---
title: Get Skill Version
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/php/beta/skills/versions/retrieve
---

# Get Skill Version

`$client->beta->skills->versions->retrieve(string version, string skillID, ?list<AnthropicBeta> betas, ?string workspaceID): SkillVersion`

**GET** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}`

Get Skill Version

## Parameters

- `skillID: string` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

- `version: string` (path parameter)

  Identifies the skill version: a version ID, or the literal `latest` for the skill's most recent version.

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

- `betas?: optional list<AnthropicBeta>` (header parameter)

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

- `workspaceID?: optional string` (header 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

- `class SkillVersion`

  - `"skill_version" type`

    Object type.

    For Skill Versions, this is always `"skill_version"`.

  - `string id`

    Unique identifier for this Skill Version. The id addresses the version in
    paths and pins it in references.

  - `\Datetime createdAt`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

  - `string description`

    Description of the skill version.

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

  - `string name`

    The Skill's immutable kebab-case slug, set at creation from the first
    upload's SKILL.md frontmatter `name` (or its enclosing directory). Every
    later upload must resolve to the same value. Also the top-level directory
    of the Skill's mounted files and the base name of a downloaded archive.

  - `string skillID`

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

## Example

```php
<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Anthropic\Client;
use Anthropic\Beta\AnthropicBeta;

$client = new Client(apiKey: 'my-anthropic-api-key');

$betaSkillVersion = $client->beta->skills->versions->retrieve(
  'version',
  skillID: 'skill_id',
  betas: [AnthropicBeta::MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24],
  workspaceID: 'wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy',
);

var_dump($betaSkillVersion);
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "description": "description",
  "name": "name",
  "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "type": "skill_version"
}
```