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

# Get Skill Version

`BetaSkillVersion beta().skills().versions().retrieve(params, requestOptions = RequestOptions.none())`

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

Get Skill Version

## Parameters

- `VersionRetrieveParams params`

  - `String skillId` (path parameter)

    Unique identifier for the skill.

    The format and length of IDs may change over time.

  - `Optional<String> version` (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").

  - `Optional<List<AnthropicBeta>> betas` (header parameter)

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

    - `MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24("message-batches-2024-09-24")`

    - `PROMPT_CACHING_2024_07_31("prompt-caching-2024-07-31")`

    - `COMPUTER_USE_2024_10_22("computer-use-2024-10-22")`

    - `COMPUTER_USE_2025_01_24("computer-use-2025-01-24")`

    - `PDFS_2024_09_25("pdfs-2024-09-25")`

    - `TOKEN_COUNTING_2024_11_01("token-counting-2024-11-01")`

    - `TOKEN_EFFICIENT_TOOLS_2025_02_19("token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19")`

    - `OUTPUT_128K_2025_02_19("output-128k-2025-02-19")`

    - `FILES_API_2025_04_14("files-api-2025-04-14")`

    - `MCP_CLIENT_2025_04_04("mcp-client-2025-04-04")`

    - `MCP_CLIENT_2025_11_20("mcp-client-2025-11-20")`

    - `DEV_FULL_THINKING_2025_05_14("dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14")`

    - `INTERLEAVED_THINKING_2025_05_14("interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14")`

    - `CODE_EXECUTION_2025_05_22("code-execution-2025-05-22")`

    - `EXTENDED_CACHE_TTL_2025_04_11("extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11")`

    - `CONTEXT_1M_2025_08_07("context-1m-2025-08-07")`

    - `CONTEXT_MANAGEMENT_2025_06_27("context-management-2025-06-27")`

    - `MODEL_CONTEXT_WINDOW_EXCEEDED_2025_08_26("model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26")`

    - `SKILLS_2025_10_02("skills-2025-10-02")`

    - `FAST_MODE_2026_02_01("fast-mode-2026-02-01")`

    - `OUTPUT_300K_2026_03_24("output-300k-2026-03-24")`

    - `USER_PROFILES_2026_03_24("user-profiles-2026-03-24")`

    - `USER_PROFILES_2026_08_18("user-profiles-2026-08-18")`

    - `USER_PROFILES_2026_09_04("user-profiles-2026-09-04")`

    - `ADVISOR_TOOL_2026_03_01("advisor-tool-2026-03-01")`

    - `MANAGED_AGENTS_2026_04_01("managed-agents-2026-04-01")`

    - `CACHE_DIAGNOSIS_2026_04_07("cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07")`

    - `DREAMING_2026_04_21("dreaming-2026-04-21")`

    - `THINKING_TOKEN_COUNT_2026_05_13("thinking-token-count-2026-05-13")`

    - `SERVER_SIDE_FALLBACK_2026_06_01("server-side-fallback-2026-06-01")`

    - `SERVER_SIDE_FALLBACK_2026_07_01("server-side-fallback-2026-07-01")`

    - `FALLBACK_CREDIT_2026_06_01("fallback-credit-2026-06-01")`

    - `FALLBACK_CREDIT_2026_07_01("fallback-credit-2026-07-01")`

    - `AGENT_MEMORY_2026_07_22("agent-memory-2026-07-22")`

    - `MID_CONVERSATION_TOOL_CHANGES_2026_07_01("mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01")`

    - `COMPACT_2026_01_12("compact-2026-01-12")`

    - `COMPUTER_USE_2025_11_24("computer-use-2025-11-24")`

    - `MCP_TUNNELS_2026_06_22("mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22")`

    - `STRUCTURED_OUTPUTS_2025_11_13("structured-outputs-2025-11-13")`

    - `TASK_BUDGETS_2026_03_13("task-budgets-2026-03-13")`

    - `THINKING_DISPLAY_UPDATES_2026_08_18("thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18")`

    - `CE_USER_MANAGEMENT_2026_07_13("ce-user-management-2026-07-13")`

    - `MID_CONVERSATION_OUTPUT_CONFIG_2026_07_01("mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01")`

    - `THINKING_BINDING_CONTROLS_2026_08_01("thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01")`

    - `MID_CONVERSATION_SYSTEM_CLEAR_AT_2026_08_21("mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21")`

    - `COMPACT_2026_09_04("compact-2026-09-04")`

    - `INLINE_TOOLS_2026_09_15("inline-tools-2026-09-15")`

    - `MCP_CLIENT_2026_09_15("mcp-client-2026-09-15")`

    - `CE_PLUGINS_2026_09_01("ce-plugins-2026-09-01")`

    - `SPEND_LIMIT_READS_2026_09_26("spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26")`

    - `TELEMETRY_DESTINATIONS_2026_08_11("telemetry-destinations-2026-08-11")`

  - `Optional<String> workspaceId` (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 BetaSkillVersion`

  - `JsonValue type = "skill_version"`

    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.

  - `LocalDateTime createdAt`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.

    format: date-time

  - `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

```java
package com.anthropic.example;

import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;
import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.versions.BetaSkillVersion;
import com.anthropic.models.beta.skills.versions.VersionRetrieveParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        VersionRetrieveParams params = VersionRetrieveParams.builder()
            .skillId("skill_id")
            .version("version")
            .build();
        BetaSkillVersion betaSkillVersion = client.beta().skills().versions().retrieve(params);
    }
}
```

### Response (200)

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