If the object argument is a <stanfit> object, it simply returns the result of rstan::extract(). If it is a <CmdStanMCMC> it returns samples in the same format as rstan::extract() does for <stanfit> objects.
extract_samples(stan_fit, pars =NULL, include =TRUE)
Arguments
stan_fit: A <stanfit> or <CmdStanMCMC> object as returned by fit_model().
pars: Any selection of parameters to extract
include: whether the parameters specified in pars should be included (TRUE, the default) or excluded (FALSE)