Create Skill changedapi/beta/skills/create

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---
title: Create Skill
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/skills/create
---

## Create Skill

**post** `/v1/skills`

Create Skill

### Header Parameters

- `"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta`

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

  - `string`

  - `"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 30 more`

    - `"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"`

    - `"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"`

### Returns

- `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.

- `display_title: string or null`

  Display title for the skill.

  This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.

- `latest_version: string or null`

  The latest version identifier for the skill.

  This represents the most recent version of the skill that has been created.

- `source: string`

  Source of the skill.

  This may be one of the following values:

  * `"custom"`: the skill was created by a user
  * `"anthropic"`: the skill was created by Anthropic

- `type: string`

  Object type.

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

- `updated_at: string`

  ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
    -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: skills-2025-10-02' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -F files='["Example data"]'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "skill_01JAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "display_title": "My Custom Skill",
  "latest_version": "1759178010641129",
  "source": "custom",
  "type": "type",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z"
}
```

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