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Download Skill Version Content

beta.skills.versions.download(version, **kwargs) -> StringIO
GET/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}/content

Download a skill version's content as a zip archive.

Parameters
skill_id: String⁠Path parameter

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

version: String⁠Path parameter

Identifies the skill version by its version ID.

Requests carrying the skills-2025-10-02 beta header address versions by their Unix epoch timestamp instead (e.g., "1759178010641129").

betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]⁠Header parameter

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

One of the following:
String = String
:"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"
:"user-profiles-2026-09-04"
:"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"
:"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"
:"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"
:"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
:"compact-2026-09-04"
:"inline-tools-2026-09-15"
:"mcp-client-2026-09-15"
:"ce-plugins-2026-09-01"
:"spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26"
:"telemetry-destinations-2026-08-11"
workspace_id: String⁠Header parameter

Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy).

Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

Returns
StringIO
Download Skill Version Content
require "anthropic"

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

response = anthropic.beta.skills.versions.download("version", skill_id: "skill_id")

puts(response)