---
title: Get Skill
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/java/skills/retrieve
---

# Get Skill

`Skill skills().retrieve(params = SkillRetrieveParams.none(), requestOptions = RequestOptions.none())`

**GET** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}`

Get Skill

## Parameters

- `SkillRetrieveParams params`

  - `Optional<String> skillId` (path parameter)

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  - `Optional<String> workspaceId` (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

- `class Skill`

  - `JsonValue type = "skill"`

    Object type.

    For Skills, this is always `"skill"`.

  - `String id`

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  - `LocalDateTime createdAt`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

    format: date-time

  - `String displayName`

    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.

  - `String latestVersionId`

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

  - `SkillSource source`

    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 type`

      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("custom")`

      - `ANTHROPIC("anthropic")`

      - `ANTHROPIC_EXAMPLE("anthropic_example")`

      - `PLUGIN("plugin")`

  - `LocalDateTime updatedAt`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

    format: date-time

## Example

```java
package com.anthropic.example;

import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;
import com.anthropic.models.skills.Skill;
import com.anthropic.models.skills.SkillRetrieveParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        Skill skill = client.skills().retrieve("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"
}
```