Get Skill

beta().skills().retrieve(, ) : SkillRetrieveResponse

get/v1/skills/{skill_id}

Get Skill

ParametersExpand Collapse

params: SkillRetrieveParams

skillId: Optional<String>

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

betas: Optional<List<AnthropicBeta>>

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

MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24("message-batches-2024-09-24")

PROMPT_CACHING_2024_07_31("prompt-caching-2024-07-31")

COMPUTER_USE_2024_10_22("computer-use-2024-10-22")

COMPUTER_USE_2025_01_24("computer-use-2025-01-24")

PDFS_2024_09_25("pdfs-2024-09-25")

TOKEN_COUNTING_2024_11_01("token-counting-2024-11-01")

TOKEN_EFFICIENT_TOOLS_2025_02_19("token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19")

OUTPUT_128K_2025_02_19("output-128k-2025-02-19")

FILES_API_2025_04_14("files-api-2025-04-14")

MCP_CLIENT_2025_04_04("mcp-client-2025-04-04")

MCP_CLIENT_2025_11_20("mcp-client-2025-11-20")

DEV_FULL_THINKING_2025_05_14("dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14")

INTERLEAVED_THINKING_2025_05_14("interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14")

CODE_EXECUTION_2025_05_22("code-execution-2025-05-22")

EXTENDED_CACHE_TTL_2025_04_11("extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11")

CONTEXT_1M_2025_08_07("context-1m-2025-08-07")

CONTEXT_MANAGEMENT_2025_06_27("context-management-2025-06-27")

MODEL_CONTEXT_WINDOW_EXCEEDED_2025_08_26("model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26")

SKILLS_2025_10_02("skills-2025-10-02")

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class SkillRetrieveResponse:

id: String

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

createdAt: String

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

displayTitle: Optional<String>

Display title for the skill.

This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.

latestVersion: Optional<String>

The latest version identifier for the skill.

This represents the most recent version of the skill that has been created.

source: String

Source of the skill.

This may be one of the following values:

"custom": the skill was created by a user
"anthropic": the skill was created by Anthropic

type: String

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

updatedAt: String

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

Get Skill

package com.anthropic.example

import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient
import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.SkillRetrieveParams
import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.SkillRetrieveResponse

fun main() {
    val client: AnthropicClient = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv()

    val skill: SkillRetrieveResponse = client.beta().skills().retrieve("skill_id")
}

Response 200

{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}

package com.anthropic.example import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.SkillRetrieveParams import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.SkillRetrieveResponse fun main() { val client: AnthropicClient = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv() val skill: SkillRetrieveResponse = client.beta().skills().retrieve("skill_id") }

{ "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw", "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z", "display_title": "My Custom Skill", "latest_version": "1759178010641129", "source": "custom", "type": "type", "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z" }