curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/skill-id/versions/example-version/content?beta=true' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

# GET /v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}/content?beta=true (Claude API)
Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key; Anthropic API key; required.
Status: Beta.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Download Skill Version Content

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the `x-api-key` header and requests also require an `anthropic-version` header.
* The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/skill-id/versions/example-version/content?beta=true' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| skill_id | path | string | Yes | Unique identifier for the skill.  The format and length of IDs may change ove... |
| version | path | string | Yes | Identifies the skill version by its version ID.  Requests carrying the `skill... |

## Response example
"string"

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GET

GET /v1/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}/content?beta=true — Claude API

Beta

Anthropic API key (required); https://api.anthropic.com

Claude API

Download Skill Version Content

Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key: <ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the x-api-key header and requests also require an anthropic-version header.

The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills/skill-id/versions/example-version/content?beta=true' \  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
skill_id	path	string	Yes	Unique identifier for the skill. The format and length of IDs may change over time.
version	path	string	Yes	Identifies the skill version by its version ID. Requests carrying the `skills-2025-10-02` beta header address versions by their Unix epoch timestamp instead (e.g., "1759178010641129").

Response 200 OK

"string"

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