get_asset_content

readSince v1.0

Read what's inside an asset's file. PDFs come back as extracted text; text, JSON, CSV, XML and Markdown come back as-is; PNG, JPEG, GIF and WEBP come back as an image the AI can look at. This is how an AI assistant reads a requirements document, a datasheet or a spec you've attached to the model. Use list_assets first to find the asset's id.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
localeStringRead the file variant for this language (for example 'de'). Falls back to the default file when there is no variant.
asset_idStringThe asset whose file you want to read. Use list_assets to find it — assets are not returned by search_nodes.
max_charsNumber50000How many characters of text to return at most. Ignored for images.

Example Request

{"asset_id": "uuid-1", "max_chars": 20000}

Example Response

{"asset_id": "uuid-1", "filename": "requirements.pdf", "content_type": "application/pdf", "kind": "text", "truncated": false, "text": "1. Scope\n\nThe system shall ..."}

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