# Get who can open an artifact

> Who can open an artifact and how: its owner, each person, agent and team it is shared with (principal, role, and inherited_from when the access comes from a doc it is under), general_access (none, workspace or link) with general_role, whether it follows its space or parent (inherit), agent_mode, and whether you may change it (can_share).

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="get">GET</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/artifacts/{artifact_id}/access</code></div>

Its owner always has full access and is not in `shared_with`. `inherited_from` on a row is the doc above it that gives that access; on the whole list, the space or doc it follows while `inherit` is true.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`artifact`](/reference/mcp/#artifact) with `action` `access`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`artifacts:read`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "acme". |
| `artifact_id` | string | Yes | The artifact's id (fol_…), or its address: /acme/-/artifacts/q4-roadmap-fol_… |

## Example request

```sh
curl https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/acme/artifacts/fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z/access \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "artifact_id": "fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
  "owner": {
    "type": "user",
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09q",
    "username": "ana",
    "display_name": "Ana Lima"
  },
  "shared_with": [
    {
      "principal": "user:usr_01kmb2d4f6h8k0m2p4r6t8v0x2",
      "member": {
        "type": "user",
        "id": "usr_01kmb2d4f6h8k0m2p4r6t8v0x2",
        "username": "bo",
        "display_name": "Bo Chen"
      },
      "role": "edit",
      "inherited_from": null
    },
    {
      "principal": "team:design",
      "member": {
        "type": "team",
        "slug": "design",
        "display_name": "@acme/design"
      },
      "role": "comment",
      "inherited_from": null
    }
  ],
  "general_access": "workspace",
  "general_role": "view",
  "inherit": true,
  "inherited_from": {
    "type": "space",
    "id": "spc_01kq1a3c5e7g9j1l3n5q7s9u1w",
    "name": "General"
  },
  "agent_mode": null,
  "can_share": true
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |