curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/skills/skill_123/versions/example-version' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

# GET /skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version} (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI API key; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get Skill Version

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/skills/skill_123/versions/example-version' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| skill_id | path | string | Yes | The identifier of the skill. |
| version | path | string | Yes | The version number to retrieve. |

## Response example
{"object":"skill.version","id":"string"}

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GET /skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version} — OpenAI API

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OpenAI API

Get Skill Version

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/skills/skill_123/versions/example-version' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
skill_id	path	string	Yes	The identifier of the skill.
version	path	string	Yes	The version number to retrieve.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "skill.version",
  "id": "string",
  "skill_id": "string",
  "version": "string",
  "created_at": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string"
}

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