---
title: "Get Or Create Ambient Conversation"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/fde/conversations/ambient"
tags: ["fde", "fde-conversations"]
---

# Get Or Create Ambient Conversation

`GET /api/v1/fde/conversations/ambient`

Flywheel V1.3 — get-or-create the subject's ambient FDE conversation.

Subject-polymorphic via XOR query params: exactly one of
``voice_agent_id`` or ``voice_agent_group_id`` must be set; passing
both or neither returns 400. The ambient conversation is the one
where ``flywheel_run_id IS NULL`` — distinct from cycle-scoped
conversations created by V1.1a's ``preview_plan``. The cockpit reads
this on mount in readonly mode (no active cycle); cycle conversations
are surfaced via ``ActiveCycleResponse.conversation_id`` instead.

Auto-creates if the subject has no prior ambient conversation, so
the cockpit always has somewhere to stream into. Idempotent: two
sequential calls return the same conversation id (modulo the
documented V1.3 race for concurrent first-mount; V1.2 closes that
with a partial unique index).

Returns ``FDEConversationDetailRead`` with ``messages`` populated so
the cockpit's first paint already has chat history without a second
round-trip.

## Query parameters

- `voice_agent_id` string, uuid, nullable
- `voice_agent_group_id` string, uuid, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- FDEConversationDetailRead
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `tenant_id` string, uuid, required
  - `user_id` string, uuid, required
  - `context_type` string, required
  - `target_agent_type` string, nullable, required
  - `target_agent_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `target_group_type` string, nullable
  - `target_group_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `title` string, nullable, required
  - `preview` string, nullable, required
  - `last_message_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `message_count` integer, required
  - `langgraph_thread_id` string, nullable, required
  - `messages` FDEMessageRead[]
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `tenant_id` string, uuid, required
    - `fde_conversation_id` string, uuid, required
    - `role` string, required
    - `content` string, nullable, required
    - `skill_slug` string, nullable
    - `tool_calls` object[], nullable, required
    - `tokens_used` integer, nullable, required
    - `sequence` integer, required
    - `reasoning_summary` string, nullable
    - `attachments` object[], nullable
    - `sources` object[], nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Exactly one of voice_agent_id or voice_agent_group_id must be provided
- `401` — Authentication required
- `404` — Voice agent or voice agent group not found
- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

> 17 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-12** `0e71c3cd9536` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `messages/items/skill_slug` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-09-03** `d65b8fefae34` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/getanana/apis/cleon-api/changes/api/v1/fde/conversations/ambient/get.md)

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