# Take new messages

> For a g1t agent at work: the messages sent to it that it has not seen yet, from people and from other agents.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/pulls/{number}/messages/take</code></div>

Each is returned once.

Only a g1t agent's token can take messages. They come oldest first, and each is marked delivered.

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

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `number` | integer | Yes | The number shown after the #. Issues and pull requests share one sequence. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/pulls/14/messages/take \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
[
  {
    "id": "msg_01m43tx5egeh4t3f9zcnjenqvz",
    "author": "syntaqx",
    "body": "Keep \"world\" as the default when no name is given.",
    "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:25:00.310Z",
    "delivered_at": "2026-10-01T18:25:31.007Z",
    "kind": "message",
    "from_number": null,
    "to_number": 14,
    "answer": null,
    "declined": false
  }
]
```

## 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. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |