## Create Skill Version

`beta.skills.versions.create(strskill_id, VersionCreateParams**kwargs)  -> VersionCreateResponse`

**post** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions`

Create Skill Version

### Parameters

- `skill_id: str`

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

- `files: Optional[Sequence[FileTypes]]`

  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.

- `betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]]`

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

  - `str`

  - `Literal["message-batches-2024-09-24", "prompt-caching-2024-07-31", "computer-use-2024-10-22", 23 more]`

    - `"message-batches-2024-09-24"`

    - `"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"`

    - `"computer-use-2024-10-22"`

    - `"computer-use-2025-01-24"`

    - `"pdfs-2024-09-25"`

    - `"token-counting-2024-11-01"`

    - `"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"`

    - `"output-128k-2025-02-19"`

    - `"files-api-2025-04-14"`

    - `"mcp-client-2025-04-04"`

    - `"mcp-client-2025-11-20"`

    - `"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"`

    - `"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"`

    - `"code-execution-2025-05-22"`

    - `"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"`

    - `"context-1m-2025-08-07"`

    - `"context-management-2025-06-27"`

    - `"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"`

    - `"skills-2025-10-02"`

    - `"fast-mode-2026-02-01"`

    - `"output-300k-2026-03-24"`

    - `"user-profiles-2026-03-24"`

    - `"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"`

    - `"managed-agents-2026-04-01"`

    - `"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"`

    - `"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"`

### Returns

- `class VersionCreateResponse: …`

  - `id: str`

    Unique identifier for the skill version.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  - `created_at: str`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill version was created.

  - `description: str`

    Description of the skill version.

    This is extracted from the SKILL.md file in the skill upload.

  - `directory: str`

    Directory name of the skill version.

    This is the top-level directory name that was extracted from the uploaded files.

  - `name: str`

    Human-readable name of the skill version.

    This is extracted from the SKILL.md file in the skill upload.

  - `skill_id: str`

    Identifier for the skill that this version belongs to.

  - `type: str`

    Object type.

    For Skill Versions, this is always `"skill_version"`.

  - `version: str`

    Version identifier for the skill.

    Each version is identified by a Unix epoch timestamp (e.g., "1759178010641129").

### Example

```python
import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
version = client.beta.skills.versions.create(
    skill_id="skill_id",
)
print(version.id)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "skillver_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "A custom skill for doing something useful",
  "directory": "my-skill",
  "name": "my-skill",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "type",
  "version": "1759178010641129"
}
```