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Delete Skill

client.beta.skills.delete(stringskillID, SkillDeleteParamsparams?, RequestOptionsoptions?): SkillDeleteResponse
DELETE/v1/skills/{skill_id}

Delete Skill

Parameters
skillID: string

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

params: SkillDeleteParams { betas }
betas?: Array<AnthropicBeta>

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

One of the following:
(string & {})
"message-batches-2024-09-24" | "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | "computer-use-2024-10-22" | 38 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"
"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
SkillDeleteResponse { id, type }
id: string

Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

type: string

Deleted object type.

For Skills, this is always "skill_deleted".

defaultskill_deleted

Delete 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.delete("skill_id");

console.log(skill.id);
{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "type"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "type"
}