---
title: "Get Skill"
method: GET
path: "/v1/skills/{skill_id}"
---

# Get Skill

`GET /v1/skills/{skill_id}`

## Path parameters

- `skill_id` string, required — Unique identifier for the skill. The format and length of IDs may change over time.

## Headers

- `anthropic-version` string — The version of the Claude API you want to use. Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning).
- `x-api-key` string — Your unique API key for authentication. This key is required in the header of all API requests, to authenticate your account and access Anthropic's services. Get your API key through the [Console](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys). Each key is scoped to a Workspace.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- Skill
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
  - `display_name` string, required — 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.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the skill. The format and length of IDs may change over time.
  - `latest_version_id` string, required — ID of the newest Skill Version — what `latest` references resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.
  - `source` SkillSource, required
    - `type` 'custom' | 'anthropic' | 'anthropic_example' | 'plugin', required — 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` 'skill', required — Object type. For Skills, this is always `"skill"`.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Error response. See our [errors documentation](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/errors) for more details.

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