Create Skill

Create one skill in a workspace. Its kebab-case name must be unique and cannot be reserved by a built-in skill. Workspace API keys return 403; use a personal API key or scoped OAuth token.

OAuth scope: api:write.

POST/api/v2/skills
X-API-Key<token>

Your Sim API key, personal or workspace-scoped. Generate one under Settings, then API Keys. Operations that reject workspace keys say so in their own description.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

Definition of a new skill.

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/skills" \  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",    "name": "refund-policy",    "description": "How support should handle refund requests",    "content": "# Refund policy\\n\\nAlways check the order date first."  }'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "V1StGXR8Z5jdHi6BmyT",
    "name": "refund-policy",
    "description": "How support should handle refund requests",
    "readOnly": false,
    "createdAt": "2026-06-01T09:14:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-20T14:02:11.000Z",
    "content": "# Refund policy\n\nAlways check the order date first."
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Authentication required"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "Insufficient workspace permissions",
    "details": {
      "code": "INSUFFICIENT_WORKSPACE_ROLE"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONFLICT",
    "message": "The request conflicts with the current state of the resource"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
    "message": "Request body is too large"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE",
    "message": "Request body must be sent as application/json"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "API rate limit exceeded",
    "details": {
      "retryAfter": "2026-01-01T00:00:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "message": "Service temporarily unavailable"
  }
}