Get Skill Version

client.beta.skills.versions.retrieve(, , ?): VersionRetrieveResponse { id, created_at, description, 5 more }

get/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}

Get Skill Version

ParametersExpand Collapse

version: string

Version identifier for the skill.

Each version is identified by a Unix epoch timestamp (e.g., "1759178010641129").

params: VersionRetrieveParams { skill_id, betas }

skill_id: string

Path param: Unique identifier for the skill.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

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

VersionRetrieveResponse { id, created_at, description, 5 more }

id: string

Unique identifier for the skill version.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill version was created.

description: string

Description of the skill version.

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

directory: string

Directory name of the skill version.

This is the top-level directory name that was extracted from the uploaded files.

name: string

Human-readable name of the skill version.

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

skill_id: string

Identifier for the skill that this version belongs to.

type: string

Object type.

For Skill Versions, this is always "skill_version".

version: string

Version identifier for the skill.

Each version is identified by a Unix epoch timestamp (e.g., "1759178010641129").

Get Skill Version

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 version = await client.beta.skills.versions.retrieve('version', { skill_id: 'skill_id' });

console.log(version.id);

Response 200

{
  "id": "skillver_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "A custom skill for doing something useful",
  "directory": "my-skill",
  "name": "my-skill",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "type",
  "version": "1759178010641129"
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "skillver_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "A custom skill for doing something useful",
  "directory": "my-skill",
  "name": "my-skill",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "type",
  "version": "1759178010641129"
}

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 version = await client.beta.skills.versions.retrieve('version', { skill_id: 'skill_id' }); console.log(version.id);

{ "id": "skillver_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw", "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z", "description": "A custom skill for doing something useful", "directory": "my-skill", "name": "my-skill", "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw", "type": "type", "version": "1759178010641129" }