---
title: "get_artifact"
description: "Fetch and view a screenshot, audio recording, or other artifact from a monitoring result."
sidebarTitle: "get_artifact"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Fetch and view a screenshot, audio recording, or other artifact from a monitoring result.

<Note>
  **Read-only · Calls external systems.** Safe to call: this tool does not modify data.
</Note>

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | string | No | Relative artifact path — https://&lt;HOST&gt;/robot/ prefix added automatically. Mutually exclusive with url. |
| `url` | string | No | Full artifact URL (e.g. screenshot URL from action results). Mutually exclusive with path. |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "path": "string",
  "url": "string"
}
```

## Description

```text
Returns images/audio inline for direct viewing; text artifacts inline; videos and binary as metadata only. Use after get_monitoring_result include_actions=true reveals screenshot URLs or artifact paths.
```

## Related

- [`get_monitoring_result`](/mcp/tools/monitoring-results/get_monitoring_result)

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