Retrieve remote session messages

GET/v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remote/{claude_remote_session_id}/messages

Retrieve one remote session's transcript: user prompts, assistant responses, and tool calls and results. Thinking blocks and images are not included.

Messages are returned oldest first by default; pass order=desc to reverse. Pagination uses the same page/next_page scheme as the list endpoint, with at most limit messages per page (default 100, maximum 1000); keep paginating until next_page is null. tool_use_input_max_bytes and tool_result_max_bytes cap how many bytes of each tool-use input and each tool-result text item are returned; a block shortened by either cap carries truncated: true.

The response embeds the session's metadata under session alongside the paginated data array. On this endpoint session.user.email_address and session.started_by_user are always null; read them from the list endpoint instead.

Returns 404 while the session is still pending, for deleted sessions, and for sessions outside the organizations the key may read. A malformed session identifier returns 400.

Path parameters

claude_remote_session_id: string

The remote session identifier (cse_...) to retrieve

Query parameters

limit: optional number

Maximum results (default: 100, max: 1000)

default100

maximum1000

minimum1

order: optional "asc" or "desc"

Sort direction. asc (oldest-first) or desc.

defaultasc

One of the following:

"asc"

"desc"

page: optional string

Opaque pagination token from a previous response's next_page field. Pass this to retrieve the next page of results. Clients should treat this value as an opaque string and not attempt to parse or interpret its contents, as the format may change without notice.

tool_result_max_bytes: optional number

Truncate each text item inside a tool result to at most this many bytes (cut on a code-point boundary). Pass -1 to request the server maximum. 0 is not a valid value.

default10000

maximum2147483647

minimum-1

tool_use_input_max_bytes: optional number

Truncate each tool-use input to at most this many bytes (cut on a code-point boundary so the result is valid UTF-8). Pass -1 to request the server maximum. 0 is not a valid value.

default10000

maximum2147483647

minimum-1

Headers

"x-api-key": optional string

Returns

data: array of object{ id, content, content_unavailable, 3 more }

Transcript turns for this page, ordered by transcript position. created_at is a commit timestamp and may tie or invert under concurrent writes; do not re-sort by it.

id: string

Unique identifier for the message, e.g. csev_abc123

content: array of object{ text, truncated, type } or object{ id, input, name, 2 more } or object{ content, is_error, name, 3 more }

Content blocks within the message

One of the following:

Text object{ text, truncated, type }

Text content block.

text: string

Text content from the user or the assistant

truncated: boolean

True when text exceeded the server-defined maximum (approximately 1 MiB) and was shortened.

defaultfalse

type: "text"

defaulttext

ToolUse object{ id, input, name, 2 more }

Tool invocation requested by the assistant.

id: string or null

Tool-use ID, e.g. 'toolu_01AbC...'

input: string

Arguments passed to the tool, as a JSON-encoded string. May be shortened — see the truncated field

name: string

Name of the tool invoked

truncated: boolean

True when input was shortened. Pass tool_use_input_max_bytes=-1 to request full content, subject to the server-side maximum.

defaultfalse

type: "tool_use"

defaulttool_use

ToolResult object{ content, is_error, name, 3 more }

Result returned by a tool invocation.

content: array of object{ text, type }

Text content returned by the tool. Non-text item types are omitted.

text: string

Text returned by the tool

type: "text"

defaulttext

is_error: boolean

True when the tool reported an error

name: string

Name of the tool that produced this result

tool_use_id: string or null

ID of the tool_use block this result responds to

truncated: boolean

True when one or more text items in content were shortened. Pass tool_result_max_bytes=-1 to request full content, subject to the server-side maximum.

defaultfalse

type: "tool_result"

defaulttool_result

content_unavailable: boolean

True when the stored content could not be returned — it could not be decrypted, or it exceeded the server's per-event size bound. content is empty in that case; this distinguishes 'no content' from 'content withheld'.

defaultfalse

created_at: string

When the message was recorded (RFC 3339, UTC)

formatdate-time

role: "assistant" or "user"

Message sender (user or assistant)

One of the following:

"assistant"

"user"

sent_by_user_id: string or null

Identifier of the human account that sent this turn on an agent-owned session. Null on user-owned sessions, where every user-role turn was sent by the session's user.

next_page: string or null

Opaque page token; pass as page to retrieve the next page. Null when no rows exist after this page. Treat this value as opaque; do not parse or store it long-term, as the format may change without notice.

session: object{ id, agent_id, claude_project_id, 7 more }

Session metadata. started_by_user, user.email_address, and claude_project_id are always null on this endpoint; the messages endpoint resolves neither email addresses nor project bindings.

id: string

Remote session identifier

agent_id: string or null

Identifier of the automated agent that owns the session. Null for user-owned sessions. At most one of user and agent_id is set.

claude_project_id: string or null

ID of the project the session is bound to. Null when the session has no project binding.

created_at: string

When the session was created (RFC 3339, UTC)

formatdate-time

organization_uuid: string

UUID of the organization the session belongs to

product_surface: string or null

The Claude product the session was created from. Currently cowork_remote, for Cowork sessions started on claude.ai web or mobile. More values will appear as other surfaces launch, so treat any unrecognized value as an unclassified surface rather than an error. Null for sessions created before this field was recorded, for surfaces that do not stamp it, and for unrecognized tag values.

started_by_user: object{ id, email_address } or null

A user associated with a remote session.

id: string

User identifier

email_address: string or null

User's email address. Null when the user is no longer a member of an organization the key may read — id remains set so attribution is preserved. The messages endpoint does not resolve email addresses; this field is always null there.

status: string

Session lifecycle state. One of active, paused, archived, or failed — the lifecycle states the owning product surface exposes — plus pending, a brief transient state that resolves before any transcript content exists. The list endpoint includes pending; the messages endpoint returns 404 for it. Deleted sessions are not returned on either endpoint. Treat unrecognized values as an unknown state rather than an error.

updated_at: string

When the session was last modified (RFC 3339, UTC)

formatdate-time

user: object{ id, email_address } or null

A user associated with a remote session.

id: string

User identifier

email_address: string or null

Retrieve remote session messages

cURL

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remote/$CLAUDE_REMOTE_SESSION_ID/messages \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_COMPLIANCE_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "content": [
        {
          "text": "text",
          "truncated": true,
          "type": "text"
        }
      ],
      "content_unavailable": true,
      "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "role": "assistant",
      "sent_by_user_id": "sent_by_user_id"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "next_page",
  "session": {
    "id": "id",
    "agent_id": "agent_id",
    "claude_project_id": "claude_project_id",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "organization_uuid": "organization_uuid",
    "product_surface": "product_surface",
    "started_by_user": {
      "id": "id",
      "email_address": "email_address"
    },
    "status": "status",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "user": {
      "id": "id",
      "email_address": "email_address"
    }
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "content": [
        {
          "text": "text",
          "truncated": true,
          "type": "text"
        }
      ],
      "content_unavailable": true,
      "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "role": "assistant",
      "sent_by_user_id": "sent_by_user_id"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "next_page",
  "session": {
    "id": "id",
    "agent_id": "agent_id",
    "claude_project_id": "claude_project_id",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "organization_uuid": "organization_uuid",
    "product_surface": "product_surface",
    "started_by_user": {
      "id": "id",
      "email_address": "email_address"
    },
    "status": "status",
    "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "user": {
      "id": "id",
      "email_address": "email_address"
    }
  }
}