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The Compliance API now returns the text each organization member saved as Instructions for Claude

Published by Nova3 AI Research

What shipped

On 2026-10-15, Anthropic announced that the Compliance API returns organization members' saved Instructions for Claude in claude.ai and Global instructions in Cowork, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations, through `GET /v1/compliance/organizations/{org_uuid}/user_preferences` using an existing Compliance Access Key and the `read:compliance_user_data` scope.

Anthropic release notes

What this means for your business

Claude Enterprise administrators reviewing how employees draft customer replies or prepare internal reports can now include saved instructions in a compliance review through Anthropic's beta endpoint. Access to that text can help investigate conflicting instructions, but collecting employee preferences also creates a record that needs restricted access and a retention decision. This week, have the compliance owner test an approved retrieval and compare the returned text with the organization's rules for handling customer information. Keep the review focused on a documented business purpose rather than collecting every preference by default. Hold off on automated disciplinary decisions or claims of complete activity coverage, because saved instructions are not a full record of an employee's work.

Still open

The endpoint is beta for Claude Enterprise organizations; pricing, regional limits, historical coverage, and retention behavior are not established.

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