Create Skill

client.beta.skills.create(?, ?): SkillCreateResponse { id, created_at, display_title, 4 more }

post/v1/skills

Create Skill

ParametersExpand Collapse

params: SkillCreateParams { display_title, files, betas }

display_title?: string | null

Body param: Display title for the skill.

This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.

files?: Array<Uploadable> | null

Body param: 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>

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

Accepts one of the following:

(string & {})

"message-batches-2024-09-24" | "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | "computer-use-2024-10-22" | 16 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"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

SkillCreateResponse { id, created_at, display_title, 4 more }

id: string

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

display_title: string | null

Display title for the skill.

This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.

latest_version: string | null

The latest version identifier for the skill.

This represents the most recent version of the skill that has been created.

source: string

Source of the skill.

This may be one of the following values:

"custom": the skill was created by a user
"anthropic": the skill was created by Anthropic

type: string

Object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill".

updated_at: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

Create Skill

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const skill = await client.beta.skills.create();

console.log(skill.id);

Response 200

{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk'; const client = new Anthropic({ apiKey: process.env['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); const skill = await client.beta.skills.create(); console.log(skill.id);

{ "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw", "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z", "display_title": "My Custom Skill", "latest_version": "1759178010641129", "source": "custom", "type": "type", "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z" }