Create Skill

post /v1/skills

Create Skill

Header Parameters

• "anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

  Optional 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 22 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"

    • "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

    • "managed-agents-2026-04-01"

    • "cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

Returns

• 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.

• display_title: string

  Display title for the skill.

  This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.

• latest_version: string

  The latest version identifier for the skill.

  This represents the most recent version of the skill that has been created.

• source: string

  Source of the skill.

  This may be one of the following values:

  • "custom": the skill was created by a user
  • "anthropic": the skill was created by Anthropic

• type: string

  Object type.

  For Skills, this is always "skill".

• updated_at: string

  ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

Example

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
    -X POST \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: skills-2025-10-02' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}