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List Skills

GET/v1/skills

List Skills

Query parameters
limit: optional number

Number of results to return per page.

Ranges from 1 to 1000. Defaults to 20.

default20
minimum1
maximum1000
page: optional string

Pagination token for fetching a specific page of results.

Pass the value from a previous response's next_page field to get the next page of results.

source: optional string

Filter skills by source.

If provided, only skills from the specified source will be returned:

  • "custom": only return user-created skills
  • "anthropic": only return Anthropic-created skills
Returns
data: array of Skill { id, created_at, display_name, 4 more }

List of skills.

id: string

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

formatdate-time
display_name: 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.

latest_version_id: string

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

source: SkillSource { 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
type: "custom" or "anthropic" or "anthropic_example" or "plugin"

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:
"custom"
"anthropic"
"anthropic_example"
"plugin"
type: "skill"

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

defaultskill
updated_at: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

formatdate-time
next_page: string or null

Token for fetching the next page of results.

If null, there are no more results available. Pass this value to the page parameter in the next request to get the next page.

List Skills

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
{
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "next_page"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "next_page"
}