Beta › Skills
Create Skill
POST /v1/skills
Create Skill
Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBetaOptional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
string"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more"message-batches-2024-09-24""prompt-caching-2024-07-31""computer-use-2024-10-22""computer-use-2025-01-24""pdfs-2024-09-25""token-counting-2024-11-01""token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19""output-128k-2025-02-19""files-api-2025-04-14""mcp-client-2025-04-04""mcp-client-2025-11-20""dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14""interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14""code-execution-2025-05-22""extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11""context-1m-2025-08-07""context-management-2025-06-27""model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26""skills-2025-10-02""fast-mode-2026-02-01""output-300k-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-08-18""user-profiles-2026-09-04""advisor-tool-2026-03-01""managed-agents-2026-04-01""cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07""dreaming-2026-04-21""thinking-token-count-2026-05-13""server-side-fallback-2026-06-01""server-side-fallback-2026-07-01""fallback-credit-2026-06-01""fallback-credit-2026-07-01""agent-memory-2026-07-22""mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01""compact-2026-01-12""computer-use-2025-11-24""mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22""structured-outputs-2025-11-13""task-budgets-2026-03-13""thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18""ce-user-management-2026-07-13""mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01""thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01""mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string
Body parameters (form-data)
files: array of stringFiles to upload for the skill.
All files must be in the same top-level directory and must include a SKILL.md file at the root of that directory.
display_name: optional string or nullHuman-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters. Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter
namewhen omitted at creation. Not unique.
Returns
BetaSkill objecttype: "skill"Object type.
For Skills, this is always
"skill".default: skill
id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
created_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
format: date-time
display_name: stringHuman-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters. Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter
namewhen omitted at creation. Not unique.latest_version_id: stringID of the newest Skill Version — what
latestreferences resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.source: BetaSkillSourceWhere the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
type: "custom" or "anthropic" or "anthropic_example" or "plugin"Where the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
"custom""anthropic""anthropic_example""plugin"
updated_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.
format: date-time
Example
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
-H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
-H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
-H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
-F files='["Example data"]'Response (200)
{
"id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
"created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
"display_name": "display_name",
"latest_version_id": "latest_version_id",
"source": {
"type": "custom"
},
"type": "skill",
"updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}List Skills
GET /v1/skills
List Skills
Query parameters
limit: optional numberNumber of results to return per page.
Ranges from
1to1000. Defaults to20.default: 20, minimum: 1, maximum: 1000
page: optional stringPagination token for fetching a specific page of results.
Pass the value from a previous response's
next_pagefield to get the next page of results.source: optional stringFilter skills by source.
If provided, only skills from the specified source will be returned:
"custom": only return user-created skills"anthropic": only return Anthropic-created skills
Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBetaOptional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
string"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more"message-batches-2024-09-24""prompt-caching-2024-07-31""computer-use-2024-10-22""computer-use-2025-01-24""pdfs-2024-09-25""token-counting-2024-11-01""token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19""output-128k-2025-02-19""files-api-2025-04-14""mcp-client-2025-04-04""mcp-client-2025-11-20""dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14""interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14""code-execution-2025-05-22""extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11""context-1m-2025-08-07""context-management-2025-06-27""model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26""skills-2025-10-02""fast-mode-2026-02-01""output-300k-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-08-18""user-profiles-2026-09-04""advisor-tool-2026-03-01""managed-agents-2026-04-01""cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07""dreaming-2026-04-21""thinking-token-count-2026-05-13""server-side-fallback-2026-06-01""server-side-fallback-2026-07-01""fallback-credit-2026-06-01""fallback-credit-2026-07-01""agent-memory-2026-07-22""mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01""compact-2026-01-12""computer-use-2025-11-24""mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22""structured-outputs-2025-11-13""task-budgets-2026-03-13""thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18""ce-user-management-2026-07-13""mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01""thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01""mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string
Returns
data: array of BetaSkillList of skills.
type: "skill"Object type.
For Skills, this is always
"skill".default: skill
id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
created_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
format: date-time
display_name: stringHuman-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters. Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter
namewhen omitted at creation. Not unique.latest_version_id: stringID of the newest Skill Version — what
latestreferences resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.source: BetaSkillSourceWhere the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
type: "custom" or "anthropic" or "anthropic_example" or "plugin"Where the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
"custom""anthropic""anthropic_example""plugin"
updated_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.
format: date-time
next_page: string or nullToken for fetching the next page of results.
