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# Get contact timeline

> Returns a cursor page of Conversation and Fact activity for one Contact in the verified Organization under contacts:read and facts:read. It performs no writes and is safe to retry.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.getarbol.com/openapi.json get /contacts/{id}/timeline
openapi: 3.1.2
info:
  contact:
    email: support@getarbol.com
    name: Arbol
    url: https://docs.getarbol.com
  description: >-
    Provider-neutral API for creating and operating Arbol agents, contacts,
    conversations, channels, knowledge, integrations, and evaluations. Every
    request is bound to one Auth0 Organization.
  title: Arbol API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://api.getarbol.com/v1
security: []
paths:
  /contacts/{id}/timeline:
    get:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Get contact timeline
      description: >-
        Returns a cursor page of Conversation and Fact activity for one Contact
        in the verified Organization under contacts:read and facts:read. It
        performs no writes and is safe to retry.
      operationId: getContactTimeline
      parameters:
        - in: path
          required: true
          name: id
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArbolResourceId'
        - in: query
          name: cursor
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
            maxLength: 1024
          allowEmptyValue: true
          allowReserved: true
        - in: query
          name: limit
          schema:
            default: 25
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 100
          allowEmptyValue: true
          allowReserved: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  items:
                    maxItems: 100
                    type: array
                    items:
                      oneOf:
                        - type: object
                          properties:
                            about:
                              type: boolean
                            at:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDatetime'
                            channelKind:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelKind'
                            direction:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationDirection'
                            id:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArbolResourceId'
                            outcome:
                              anyOf:
                                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationOutcome'
                                - type: 'null'
                            sentiment:
                              anyOf:
                                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationSentiment'
                                - type: 'null'
                            startedAt:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDatetime'
                            title:
                              anyOf:
                                - type: string
                                  maxLength: 500
                                - type: 'null'
                            type:
                              type: string
                              const: conversation
                          required:
                            - about
                            - at
                            - channelKind
                            - direction
                            - id
                            - outcome
                            - sentiment
                            - startedAt
                            - title
                            - type
                          additionalProperties: false
                        - type: object
                          properties:
                            at:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDatetime'
                            confidence:
                              anyOf:
                                - type: number
                                  minimum: 0
                                  maximum: 1
                                - type: 'null'
                            definition:
                              type: object
                              properties:
                                id:
                                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArbolResourceId'
                                identifier:
                                  type: string
                                  maxLength: 200
                                kind:
                                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DefinitionKind'
                              required:
                                - id
                                - identifier
                                - kind
                              additionalProperties: false
                            id:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArbolResourceId'
                            observedAt:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoDatetime'
                            setBy:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FactActorKind'
                            sourceConversationId:
                              anyOf:
                                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArbolResourceId'
                                - type: 'null'
                            type:
                              type: string
                              const: fact
                            value:
                              type: string
                              maxLength: 16000
                            verificationStatus:
                              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FactVerificationStatus'
                          required:
                            - at
                            - confidence
                            - definition
                            - id
                            - observedAt
                            - setBy
                            - sourceConversationId
                            - type
                            - value
                            - verificationStatus
                          additionalProperties: false
                  nextCursor:
                    anyOf:
                      - type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        maxLength: 1024
                      - type: 'null'
                required:
                  - items
                  - nextCursor
                additionalProperties: false
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        '400':
          description: >-
            Inferable validation failure or a non-inferable malformed transport
            request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - oneOf:
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequest'
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UndefinedError'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransportBadRequestError'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        '401':
          description: Authentication is required.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Unauthorized'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UndefinedError'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        '403':
          description: The caller is not allowed to perform this operation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Forbidden'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UndefinedError'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        '404':
          description: Contact not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFound'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UndefinedError'
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      security:
        - userOAuth:
            - org:use
            - contacts:read
            - facts:read
        - machineOAuth:
            - contacts:read
            - facts:read
components:
  schemas:
    ArbolResourceId:
      type: string
      maxLength: 64
      pattern: >-
        ^[a-z][a-z0-9]{1,15}_[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
      description: >-
        Opaque Arbol resource identifier; the endpoint and tenant-scoped lookup
        determine its resource type.
      examples:
        - agt_018f47a2-4f4d-7d61-9e2c-1d7b8e9a0c31
      title: Arbol resource ID
    IsoDatetime:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      pattern: >-
        ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d)))$
      description: ISO 8601 timestamp with an explicit UTC offset.
      examples:
        - '2026-08-29T14:30:00Z'
      title: ISO timestamp
    ChannelKind:
      type: string
      enum:
        - voice
        - whatsapp
        - telegram
        - slack
        - email
        - web
      description: Conversation transport family.
      examples:
        - voice
      title: Channel kind
    ConversationDirection:
      type: string
      enum:
        - inbound
        - outbound
      description: Direction of a Conversation relative to the organization.
      examples:
        - inbound
      title: Conversation direction
    ConversationOutcome:
      type: string
      enum:
        - successful
        - unsuccessful
        - follow_up_needed
        - no_answer
      description: Structured business outcome assigned to a Conversation.
      examples:
        - successful
      title: Conversation outcome
    ConversationSentiment:
      type: string
      enum:
        - positive
        - neutral
        - negative
      description: Coarse sentiment assigned to a Conversation.
      examples:
        - neutral
      title: Conversation sentiment
    DefinitionKind:
      type: string
      enum:
        - attribute
        - assessment
        - category
        - metric
      description: Semantic class of an organization-owned Definition.
      examples:
        - attribute
      title: Definition kind
    FactActorKind:
      type: string
      enum:
        - ai
        - user
        - system
        - import
        - rule
      description: Origin category recorded for a Fact assertion.
