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1---2title: Get Skill3url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/skills/retrieve4---56# Get Skill78**GET** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}`910Get Skill1112## Path parameters1314- `skill_id: string`1516 Unique identifier for the skill.1718 The format and length of IDs may change over time.1920## Headers2122- `"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta`2324 Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.2526 - `string`2728 - `"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 43 more`2930 - `"message-batches-2024-09-24"`3132 - `"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"`3334 - `"computer-use-2024-10-22"`3536 - `"computer-use-2025-01-24"`3738 - `"pdfs-2024-09-25"`3940 - `"token-counting-2024-11-01"`4142 - `"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"`4344 - `"output-128k-2025-02-19"`4546 - `"files-api-2025-04-14"`4748 - `"mcp-client-2025-04-04"`4950 - `"mcp-client-2025-11-20"`5152 - `"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"`5354 - `"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"`5556 - `"code-execution-2025-05-22"`5758 - `"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"`5960 - `"context-1m-2025-08-07"`6162 - `"context-management-2025-06-27"`6364 - `"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"`6566 - `"skills-2025-10-02"`6768 - `"fast-mode-2026-02-01"`6970 - `"output-300k-2026-03-24"`7172 - `"user-profiles-2026-03-24"`7374 - `"user-profiles-2026-08-18"`7576 - `"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`7778 - `"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"`7980 - `"managed-agents-2026-04-01"`8182 - `"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"`8384 - `"dreaming-2026-04-21"`8586 - `"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"`8788 - `"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"`8990 - `"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"`9192 - `"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"`9394 - `"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"`9596 - `"agent-memory-2026-07-22"`9798 - `"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"`99100 - `"compact-2026-01-12"`101102 - `"computer-use-2025-11-24"`103104 - `"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"`105106 - `"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"`107108 - `"task-budgets-2026-03-13"`109110 - `"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"`111112 - `"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"`113114 - `"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`115116 - `"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`117118 - `"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`119120 - `"compact-2026-09-04"`121122- `"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string`123124## Returns125126- `BetaSkill object`127128 - `type: "skill"`129130 Object type.131132 For Skills, this is always `"skill"`.133134 default: skill135136 - `id: string`137138 Unique identifier for the skill.139140 The format and length of IDs may change over time.141142 - `created_at: string`143144 ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.145146 format: date-time147148 - `display_name: string`149150 Human-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters.151 Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter `name` when omitted at152 creation. Not unique.153154 - `latest_version_id: string`155156 ID of the newest Skill Version — what `latest` references resolve to. Always set: a Skill holds at least one version.157158 - `source: BetaSkillSource`159160 Where the Skill comes from.161162 Possible values:163164 * `"custom"`: authored by the platform user; private to their workspace165 * `"anthropic"`: published by Anthropic; shared and read-only166 * `"anthropic_example"`: Anthropic-published sample Skill167 * `"plugin"`: resolved from an installed plugin168169 - `type: "custom" or "anthropic" or "anthropic_example" or "plugin"`170171 Where the Skill comes from.172173 Possible values:174175 * `"custom"`: authored by the platform user; private to their workspace176 * `"anthropic"`: published by Anthropic; shared and read-only177 * `"anthropic_example"`: Anthropic-published sample Skill178 * `"plugin"`: resolved from an installed plugin179180 - `"custom"`181182 - `"anthropic"`183184 - `"anthropic_example"`185186 - `"plugin"`187188 - `updated_at: string`189190 ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.191192 format: date-time193194## Example195196```bash197curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/$SKILL_ID \198 -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \199 -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"200```201202### Response (200)203204```json205{206 "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",207 "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",208 "display_name": "display_name",209 "latest_version_id": "latest_version_id",210 "source": {211 "type": "custom"212 },213 "type": "skill",214 "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"215}216```217