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# Create Skill ## Body parameters (form-data) ## Returns ## Example ### Response (200) ## Create Skill ### Returns ### Example #### Response
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2title: Create Skill
3url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/skills/create
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1# Create Skill
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6## Create Skill
3**POST** `/v1/skills`
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8**post** `/v1/skills`
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105Create Skill
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12### Returns
7## Body parameters (form-data)
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14- `Skill object { id, created_at, display_name, 4 more }`
9- `files: array of string`
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11 Files to upload for the skill.
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13 All files must be in the same top-level directory and must include a SKILL.md file at the root of that directory.
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15- `display_name: optional string or null`
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17 Human-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters.
18 Always set: derived from the SKILL.md frontmatter `name` when omitted at
19 creation. Not unique.
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21## Returns
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23- `Skill object`
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1625 - `id: string`
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1827 Unique identifier for the skill.
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2433 ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
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35 format: date-time
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2637 - `display_name: string`
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2839 Human-readable, single-line label for the Skill. Maximum 255 characters.
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7081 For Skills, this is always `"skill"`.
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72 - `"skill"`
83 default: skill
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7485 - `updated_at: string`
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7687 ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.
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78### Example
89 format: date-time
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80```http
91## Example
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93```bash
8194curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills \
8295 -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
8396 -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
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8598 -F files='["Example data"]'
8699```
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88#### Response
101### Response (200)
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90103```json
91104{
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