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Get Skill

client.Skills.Get(ctx, skillID, query) (*Skill, error)
GET/v1/skills/{skill_id}

Get Skill

Parameters
skillID string⁠Path parameter

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

query SkillGetParams
WorkspaceID param.Opt[string] OptionalHeader 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 struct { Type: "skill"; ID; CreatedAt; /* 4 more */ }
Type Skill

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

defaultskill
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 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
One of the following:
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.

formatdate-time
Get Skill
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"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.Get(
		context.TODO(),
		"skill_id",
		anthropic.SkillGetParams{},
	)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", skill.ID)
}
Returns Examples
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"
}