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1---2title: Create Skill Version3url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/skills/versions/create4---56# Create Skill Version78**POST** `/v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions`910Create Skill Version1112## 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## Body parameters (form-data)125126- `files: array of string`127128 Files to upload for the skill.129130 All files must be in the same top-level directory and must include a SKILL.md file at the root of that directory.131132## Returns133134- `BetaSkillVersion object`135136 - `type: "skill_version"`137138 Object type.139140 For Skill Versions, this is always `"skill_version"`.141142 default: skill_version143144 - `id: string`145146 Unique identifier for this Skill Version. The id addresses the version in147 paths and pins it in references.148149 - `created_at: string`150151 ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.152153 format: date-time154155 - `description: string`156157 Description of the skill version.158159 This is extracted from the SKILL.md file in the skill upload.160161 - `name: string`162163 The Skill's immutable kebab-case slug, set at creation from the first164 upload's SKILL.md frontmatter `name` (or its enclosing directory). Every165 later upload must resolve to the same value. Also the top-level directory166 of the Skill's mounted files and the base name of a downloaded archive.167168 - `skill_id: string`169170 Unique identifier for the skill.171172 The format and length of IDs may change over time.173174## Example175176```bash177curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/$SKILL_ID/versions \178 -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \179 -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \180 -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \181 -F 'files[]=@/path/to/file'182```183184### Response (200)185186```json187{188 "id": "id",189 "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",190 "description": "description",191 "name": "name",192 "skill_id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",193 "type": "skill_version"194}195```196