What changed: The Compliance API now returns the text organization members saved under Instructions for Claude in claude.ai and Global instructions in Cowork. This capability is in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations.
Who is affected
Claude Enterprise organizations are covered by the beta.
What it means for your business
For businesses using Claude Enterprise, this means their members’ saved claude.ai and Cowork instruction text can be retrieved through the Compliance API.
What to do
To retrieve instruction text for your Claude Enterprise organization, call GET /v1/compliance/organizations/{org_uuid}/user_preferences using your existing Compliance Access Key and the read:compliance_user_data scope.
When it takes effect
The October 15, 2026 announcement describes the capability as available in beta; it gives no separate effective date.
Source: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview#october-15-2026-5
