---
title: "get memory · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Read a memory's contents by id (conversation history, memory files, summary) without creating one."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/anthropic/anthropicconnection_get_memory
language: en
---

# get memory

This block is part of the [`anthropic`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/anthropic) group and was last modified in core [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).

Read a memory's contents by id (conversation history, memory files, summary) without creating one.

- flow `flow`

- id required `value` The memory id to read.

- flow `flow`

- success `condition`

- found `condition` True when a memory with this id exists.

- memory `anthropicmemory` The memory handle (when found).

- history `array ` The conversation turns.

- files `object` The memory files (path -> markdown).

- summary `value` The running summary.

- errors `array ` Error codes when the call fails (success=false): config_error, internal_error.

- error detail `value`

| `read memory` |
| --- |
| `memory contents` |
| `load memory` |
| `inspect memory` |

A typical wiring for [get memory](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/anthropic/anthropicconnection_get_memory): a [function trigger](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/globals/trigger_custom_function) starts the flow; [value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_default) feeds the `id` pin; the `flow` out pin feeds [debug](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui/state_debug).

![Studio canvas example for the get memory block: typical wiring for get memory.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/anthropicconnection_get_memory.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).