---
title: List memory stores
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/python/beta/memory_stores/list
---

# List memory stores

`beta.memory_stores.list(**kwargs)  -> SyncPageCursor[BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStore]`

**GET** `/v1/memory_stores`

List memory stores

## Parameters

- `created_at_gte: Optional[Union[str, datetime]]` (query parameter)

  Return only stores whose `created_at` is at or after this time (inclusive). Sent on the wire as `created_at[gte]`.

  format: date-time

- `created_at_lte: Optional[Union[str, datetime]]` (query parameter)

  Return only stores whose `created_at` is at or before this time (inclusive). Sent on the wire as `created_at[lte]`.

  format: date-time

- `include_archived: Optional[bool]` (query parameter)

  When `true`, archived stores are included in the results. Defaults to `false` (archived stores are excluded).

- `limit: Optional[int]` (query parameter)

  Maximum number of stores to return per page. Must be between 1 and 100. Defaults to 20 when omitted.

  format: int32

- `page: Optional[str]` (query parameter)

  Opaque pagination cursor (a `page_...` value). Pass the `next_page` value from a previous response to fetch the next page; omit for the first page.

- `betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]]` (header parameter)

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

  - `str`

  - `"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"`

  - `"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`

  - `"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"`

  - `"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`

  - `"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`

  - `"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`

  - `"compact-2026-09-04"`

  - `"inline-tools-2026-09-15"`

  - `"mcp-client-2026-09-15"`

  - `"ce-plugins-2026-09-01"`

  - `"spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26"`

- `workspace_id: Optional[str]` (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 BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStore`

  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.

  - `type: Literal["memory_store"]`

  - `id: str`

    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.

  - `archived_at: Optional[datetime]`

    Timestamp when the store was archived, or `null` if active. Set once and never cleared; archiving is one-way. Archived stores are read-only and cannot be attached to new sessions.

    format: date-time

  - `created_at: datetime`

    Timestamp when the store was created.

    format: date-time

  - `description: str`

    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: Dict[str, str]`

    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.

  - `name: str`

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

  - `updated_at: datetime`

    Timestamp when the store's `name`, `description`, or `metadata` was last modified. Memory writes inside the store do not advance this.

    format: date-time

## Example

```python
import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get(
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
    ),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.beta.memory_stores.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "memstore_01Wf3kQ8tZxB2mVr7HcJ4aNd",
      "archived_at": null,
      "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
      "description": "Per-user preferences and project context.",
      "metadata": {},
      "name": "User Preferences",
      "type": "memory_store",
      "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "page_MjAyNS0wNS0xNFQwMDowMDowMFo="
}
```