      examples:
        - user
      title: Fact actor kind
    FactVerificationStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - unreviewed
        - confirmed
        - rejected
      description: Human review state of a Fact assertion.
      examples:
        - unreviewed
      title: Fact verification status
    BadRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        defined:
          const: true
        inferable:
          type: boolean
        code:
          const: BAD_REQUEST
        status:
          const: 400
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            issues:
              maxItems: 20
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    maxLength: 500
                  path:
                    maxItems: 16
                    type: array
                    items:
                      anyOf:
                        - type: string
                          maxLength: 120
                        - type: integer
                          minimum: -9007199254740991
                          maximum: 9007199254740991
                required:
                  - message
                additionalProperties: false
            truncated:
              type: boolean
          required:
            - issues
            - truncated
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - status
        - message
        - data
    UndefinedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        defined:
          const: false
        inferable:
          type: boolean
        code:
          type: string
        status:
          type: number
        message:
          type: string
        data: {}
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - status
        - message
    TransportBadRequestError:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        code:
          const: BAD_REQUEST
        data: {}
        defined:
          const: false
        inferable:
          const: false
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - message
      type: object
    Unauthorized:
      type: object
      properties:
        defined:
          const: true
        inferable:
          type: boolean
        code:
          const: UNAUTHORIZED
        status:
          const: 401
        message:
          type: string
        data: {}
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - status
        - message
    Forbidden:
      type: object
      properties:
        defined:
          const: true
        inferable:
          type: boolean
        code:
          const: FORBIDDEN
        status:
          const: 403
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            missingPermissions:
              maxItems: 10
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthPermission'
          required:
            - missingPermissions
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - status
        - message
    NotFound:
      type: object
      properties:
        defined:
          const: true
        inferable:
          type: boolean
        code:
          const: NOT_FOUND
        status:
          const: 404
        message:
          type: string
        data: {}
      required:
        - defined
        - inferable
        - code
        - status
        - message
    AuthPermission:
      type: string
      enum:
        - agent-evaluations:read
        - agent-evaluations:run
        - agent-evaluations:write
        - agents:read
        - agents:write
        - analytics:read
        - arbi:use
        - channels:read
        - channels:write
        - contacts:read
        - contacts:write
        - conversations:read
        - conversations:transcript
        - conversations:write
        - definitions:read
        - definitions:write
        - facts:read
        - facts:write
        - integrations:read
        - integrations:write
        - knowledge:read
        - knowledge:write
        - org:manage
        - org:use
      description: >-
        One permission from the closed Arbol API vocabulary accepted from a
        verified Auth0 token.
      examples:
        - agents:read
      title: API permission
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: >-
        Opaque request correlation identifier. Include it when contacting Arbol
        support.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 128
  securitySchemes:
    userOAuth:
      description: >-
        Organization-scoped Auth0 user access token issued to an approved
        first-party client or exchanged by a trusted OBO resource server.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://auth.getarbol.com/authorize
          scopes:
            agent-evaluations:read: Read Agent evaluation suites, runs, and results.
            agent-evaluations:run: Execute and cancel Agent evaluation runs.
            agent-evaluations:write: Create and update Agent evaluation suites.
            agents:read: Read Agents and their explicitly requested expansions.
            agents:write: Create, update, and delete Agents.
            analytics:read: Read organization analytics.
            arbi:use: Use the personal Arbi workspace.
            channels:read: Read Agent channels.
            channels:write: Create, update, authorize, and delete Agent channels.
            contacts:read: Read Contacts and their explicitly requested expansions.
            contacts:write: Create, update, merge, import, and delete Contacts.
            conversations:read: Read Conversation metadata.
            conversations:transcript: Read Conversation messages and media evidence.
            conversations:write: Create and process Conversations.
            definitions:read: Read Definitions and Definition usage.
            definitions:write: Create, update, and retire Definitions.
            facts:read: Read current and historical Facts.
            facts:write: Assert typed Facts.
            integrations:read: Discover integrations, tools, accounts, and tool-bearing evidence.
            integrations:write: Authorize accounts and assign exact tool access.
            knowledge:read: Read Knowledge documents and search indexed content.
            knowledge:write: Create, index, update, and delete Knowledge documents.
            org:manage: Update the Organization and administer its members.
            org:use: Use Arbol as a member of the selected Auth0 Organization.
          tokenUrl: https://auth.getarbol.com/oauth/token
      type: oauth2
    machineOAuth:
      description: >-
        Organization-bound Auth0 client-credentials token. The client grant must
        contain every operation scope.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            agent-evaluations:read: Read Agent evaluation suites, runs, and results.
            agent-evaluations:run: Execute and cancel Agent evaluation runs.
            agent-evaluations:write: Create and update Agent evaluation suites.
            agents:read: Read Agents and their explicitly requested expansions.
            agents:write: Create, update, and delete Agents.
            analytics:read: Read organization analytics.
            channels:read: Read Agent channels.
            channels:write: Create, update, authorize, and delete Agent channels.
            contacts:read: Read Contacts and their explicitly requested expansions.
            contacts:write: Create, update, merge, import, and delete Contacts.
            conversations:read: Read Conversation metadata.
            conversations:transcript: Read Conversation messages and media evidence.
            conversations:write: Create and process Conversations.
            definitions:read: Read Definitions and Definition usage.
            definitions:write: Create, update, and retire Definitions.
            facts:read: Read current and historical Facts.
            facts:write: Assert typed Facts.
            integrations:read: Discover integrations, tools, accounts, and tool-bearing evidence.
            integrations:write: Authorize accounts and assign exact tool access.
            knowledge:read: Read Knowledge documents and search indexed content.
            knowledge:write: Create, index, update, and delete Knowledge documents.
            org:manage: Update the Organization and administer its members.
          tokenUrl: https://auth.getarbol.com/oauth/token
      type: oauth2

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