---
title: Retrieve a Credential
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/php/beta/vaults/credentials/retrieve
---

# Retrieve a Credential

`$client->beta->vaults->credentials->retrieve(string credentialID, string vaultID, ?list<AnthropicBeta> betas, ?string workspaceID): ManagedAgentsCredential`

**GET** `/v1/vaults/{vault_id}/credentials/{credential_id}`

Retrieve a Credential

## Parameters

- `vaultID: string` (path parameter)

  Identifier of the vault containing the credential.

- `credentialID: string` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier of the credential to retrieve.

- `betas?: optional list<AnthropicBeta>` (header parameter)

  This endpoint is in beta: requests must send `managed-agents-2026-04-01` in this header.

- `workspaceID?: optional string` (header parameter)

  Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, `wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy`).

  Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

## Returns

- `class ManagedAgentsCredential`

  - `"vault_credential" type`

  - `string id`

    The unique ID of the credential (`vcrd_...`).

  - `?\Datetime archivedAt`

    When the credential was archived. Null if not archived.

  - `Auth auth`

    Authentication configuration for this credential.

  - `\Datetime createdAt`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `array<string,string> metadata`

    Arbitrary key-value metadata attached to the credential.

  - `\Datetime updatedAt`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `string vaultID`

    Identifier of the vault this credential belongs to.

  - `?string displayName`

    Human-readable name for the credential.

## Example

```php
<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Anthropic\Client;
use Anthropic\Beta\AnthropicBeta;

$client = new Client(apiKey: 'my-anthropic-api-key');

$betaManagedAgentsCredential = $client->beta->vaults->credentials->retrieve(
  'vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYPQfSkw',
  vaultID: 'vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv',
  betas: [AnthropicBeta::MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24],
  workspaceID: 'wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy',
);

var_dump($betaManagedAgentsCredential);
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYPQfSkw",
  "archived_at": null,
  "auth": {
    "mcp_server_url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse",
    "type": "static_bearer"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "metadata": {
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "type": "vault_credential",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  "display_name": "Example credential"
}
```