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

# Get Skill

`client.beta.skills.retrieve(skillID, params?, options?): BetaSkill`

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

Get Skill

## Parameters

- `skillID: string` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier for the skill.

  The format and length of IDs may change over time.

- `params: SkillRetrieveParams`

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

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

    - `(string & {})`

    - `"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"`

    - `"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`

    - `"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"`

    - `"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`

    - `"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`

    - `"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`

    - `"compact-2026-09-04"`

    - `"inline-tools-2026-09-15"`

    - `"mcp-client-2026-09-15"`

    - `"ce-plugins-2026-09-01"`

    - `"spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26"`

  - `workspace_id?: 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

- `interface BetaSkill`

  - `type: "skill"`

    Object type.

    For Skills, this is always `"skill"`.

    default: skill

  - `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.

    format: date-time

  - `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.

  - `latest_version_id: string`

    ID of the newest Skill Version — what `latest` references resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.

  - `source: BetaSkillSource`

    Where the Skill comes from.

    Possible values:

    * `"custom"`: authored by the platform user; private to their workspace
    * `"anthropic"`: published by Anthropic; shared and read-only
    * `"anthropic_example"`: Anthropic-published sample Skill
    * `"plugin"`: resolved from an installed plugin

    - `type: "custom" | "anthropic" | "anthropic_example" | "plugin"`

      Where the Skill comes from.

      Possible values:

      * `"custom"`: authored by the platform user; private to their workspace
      * `"anthropic"`: published by Anthropic; shared and read-only
      * `"anthropic_example"`: Anthropic-published sample Skill
      * `"plugin"`: resolved from an installed plugin

      - `"custom"`

      - `"anthropic"`

      - `"anthropic_example"`

      - `"plugin"`

  - `updated_at: string`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

    format: date-time

## Example

```typescript
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 betaSkill = await client.beta.skills.retrieve("skill_id");

console.log(betaSkill.id);
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "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"
}
```