Create Skill Version

beta.skills.versions.create(skill_id, **kwargs) -> BetaSkillVersion

POST/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions

Parameters

skill_id: String

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

files: Array[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.

betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]

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

One of the following:

String = String

AnthropicBeta = :"message-batches-2024-09-24" | :"prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | :"computer-use-2024-10-22" | 38 more

One of the following:

:"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"

:"user-profiles-2026-08-18"

:"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

:"managed-agents-2026-04-01"

:"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

:"dreaming-2026-04-21"

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

:"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"

:"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"

:"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"

:"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"

:"agent-memory-2026-07-22"

:"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"

:"compact-2026-01-12"

:"computer-use-2025-11-24"

:"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

:"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

:"task-budgets-2026-03-13"

:"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

:"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

Returns

class BetaSkillVersion { id, created_at, description, 3 more }

id: String

Unique identifier for this Skill Version. The id addresses the version in paths and pins it in references.

created_at: Time

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

formatdate-time

description: String

Description of the skill version.

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

name: String

The Skill's immutable kebab-case slug, set at creation from the first upload's SKILL.md frontmatter name (or its enclosing directory). Every later upload must resolve to the same value. Also the top-level directory of the Skill's mounted files and the base name of a downloaded archive.

skill_id: String

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

type: :skill_version

Object type.

For Skill Versions, this is always "skill_version".

Create Skill Version

require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

beta_skill_version = anthropic.beta.skills.versions.create("skill_id", files: [StringIO.new("Example data")])

puts(beta_skill_version)

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "description",
  "name": "name",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "skill_version"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "description",
  "name": "name",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "skill_version"
}