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

Create a new immutable skill version.

post /skills/{skill_id}/versions

Create a new immutable skill version.

Path Parameters

• skill_id: string

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.

• default: optional boolean

  Whether to set this version as the default.

Returns

• SkillVersion object { id, created_at, description, 4 more }

  • id: string

    Unique identifier for the skill version.

  • created_at: number

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

  • description: string

    Description of the skill version.

  • name: string

    Name of the skill version.

  • object: "skill.version"

    The object type, which is skill.version.

    • "skill.version"

  • skill_id: string

    Identifier of the skill for this version.

  • version: string

    Version number for this skill.

Example

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

Response

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