note, nevent, naddr, and hex event ID
  */
 function parseEventIdentifier(value: string): ParsedEventIdentifier | null {
   if (!value) return null;
 
-  // nevent: direct event lookup with relay hints
+  // nevent: decode and route to #e tag
   if (value.startsWith("nevent")) {
     try {
       const decoded = nip19.decode(value);
       if (decoded.type === "nevent") {
         return {
-          type: "direct-event",
+          type: "tag-event",
           value: decoded.data.id,
           relays: decoded.data.relays
             ?.map((url) => {
@@ -599,14 +631,14 @@ function parseEventIdentifier(value: string): ParsedEventIdentifier | null {
     }
   }
 
-  // naddr: coordinate-based lookup with relay hints
+  // naddr: coordinate-based lookup with relay hints → #a tag
   if (value.startsWith("naddr")) {
     try {
       const decoded = nip19.decode(value);
       if (decoded.type === "naddr") {
         const coordinate = `${decoded.data.kind}:${decoded.data.pubkey}:${decoded.data.identifier}`;
         return {
-          type: "direct-address",
+          type: "tag-address",
           value: coordinate,
           relays: decoded.data.relays
             ?.map((url) => {
@@ -624,7 +656,7 @@ function parseEventIdentifier(value: string): ParsedEventIdentifier | null {
     }
   }
 
-  // note1: tag-based filtering (existing behavior)
+  // note1: decode to event ID → #e tag
   if (value.startsWith("note")) {
     try {
       const decoded = nip19.decode(value);
@@ -639,7 +671,7 @@ function parseEventIdentifier(value: string): ParsedEventIdentifier | null {
     }
   }
 
-  // Hex: tag-based filtering (existing behavior)
+  // Hex: → #e tag
   if (isValidHexEventId(value)) {
     return {
       type: "tag-event",
@@ -649,3 +681,62 @@ function parseEventIdentifier(value: string): ParsedEventIdentifier | null {
 
   return null;
 }
+
+interface ParsedIdIdentifier {
+  id: string;
+  relays?: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse event identifier for -i/--id flag (direct ID lookup via filter.ids)
+ * Supports: note, nevent, and hex event ID
+ */
+function parseIdIdentifier(value: string): ParsedIdIdentifier | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+
+  // nevent: decode and extract event ID
+  if (value.startsWith("nevent")) {
+    try {
+      const decoded = nip19.decode(value);
+      if (decoded.type === "nevent") {
+        return {
+          id: decoded.data.id,
+          relays: decoded.data.relays
+            ?.map((url) => {
+              try {
+                return normalizeRelayURL(url);
+              } catch {
+                return null;
+              }
+            })
+            .filter((url): url is string => url !== null),
+        };
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Not valid nevent, continue
+    }
+  }
+
+  // note1: decode to event ID
+  if (value.startsWith("note")) {
+    try {
+      const decoded = nip19.decode(value);
+      if (decoded.type === "note") {
+        return {
+          id: decoded.data,
+        };
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Not valid note, continue
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Hex event ID
+  if (isValidHexEventId(value)) {
+    return {
+      id: normalizeHex(value),
+    };
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/types/man.ts b/src/types/man.ts
index 319765c..fb03990 100644
--- a/src/types/man.ts
+++ b/src/types/man.ts
@@ -175,10 +175,15 @@ export const manPages: Record<string, ManPageEntry> = {
         flag: "-l, --limit <number>",
         description: "Maximum number of events to return",
       },
+      {
+        flag: "-i, --id <note|nevent|hex>",
+        description:
+          "Direct event lookup by ID (filter.ids). Fetch specific events by their ID. Supports note1, nevent1 (with relay hints), or raw hex. Comma-separated values supported: -i note1...,nevent1...,abc123...",
+      },
       {
         flag: "-e <note|nevent|naddr|hex>",
         description:
-          "Filter by event ID or coordinate. Supports note1 (bare event ID), nevent1 (event with relay hints), naddr1 (addressable event coordinate), or raw hex. Comma-separated values supported: -e note1...,nevent1...,naddr1...",
+          "Tag-based filtering (#e/#a tags). Find events that reference the specified events or addresses. Supports note1, nevent1, naddr1, or raw hex. Comma-separated values supported: -e note1...,naddr1...",
       },
       {
         flag: "-p <npub|hex|nip05|$me|$contacts>",
@@ -256,6 +261,9 @@ export const manPages: Record<string, ManPageEntry> = {
       "req -k 1 --since 1h relay.damus.io                                                           Get notes from last hour (manual relay override)",
       "req -k 1 --since 7d --until now                                                              Get notes from last week up to now",
       "req -k 1 --close-on-eose                                                                     Get recent notes and close after EOSE",
+      "req -i note1abc123...                                                                        Direct lookup: fetch event by ID",
+      "req -i nevent1...                                                                            Direct lookup: fetch event by nevent (uses relay hints)",
+      "req -e note1abc123... -k 1                                                                   Tag filtering: find notes that reply to or reference event",
       "req -t nostr,grimoire,bitcoin -l 50                                                          Get 50 events tagged #nostr, #grimoire, or #bitcoin",
       "req --tag a 30023:7fa56f5d6962ab1e3cd424e758c3002b8665f7b0d8dcee9fe9e288d7751ac194:grimoire  Get events referencing addressable event (#a tag)",
       "req -T r grimoire.rocks              							    Get events referencing URL (#r tag)",