Create Skill

POST/v1/skills

Create Skill

Body (form-data)

files: array of string

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.

display_name: optional string or null

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.

Returns

Skill object{ id, created_at, display_name, 4 more }

Create Skill

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
    -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -F files='["Example data"]'

{
  "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"
}