Create Skill

client.Beta.Skills.New(ctx, params) (*BetaSkill, error)

POST/v1/skills

Create Skill

Parameters

params BetaSkillNewParams

Files param.Field[[]Reader]

Body param: 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.Field[string] Optional

Body param: 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.

Betas param.Field[[]AnthropicBeta] Optional

Header param: Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

string

type AnthropicBeta string

One of the following:

const AnthropicBetaMessageBatches2024_09_24 AnthropicBeta = "message-batches-2024-09-24"

const AnthropicBetaPromptCaching2024_07_31 AnthropicBeta = "prompt-caching-2024-07-31"

const AnthropicBetaComputerUse2024_10_22 AnthropicBeta = "computer-use-2024-10-22"

const AnthropicBetaComputerUse2025_01_24 AnthropicBeta = "computer-use-2025-01-24"

const AnthropicBetaPDFs2024_09_25 AnthropicBeta = "pdfs-2024-09-25"

const AnthropicBetaTokenCounting2024_11_01 AnthropicBeta = "token-counting-2024-11-01"

const AnthropicBetaTokenEfficientTools2025_02_19 AnthropicBeta = "token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"

const AnthropicBetaOutput128k2025_02_19 AnthropicBeta = "output-128k-2025-02-19"

const AnthropicBetaFilesAPI2025_04_14 AnthropicBeta = "files-api-2025-04-14"

const AnthropicBetaMCPClient2025_04_04 AnthropicBeta = "mcp-client-2025-04-04"

const AnthropicBetaMCPClient2025_11_20 AnthropicBeta = "mcp-client-2025-11-20"

const AnthropicBetaDevFullThinking2025_05_14 AnthropicBeta = "dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"

const AnthropicBetaInterleavedThinking2025_05_14 AnthropicBeta = "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"

const AnthropicBetaCodeExecution2025_05_22 AnthropicBeta = "code-execution-2025-05-22"

const AnthropicBetaExtendedCacheTTL2025_04_11 AnthropicBeta = "extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"

const AnthropicBetaContext1m2025_08_07 AnthropicBeta = "context-1m-2025-08-07"

const AnthropicBetaContextManagement2025_06_27 AnthropicBeta = "context-management-2025-06-27"

const AnthropicBetaModelContextWindowExceeded2025_08_26 AnthropicBeta = "model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"

const AnthropicBetaSkills2025_10_02 AnthropicBeta = "skills-2025-10-02"

const AnthropicBetaFastMode2026_02_01 AnthropicBeta = "fast-mode-2026-02-01"

const AnthropicBetaOutput300k2026_03_24 AnthropicBeta = "output-300k-2026-03-24"

const AnthropicBetaUserProfiles2026_03_24 AnthropicBeta = "user-profiles-2026-03-24"

const AnthropicBetaUserProfiles2026_08_18 AnthropicBeta = "user-profiles-2026-08-18"

const AnthropicBetaAdvisorTool2026_03_01 AnthropicBeta = "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

const AnthropicBetaManagedAgents2026_04_01 AnthropicBeta = "managed-agents-2026-04-01"

const AnthropicBetaCacheDiagnosis2026_04_07 AnthropicBeta = "cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

const AnthropicBetaDreaming2026_04_21 AnthropicBeta = "dreaming-2026-04-21"

const AnthropicBetaThinkingTokenCount2026_05_13 AnthropicBeta = "thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"

const AnthropicBetaServerSideFallback2026_06_01 AnthropicBeta = "server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"

const AnthropicBetaServerSideFallback2026_07_01 AnthropicBeta = "server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"

const AnthropicBetaFallbackCredit2026_06_01 AnthropicBeta = "fallback-credit-2026-06-01"

const AnthropicBetaFallbackCredit2026_07_01 AnthropicBeta = "fallback-credit-2026-07-01"

const AnthropicBetaAgentMemory2026_07_22 AnthropicBeta = "agent-memory-2026-07-22"

const AnthropicBetaMidConversationToolChanges2026_07_01 AnthropicBeta = "mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"

const AnthropicBetaCompact2026_01_12 AnthropicBeta = "compact-2026-01-12"

const AnthropicBetaComputerUse2025_11_24 AnthropicBeta = "computer-use-2025-11-24"

const AnthropicBetaMCPTunnels2026_06_22 AnthropicBeta = "mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

const AnthropicBetaStructuredOutputs2025_11_13 AnthropicBeta = "structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

const AnthropicBetaTaskBudgets2026_03_13 AnthropicBeta = "task-budgets-2026-03-13"

const AnthropicBetaThinkingDisplayUpdates2026_08_18 AnthropicBeta = "thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

const AnthropicBetaCEUserManagement2026_07_13 AnthropicBeta = "ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

Returns

type BetaSkill struct{…}

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.

formatdate-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 BetaSkillSource

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 BetaSkillSourceType

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

One of the following:

const BetaSkillSourceTypeCustom BetaSkillSourceType = "custom"

const BetaSkillSourceTypeAnthropic BetaSkillSourceType = "anthropic"

const BetaSkillSourceTypeAnthropicExample BetaSkillSourceType = "anthropic_example"

const BetaSkillSourceTypePlugin BetaSkillSourceType = "plugin"

Type Skill

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

defaultskill

UpdatedAt Time

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

formatdate-time

Create Skill

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"),
	)
	betaSkill, err := client.Beta.Skills.New(context.TODO(), anthropic.BetaSkillNewParams{
		Files: []io.Reader{io.Reader(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte("Example data")))},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", betaSkill.ID)
}

{
  "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"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "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"
}