Get Skill

GET /v1/skills/\{skill_id\}

Get Skill

Path parameters

• skill_id: string

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

Headers

• "anthropic-workspace-id": optional string

Returns

• Skill object

  • type: "skill"

    Object type.

    For Skills, this is always "skill".

    default: skill

  • id: string

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  • created_at: string

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

    format: date-time

  • display_name: string

    Human-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters. Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter name when omitted at creation. Not unique.

  • latest_version_id: string

    ID of the newest Skill Version — what latest references resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.

  • source: SkillSource

    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

    • 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: string

    ISO 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"
}