---
title: Get Session Resource
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/cli/beta/sessions/resources/retrieve
---

# Get Session Resource

`$ ant beta:sessions:resources retrieve`

**GET** `/v1/sessions/{session_id}/resources/{resource_id}`

Get Session Resource

## Parameters

- `--session-id: string` (path parameter)

- `--resource-id: string` (path parameter)

- `--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta` (header parameter)

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

- `--workspace-id: 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

- `BetaSessionResourceGetResponse: BetaManagedAgentsGitHubRepositoryResource or BetaManagedAgentsFileResource or BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStoreResource`

  The requested session resource.

  - `beta_managed_agents_github_repository_resource: object`

    - `type: "github_repository"`

    - `id: string`

    - `created_at: string`

      A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

      format: date-time

    - `mount_path: string`

    - `updated_at: string`

      A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

      format: date-time

    - `url: string`

    - `checkout: optional BetaManagedAgentsBranchCheckout or BetaManagedAgentsCommitCheckout`

      - `beta_managed_agents_branch_checkout: object`

        - `type: "branch"`

        - `name: string`

          Branch name to check out.

          minLength: 1, maxLength: 255

      - `beta_managed_agents_commit_checkout: object`

        - `type: "commit"`

        - `sha: string`

          Full commit SHA to check out.

          minLength: 7, maxLength: 64

  - `beta_managed_agents_file_resource: object`

    - `type: "file"`

    - `id: string`

    - `created_at: string`

      A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

      format: date-time

    - `file_id: string`

    - `mount_path: string`

    - `updated_at: string`

      A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

      format: date-time

  - `beta_managed_agents_memory_store_resource: object`

    A memory store attached to an agent session.

    - `type: "memory_store"`

    - `memory_store_id: string`

      The memory store ID (memstore_...). Must belong to the caller's organization and workspace.

    - `access: optional "read_write" or "read_only"`

      Access mode for the mounted store. Defaults to `read_write`. `read_only` mounts the store as a read-only filesystem.

      - `"read_write"`

      - `"read_only"`

    - `description: optional string`

      Description of the memory store, snapshotted at attach time. Rendered into the agent's system prompt. Empty string when the store has no description.

    - `instructions: optional string`

      Per-attachment guidance for the agent on how to use this store. Rendered into the memory section of the system prompt. Max 4096 chars.

      maxLength: 4096

    - `mount_path: optional string`

      Filesystem path where the store is mounted in the session container, e.g. /mnt/memory/user-preferences. Derived from the store's name. Output-only.

    - `name: optional string`

      Display name of the memory store, snapshotted at attach time. Later edits to the store's name do not propagate to this resource.

## Example

```bash
ant beta:sessions:resources retrieve \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --session-id sesn_011CZkZAtmR3yMPDzynEDxu7 \
  --resource-id sesrsc_011CZkZBJq5dWxk9fVLNcPht
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "sesrsc_011CZkZCKr6eXym1gWMPdQiu",
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "mount_path": "/workspace/example-repo",
  "type": "github_repository",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "url": "https://github.com/example-org/example-repo",
  "checkout": {
    "name": "main",
    "type": "branch"
  }
}
```