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# Get Pending Messages • AI Agent SDK

> get_pending_messages: Get all pending steering messages.

# get\_pending\_messages

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> This is a method of the [**MessageSteeringProtocol**](../classes/MessageSteeringProtocol) class in the [**protocols**](../modules/protocols) module.

Get all pending steering messages.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_pending_messages() -> List[Any]
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="List[Any]">
  List of pending messages ordered by priority
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 494
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