Anthropic response content is a typed block array, so text is not reliably at index 0
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:52:20.983Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:52:20.983Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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response.content is a list of content blocks, each with a type discriminator. A plain answer yields a single text block, but a response that used extended thinking begins with thinking blocks, and a response that ended in a tool call carries tool_use blocks alongside any text. Code written as content[0].text works in development and then reads undefined the first time thinking or a tool call is involved.
The fix is to iterate content and filter on the type field, joining every text block rather than taking the first. In TypeScript the SDK types this as a discriminated union, so the compiler already refuses the unchecked access; in Python and in raw HTTP consumers nothing stops you.
The same rule applies when you append the assistant turn back into history for a multi-turn conversation: push the whole content array, not an extracted string, or you silently drop thinking and tool_use blocks the model needs to see.
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