diff --git a/examples/getting_started/agent/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go b/examples/getting_started/agent/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
index 086e612a..e4821c30 100644
--- a/examples/getting_started/agent/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
+++ b/examples/getting_started/agent/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	var userResponses []message.Content
 	var approvedRequests bool
-	for req := range resp.UserInputRequests() {
+	for c := range resp.Contents() {
 		// Ask the user to approve each function call request.
-		request, ok := req.(*message.FunctionApprovalRequestContent)
+		request, ok := c.(*message.FunctionApprovalRequestContent)
 		if !ok {
-			demo.Panicf("unexpected request type: %T", req)
 			continue
 		}
 		approved := demo.UserInputRequest(request)
diff --git a/examples/getting_started/azure_openai/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go b/examples/getting_started/azure_openai/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
index d8640920..3ff89be7 100644
--- a/examples/getting_started/azure_openai/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
+++ b/examples/getting_started/azure_openai/step04_using_function_tools_with_approvals/main.go
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	var userResponses []message.Content
 	var approvedRequests bool
-	for req := range resp.UserInputRequests() {
+	for c := range resp.Contents() {
 		// Ask the user to approve each function call request.
-		request, ok := req.(*message.FunctionApprovalRequestContent)
+		request, ok := c.(*message.FunctionApprovalRequestContent)
 		if !ok {
-			demo.Panicf("unexpected request type: %T", req)
 			continue
 		}
 		approved := demo.UserInputRequest(request)
diff --git a/message/content.go b/message/content.go
index 7aae8be0..36298dde 100644
--- a/message/content.go
+++ b/message/content.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"iter"
 	"maps"
 	"reflect"
 	"slices"
@@ -92,19 +91,6 @@ func (cs Contents) Usage() UsageDetails {
 	return usage
 }
 
-func (cs Contents) UserInputRequests() iter.Seq[Content] {
-	return func(yield func(Content) bool) {
-		for _, c := range cs {
-			switch c := c.(type) {
-			case *FunctionApprovalRequestContent:
-				if !yield(c) {
-					return
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // TextContent represents plain text content.
 type TextContent struct {
 	ContentHeader
diff --git a/message/message.go b/message/message.go
index abc0c61d..807b083b 100644
--- a/message/message.go
+++ b/message/message.go
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ func (m *Message) Usage() UsageDetails {
 	return m.Contents.Usage()
 }
 
-func (m Message) UserInputRequests() iter.Seq[Content] {
-	return m.Contents.UserInputRequests()
-}
-
 // Clone creates a shallow copy of the message.
 func (m *Message) Clone() *Message {
 	if m == nil {
@@ -89,18 +85,12 @@ func (resp *Response) String() string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
-func (resp *Response) Usage() UsageDetails {
-	var usage UsageDetails
-	for _, msg := range resp.Messages {
-		usage.Add(msg.Usage())
-	}
-	return usage
-}
-
-func (resp *Response) UserInputRequests() iter.Seq[Content] {
+// Contents returns a sequence of all the contents in the response, across all messages.
+// The contents are returned in the order they were added to the response.
+func (resp *Response) Contents() iter.Seq[Content] {
 	return func(yield func(Content) bool) {
 		for _, msg := range resp.Messages {
-			for c := range msg.UserInputRequests() {
+			for _, c := range msg.Contents {
 				if !yield(c) {
 					return
 				}
@@ -109,6 +99,14 @@ func (resp *Response) UserInputRequests() iter.Seq[Content] {
 	}
 }
 
+func (resp *Response) Usage() UsageDetails {
+	var usage UsageDetails
+	for _, msg := range resp.Messages {
+		usage.Add(msg.Usage())
+	}
+	return usage
+}
+
 func (resp *Response) Coalesce() {
 	for _, msg := range resp.Messages {
 		msg.Contents = CoalesceContents(msg.Contents)
@@ -214,7 +212,3 @@ func (r *ResponseUpdate) String() string {
 func (m ResponseUpdate) Usage() UsageDetails {
 	return m.Contents.Usage()
 }
-
-func (r *ResponseUpdate) UserInputRequests() iter.Seq[Content] {
-	return r.Contents.UserInputRequests()
-}