# Get an artifact's content

> Get an artifact's content in the form agents read and write: for a doc, its Markdown in content, and its top-level blocks (id, type, level and Markdown) to target an edit at; with can (read, suggest, edit): what you may do to it.

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

Slides, designs and dashboards answer that they are not here yet.

A doc's content is Markdown. `blocks` are its top-level blocks, whose ids an edit with a `blocks` target names. Slides, designs and dashboards answer `422` saying they are not here yet.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`artifact`](/reference/mcp/#artifact) with `action` `read`, 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/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "artifact": {
    "id": "fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
    "kind": "doc",
    "title": "Q4 roadmap",
    "icon": "🗺️",
    "slug": "q4-roadmap-fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
    "html_url": "https://g1t.sh/acme/-/artifacts/q4-roadmap-fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
    "edited_at": "2026-10-08T16:40:12.000Z"
  },
  "space": {
    "id": "spc_01kq1a3c5e7g9j1l3n5q7s9u1w",
    "slug": "general",
    "name": "General",
    "agent_mode": "suggest"
  },
  "content": "# Q4 roadmap\n\n## This quarter\n\nWe ship the merge queue and Artifacts.\n",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "id": "b_4f1c",
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 1,
      "markdown": "# Q4 roadmap"
    },
    {
      "id": "b_9a02",
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "## This quarter"
    },
    {
      "id": "b_77d3",
      "type": "paragraph",
      "level": null,
      "markdown": "We ship the merge queue and Artifacts."
    }
  ],
  "can": {
    "read": true,
    "suggest": true,
    "edit": 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. |