> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.veri.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a skill (or a new version of one)



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/skills
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Veri API
  description: >-
    REST API for the Veri RL post-training platform. All requests require a
    Bearer API key (`vk_` prefix).
  license:
    name: ''
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.veri.studio
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Training jobs
    description: Create, monitor, and manage training jobs.
  - name: Datasets
    description: Upload and connect training datasets.
  - name: Deployments
    description: Serve trained models and run inference.
  - name: Volumes
    description: Persistent file storage mounted into jobs.
  - name: Models
    description: Custom model registry deployments serve from.
  - name: Regions
    description: Discover available launch regions.
  - name: GPU
    description: Live GPU availability by provider and region.
  - name: Compatibility
    description: Advisory model and runtime compatibility guidance.
  - name: Code artifacts
    description: Upload custom training script bundles.
  - name: Billing
    description: Credit balance and transaction history.
  - name: API keys
    description: Create and revoke API keys.
  - name: Account
    description: The authenticated caller's identity.
  - name: SSH keys
    description: Manage SSH key pairs for compute access.
  - name: Settings
    description: Account-level integrations (Weights & Biases).
  - name: Metrics
    description: Prometheus metrics export for your own observability stack.
  - name: Public runs
    description: Unauthenticated reads of runs their owners published to Explore.
paths:
  /v1/skills:
    post:
      tags:
        - Skills
      summary: Create a skill (or a new version of one)
      operationId: create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkillCreateRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The new skill version
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkillResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            Invalid name, empty or oversized instructions, or managed agents
            disabled
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    SkillCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - name
        - instructions
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: '`[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,63}`. Reusing a name creates the next version.'
        description:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: One line the harness uses to decide when the skill applies.
        instructions:
          type: string
          description: The SKILL.md body (Markdown). At most 256 KiB.
        allowed_tools:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Advisory tool allowlist written into the skill's frontmatter.
    SkillResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - name
        - description
        - instructions
        - allowed_tools
        - version
        - created_by
        - created_at
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        instructions:
          type: string
        allowed_tools:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        version:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        created_by:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
      description: API key with the `vk_` prefix. Create one from the dashboard.

````

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