Update a memory store

beta.memory_stores.update(memory_store_id, **kwargs) -> BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStore

POST/v1/memory_stores/{memory_store_id}

Parameters

memory_store_id: String

description: String

New description for the store, up to 1024 characters. Pass an empty string to clear it.

maxLength1024

metadata: Hash[Symbol, String]

Metadata patch. Set a key to a string to upsert it, or to null to delete it. Omit the field to preserve. The stored bag is limited to 16 keys (up to 64 chars each) with values up to 512 chars.

name: String

New human-readable name for the store. 1–255 characters; no control characters. Renaming changes the slug used for the store's mount_path in sessions created after the update.

minLength1

maxLength255

betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

One of the following:

String = String

AnthropicBeta = :"message-batches-2024-09-24" | :"prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | :"computer-use-2024-10-22" | 38 more

One of the following:

:"message-batches-2024-09-24"

:"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"

:"computer-use-2024-10-22"

:"computer-use-2025-01-24"

:"pdfs-2024-09-25"

:"token-counting-2024-11-01"

:"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"

:"output-128k-2025-02-19"

:"files-api-2025-04-14"

:"mcp-client-2025-04-04"

:"mcp-client-2025-11-20"

:"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"

:"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"

:"code-execution-2025-05-22"

:"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"

:"context-1m-2025-08-07"

:"context-management-2025-06-27"

:"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"

:"skills-2025-10-02"

:"fast-mode-2026-02-01"

:"output-300k-2026-03-24"

:"user-profiles-2026-03-24"

:"user-profiles-2026-08-18"

:"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

:"managed-agents-2026-04-01"

:"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

:"dreaming-2026-04-21"

:"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"

:"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"

:"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"

:"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"

:"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"

:"agent-memory-2026-07-22"

:"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"

:"compact-2026-01-12"

:"computer-use-2025-11-24"

:"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

:"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

:"task-budgets-2026-03-13"

:"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

:"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

Returns

class BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStore { id, created_at, name, 5 more }

A memory_store: a named container for agent memories, scoped to a workspace. Attach a store to a session via resources[] to mount it as a directory the agent can read and write.

id: String

Unique identifier for the memory store (a memstore_... tagged ID). Use this when attaching the store to a session, or in the {memory_store_id} path parameter of subsequent calls.

created_at: Time

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

name: String

Human-readable name for the store. 1–255 characters. The store's mount-path slug under /mnt/memory/ is derived from this name.

type: :memory_store

updated_at: Time

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

archived_at: Time

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

description: String

Free-text description of what the store contains, up to 1024 characters. Included in the agent's system prompt when the store is attached, so word it to be useful to the agent. Empty string when unset.

metadata: Hash[Symbol, String]

Arbitrary key-value tags for your own bookkeeping (such as the end user a store belongs to). Up to 16 pairs; keys 1–64 characters; values up to 512 characters. Returned on retrieve/list but not filterable.

Update a memory store

require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

beta_managed_agents_memory_store = anthropic.beta.memory_stores.update("memory_store_id")

puts(beta_managed_agents_memory_store)

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "name": "name",
  "type": "memory_store",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "description": "description",
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "name": "name",
  "type": "memory_store",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "description": "description",
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  }
}