---
title: Create Skill
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/go/skills/create
---

# Create Skill

`client.Skills.New(ctx, params) (*Skill, error)`

**POST** `/v1/skills`

Create Skill

## Parameters

- `params SkillNewParams`

  - `Files []Reader`

    Files 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.

  - `DisplayName param.Opt[string] Optional`

    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.

  - `WorkspaceID param.Opt[string] Optional` (header parameter)

    Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, `wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy`).

    Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

## Returns

- `type Skill`

  - `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.

  - `CreatedAt Time`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

    format: date-time

  - `DisplayName 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.

  - `LatestVersionID 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 SkillSourceType`

      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

      - `const SkillSourceTypeCustom SkillSourceType = "custom"`

      - `const SkillSourceTypeAnthropic SkillSourceType = "anthropic"`

      - `const SkillSourceTypeAnthropicExample SkillSourceType = "anthropic_example"`

      - `const SkillSourceTypePlugin SkillSourceType = "plugin"`

  - `UpdatedAt Time`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

    format: date-time

## Example

```go
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go/option"
)

func main() {
	client := anthropic.NewClient(
		option.WithAPIKey("my-anthropic-api-key"),
	)
	skill, err := client.Skills.New(context.TODO(), anthropic.SkillNewParams{
		Files: []io.Reader{io.Reader(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte("Example data")))},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", skill.ID)
}
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "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"
}
```