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Get Session Thread

beta.sessions.threads.retrieve(thread_id, **kwargs) -> BetaManagedAgentsSessionThread
GET/v1/sessions/{session_id}/threads/{thread_id}

Get Session Thread

Parameters
session_id: String
thread_id: String
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 BetaManagedAgentsSessionThread { id, agent, archived_at, 8 more }

An execution thread within a session. Each session has one primary thread plus zero or more child threads spawned by the coordinator.

Get Session Thread

require "anthropic"

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

beta_managed_agents_session_thread = anthropic.beta.sessions.threads.retrieve(
  "sthr_011CZkZVWa6oIjw0rgXZpnBt",
  session_id: "sesn_011CZkZAtmR3yMPDzynEDxu7"
)

puts(beta_managed_agents_session_thread)
{
  "id": "sthr_011CZkZVWa6oIjw0rgXZpnBt",
  "agent": {
    "id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
    "description": "A focused research subagent.",
    "mcp_servers": [
      {
        "name": "example-mcp",
        "type": "url",
        "url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse"
      }
    ],
    "model": {
      "id": "claude-opus-5",
      "effort": {
        "type": "low"
      },
      "inference_geo": "inference_geo",
      "speed": "standard"
    },
    "name": "Researcher",
    "skills": [
      {
        "skill_id": "xlsx",
        "type": "anthropic",
        "version": "1"
      }
    ],
    "system": "You are a research subagent that gathers and summarises sources for the coordinating agent.",
    "tools": [
      {
        "configs": [
          {
            "enabled": true,
            "name": "bash",
            "permission_policy": {
              "type": "always_allow"
            },
            "type": "bash"
          }
        ],
        "default_config": {
          "enabled": true,
          "permission_policy": {
            "type": "always_ask"
          }
        },
        "type": "agent_toolset_20260401"
      }
    ],
    "type": "agent",
    "version": 1
  },
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "parent_thread_id": null,
  "session_id": "sesn_011CZkZAtmR3yMPDzynEDxu7",
  "stats": {
    "active_seconds": 0,
    "duration_seconds": 0,
    "startup_seconds": 0
  },
  "status": "idle",
  "type": "session_thread",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "usage": {
    "active_seconds": 0,
    "cache_creation": {
      "ephemeral_1h_input_tokens": 0,
      "ephemeral_5m_input_tokens": 0
    },
    "cache_read_input_tokens": 0,
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "list_cost": {
      "amount": "2500",
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "output_tokens": 0,
    "server_tool_use": {
      "web_fetch_requests": 0,
      "web_search_requests": 3
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "sthr_011CZkZVWa6oIjw0rgXZpnBt",
  "agent": {
    "id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
    "description": "A focused research subagent.",
    "mcp_servers": [
      {
        "name": "example-mcp",
        "type": "url",
        "url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse"
      }
    ],
    "model": {
      "id": "claude-opus-5",
      "effort": {
        "type": "low"
      },
      "inference_geo": "inference_geo",
      "speed": "standard"
    },
    "name": "Researcher",
    "skills": [
      {
        "skill_id": "xlsx",
        "type": "anthropic",
        "version": "1"
      }
    ],
    "system": "You are a research subagent that gathers and summarises sources for the coordinating agent.",
    "tools": [
      {
        "configs": [
          {
            "enabled": true,
            "name": "bash",
            "permission_policy": {
              "type": "always_allow"
            },
            "type": "bash"
          }
        ],
        "default_config": {
          "enabled": true,
          "permission_policy": {
            "type": "always_ask"
          }
        },
        "type": "agent_toolset_20260401"
      }
    ],
    "type": "agent",
    "version": 1
  },
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "parent_thread_id": null,
  "session_id": "sesn_011CZkZAtmR3yMPDzynEDxu7",
  "stats": {
    "active_seconds": 0,
    "duration_seconds": 0,
    "startup_seconds": 0
  },
  "status": "idle",
  "type": "session_thread",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "usage": {
    "active_seconds": 0,
    "cache_creation": {
      "ephemeral_1h_input_tokens": 0,
      "ephemeral_5m_input_tokens": 0
    },
    "cache_read_input_tokens": 0,
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "list_cost": {
      "amount": "2500",
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "output_tokens": 0,
    "server_tool_use": {
      "web_fetch_requests": 0,
      "web_search_requests": 3
    }
  }
}