diff --git a/addons/internal/connector/route.go b/addons/internal/connector/route.go
index de4ba0d347..9608b0d735 100644
--- a/addons/internal/connector/route.go
+++ b/addons/internal/connector/route.go
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ type Drafter interface {
 	Draft(ctx context.Context, req contract.ConnectorRequest) error
 }
 
+// HistoryReader is a Platform that reads the earlier messages of a thread for
+// the op history. It returns the messages oldest first, the newest of those
+// before req.Before, at most req.Limit of them, and whether older messages
+// exist. Serve checks the request and bounds the answer.
+type HistoryReader interface {
+	History(ctx context.Context, req contract.ConnectorRequest) ([]contract.ConnectorHistoryMessage, bool, error)
+}
+
 // Splitter is a Platform that cuts its texts itself; others use Split.
 type Splitter interface {
 	Split(text string) []string
@@ -159,6 +167,24 @@ func Serve(ctx context.Context, p Platform, req contract.ConnectorRequest) (cont
 		if f, err = m.Media(ctx, req.Token, req.Media); err == nil {
 			out.File = &f
 		}
+	case contract.ConnectorOpHistory:
+		h, ok := p.(HistoryReader)
+		if !ok || req.Chat == "" || req.Thread == "" {
+			return contract.ConnectorResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: no thread, or a platform that cannot read one", contract.ErrRefused)
+		}
+		if req.Limit < 1 || req.Limit > contract.MaxHistoryMessages {
+			req.Limit = contract.DefaultHistoryMessages
+		}
+		// Not retried after a wait: the history is context, and the host
+		// would rather answer without it than hold the answer behind it.
+		var msgs []contract.ConnectorHistoryMessage
+		var more bool
+		if msgs, more, err = h.History(ctx, req); err == nil {
+			if len(msgs) > req.Limit {
+				msgs, more = msgs[len(msgs)-req.Limit:], true
+			}
+			out.Messages, out.Truncated = msgs, more
+		}
 	default:
 		return contract.ConnectorResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: unknown op", contract.ErrRefused)
 	}
diff --git a/addons/internal/connector/route_test.go b/addons/internal/connector/route_test.go
index c2e6fa4d01..22a0bf104a 100644
--- a/addons/internal/connector/route_test.go
+++ b/addons/internal/connector/route_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ func (r *rich) Draft(_ context.Context, req contract.ConnectorRequest) error {
 	return r.err
 }
 
+// reading also reads the history of a thread.
+type reading struct {
+	script
+	msgs []contract.ConnectorHistoryMessage
+	more bool
+	got  []contract.ConnectorRequest
+}
+
+func (r *reading) History(_ context.Context, req contract.ConnectorRequest) ([]contract.ConnectorHistoryMessage, bool, error) {
+	r.got = append(r.got, req)
+	return r.msgs, r.more, r.err
+}
+
 var _ = Describe("Serve", func() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	req := func(op string) contract.ConnectorRequest {
@@ -287,4 +300,44 @@ var _ = Describe("Serve", func() {
 		}
 		Expect(f.files).To(HaveLen(1))
 	})
+
+	Describe("the op history", func() {
+		hist := func() contract.ConnectorRequest {
+			r := req("history")
+			r.Thread, r.Limit, r.Before = "t1", 2, "9"
+			return r
+		}
+		It("is refused on a platform that cannot read a thread, and without a thread", func() {
+			_, err := connector.Serve(ctx, &script{}, hist())
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(contract.ErrRefused))
+			r := hist()
+			r.Thread = ""
+			_, err = connector.Serve(ctx, &reading{}, r)
+			Expect(err).To(MatchError(contract.ErrRefused))
+		})
+		It("returns the newest messages within the limit and says that older ones exist", func() {
+			s := &reading{msgs: []contract.ConnectorHistoryMessage{{Text: "a"}, {Text: "b"}, {Text: "c"}}}
+			out, err := connector.Serve(ctx, s, hist())
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(out.Messages).To(HaveLen(2))
+			Expect(out.Messages[0].Text).To(Equal("b"))
+			Expect(out.Truncated).To(BeTrue())
+			Expect(s.got[0].Before).To(Equal("9"))
+		})
+		It("uses the default limit when the host asks for none or too many", func() {
+			s := &reading{}
+			r := hist()
+			r.Limit = contract.MaxHistoryMessages + 1
+			_, err := connector.Serve(ctx, s, r)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(s.got[0].Limit).To(Equal(contract.DefaultHistoryMessages))
+		})
+		It("types the error of the platform and does not wait for a rate limit", func() {
+			s := &reading{script: script{err: &connector.RetryAfter{Seconds: 30}}}
+			out, err := connector.Serve(ctx, s, hist())
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(out.Error.Code).To(Equal(contract.ConnectorRateLimited))
+			Expect(s.got).To(HaveLen(1))
+		})
+	})
 })