resources/skills/methods/create/index.md 2026-07-10 23:02 UTC to 2026-07-12 06:58 UTC

Create a new skill.

post /skills

Create a new skill.

Body Parameters

• files: array of string or string

  Skill files to upload (directory upload) or a single zip file.

  • array of string

    Skill files to upload (directory upload) or a single zip file.

  • string

    Skill zip file to upload.

Returns

• Skill object { id, created_at, default_version, 4 more }

  • id: string

    Unique identifier for the skill.

  • created_at: number

    Unix timestamp (seconds) for when the skill was created.

  • default_version: string

    Default version for the skill.

  • description: string

    Description of the skill.

  • latest_version: string

    Latest version for the skill.

  • name: string

    Name of the skill.

  • object: "skill"

    The object type, which is skill.

    • "skill"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/skills \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
    -F files='["Example data"]'

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "default_version": "default_version",
  "description": "description",
  "latest_version": "latest_version",
  "name": "name",
  "object": "skill"
}