If
null, there are no more results available. Pass this value to thepageparameter in the next request to get the next page.
Example
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
-H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
-H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"Response (200)
{
"data": [
{
"id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
"created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
"display_name": "display_name",
"latest_version_id": "latest_version_id",
"source": {
"type": "custom"
},
"type": "skill",
"updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}
],
"next_page": "next_page"
}Get Skill
GET /v1/skills/\{skill_id\}
Get Skill
Path parameters
skill_id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBetaOptional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
string"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more"message-batches-2024-09-24""prompt-caching-2024-07-31""computer-use-2024-10-22""computer-use-2025-01-24""pdfs-2024-09-25""token-counting-2024-11-01""token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19""output-128k-2025-02-19""files-api-2025-04-14""mcp-client-2025-04-04""mcp-client-2025-11-20""dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14""interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14""code-execution-2025-05-22""extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11""context-1m-2025-08-07""context-management-2025-06-27""model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26""skills-2025-10-02""fast-mode-2026-02-01""output-300k-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-08-18""user-profiles-2026-09-04""advisor-tool-2026-03-01""managed-agents-2026-04-01""cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07""dreaming-2026-04-21""thinking-token-count-2026-05-13""server-side-fallback-2026-06-01""server-side-fallback-2026-07-01""fallback-credit-2026-06-01""fallback-credit-2026-07-01""agent-memory-2026-07-22""mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01""compact-2026-01-12""computer-use-2025-11-24""mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22""structured-outputs-2025-11-13""task-budgets-2026-03-13""thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18""ce-user-management-2026-07-13""mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01""thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01""mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string
Returns
BetaSkill objecttype: "skill"Object type.
For Skills, this is always
"skill".default: skill
id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
created_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
format: date-time
display_name: stringHuman-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters. Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter
namewhen omitted at creation. Not unique.latest_version_id: stringID of the newest Skill Version — what
latestreferences resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.source: BetaSkillSourceWhere the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
type: "custom" or "anthropic" or "anthropic_example" or "plugin"Where the Skill comes from.
Possible values:
"custom": authored by the platform user; private to their workspace"anthropic": published by Anthropic; shared and read-only"anthropic_example": Anthropic-published sample Skill"plugin": resolved from an installed plugin
"custom""anthropic""anthropic_example""plugin"
updated_at: stringISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.
format: date-time
Example
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/$SKILL_ID \
-H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
-H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"Response (200)
{
"id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
"created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
"display_name": "display_name",
"latest_version_id": "latest_version_id",
"source": {
"type": "custom"
},
"type": "skill",
"updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}Delete Skill
DELETE /v1/skills/\{skill_id\}
Delete Skill
Path parameters
skill_id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBetaOptional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
string"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more"message-batches-2024-09-24""prompt-caching-2024-07-31""computer-use-2024-10-22""computer-use-2025-01-24""pdfs-2024-09-25""token-counting-2024-11-01""token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19""output-128k-2025-02-19""files-api-2025-04-14""mcp-client-2025-04-04""mcp-client-2025-11-20""dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14""interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14""code-execution-2025-05-22""extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11""context-1m-2025-08-07""context-management-2025-06-27""model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26""skills-2025-10-02""fast-mode-2026-02-01""output-300k-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-03-24""user-profiles-2026-08-18""user-profiles-2026-09-04""advisor-tool-2026-03-01""managed-agents-2026-04-01""cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07""dreaming-2026-04-21""thinking-token-count-2026-05-13""server-side-fallback-2026-06-01""server-side-fallback-2026-07-01""fallback-credit-2026-06-01""fallback-credit-2026-07-01""agent-memory-2026-07-22""mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01""compact-2026-01-12""computer-use-2025-11-24""mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22""structured-outputs-2025-11-13""task-budgets-2026-03-13""thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18""ce-user-management-2026-07-13""mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01""thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01""mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string
Returns
BetaDeletedSkill objecttype: "skill_deleted"Deleted object type.
For Skills, this is always
"skill_deleted".default: skill_deleted
id: stringUnique identifier for the skill.
The format and length of IDs may change over time.
Example
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/$SKILL_ID \
-X DELETE \
-H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
-H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"Response (200)
{
"id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
"type": "skill_deleted"
}