curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/skills?beta=true&page=example-page&limit=20&source=example-source' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

# GET /v1/skills?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

> List Skills

## 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?beta=true&page=example-page&limit=20&source=example-source' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| page | query | string | No | Pagination token for fetching a specific page of results.  Pass the value fro... |
| limit | query | integer | No | Number of results to return per page.  Ranges from `1` to `1000`. Defaults to... |
| source | query | string | No | Filter skills by source.  If provided, only skills from the specified source... |

## Response example
{"data":[{}],"next_page":"string"}

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GET

GET /v1/skills?beta=true — Claude API

Beta

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

Claude API

List Skills

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?beta=true&page=example-page&limit=20&source=example-source' \  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
page	query	string	No	Pagination token for fetching a specific page of results. Pass the value from a previous response's `next_page` field to get the next page of results.
limit	query	integer	No	Number of results to return per page. Ranges from `1` to `1000`. Defaults to `20`.
source	query	string	No	Filter skills by source. If provided, only skills from the specified source will be returned: * `"custom"`: only return user-created skills * `"anthropic"`: only return Anthropic-created skills

Response 200 OK

{
  "data": [
    {
      "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "display_name": "string",
      "id": "string",
      "latest_version_id": "string",
      "source": {
        "type": "custom"
      },
      "type": "skill",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_page": "string"
}

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