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Create Skill

skills.create(**kwargs) -> Skill
POST/v1/skills

Create Skill

Parameters
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.

display_name: String

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.

Returns
class Skill { id, created_at, display_name, 4 more }

Create Skill

require "anthropic"

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

skill = anthropic.skills.create(files: [StringIO.new("Example data")])

puts(skill)
{
  "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"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "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"
}