---
title: ai.agents.ui.ai_sdk.to_messages
description: Convert UI messages to runtime messages.
type: reference
summary: Reference for inbound AI SDK UI message conversion.
---

# ai.agents.ui.ai_sdk.to_messages



`to_messages` converts AI SDK UI messages into runtime messages and extracts
approval responses.

```python
messages, approvals = ai.agents.ui.ai_sdk.to_messages(ui_messages)
```

Call `apply_approvals` before resuming an agent run with extracted approvals.


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