Create skill

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Create

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Parameters

• display_title: Optional[str] Display title for the skill. This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.
• files: Optional[SequenceNotStr[FileTypes]] Files to upload for the skill. All files must be in the same top-level directory and must include a SKILL.md file at the root of that directory.
• betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]] Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
  • UnionMember0 = str
  • UnionMember1 = Literal["message-batches-2024-09-24", "prompt-caching-2024-07-31", "computer-use-2024-10-22", 16 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"

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Returns

• class SkillCreateResponse: …
  • id: str Unique identifier for the skill. The format and length of IDs may change over time.
  • created_at: str ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created.
  • display_title: Optional[str] Display title for the skill. This is a human-readable label that is not included in the prompt sent to the model.
  • latest_version: Optional[str] The latest version identifier for the skill. This represents the most recent version of the skill that has been created.
  • source: str 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: str Object type. For Skills, this is always "skill".
  • updated_at: str ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was last updated.

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Example

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="my-anthropic-api-key",
)
skill = client.beta.skills.create()
print(skill.id)