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List Skills

skills.list(SkillListParams**kwargs) -> SyncPageCursor[Skill]
GET/v1/skills

List Skills

Parameters
limit: Optional[int]

Number of results to return per page.

Ranges from 1 to 1000. Defaults to 20.

default20
minimum1
maximum1000
page: Optional[str]

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[str]

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
class Skill: …
id: str

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

formatdate-time
display_name: str

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: str

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: Literal["custom", "anthropic", "anthropic_example", "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: Literal["skill"]

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

defaultskill
updated_at: datetime

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

formatdate-time

List Skills

import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get(
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
    ),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.skills.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)
{
  "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"
}