---
title: "Read one skill"
description: "Retrieve the full Markdown text of one skill, explaining how its tools fit together, common mistakes, and actions to never take."
canonical: "https://grid82.com/docs/builder-api/skills/get"
updated: "2026-11-13"
---

# Read one skill

`GET https://studio.grid82.app/v1/skills/{skillId}`

Retrieve the full Markdown text of one skill, explaining how its tools fit together, common mistakes, and actions to never take.

Reading it is cheap and can prevent costly permission-change errors.

Any valid credential for this API: no scope is needed. Operation `skills.get`. MCP tool `skills_get`. CLI: `grid82 skills get` (`npx grid82`).

## Path parameters

| Name      | Type   | Required | Description |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `skillId` | string | yes      |             |

**Authorizations**

- `Authorization` (bearer, in header, required)

## Response

**200**: Success

- `data` (`object`, required)
- `data.id` (`string`, required)
- `data.title` (`string`, required)
- `data.description` (`string`, required)
- `data.body` (`string`, required)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "body": "<string>"
  }
}
```

**4XX**: Refused

- `error` (`object`, required)
- `error.code` (`enum<string>`, required, one of: `not_found, forbidden, unauthenticated, validation_failed, conflict, rate_limited, payment_required, not_implemented, internal`)
- `error.message` (`string`, required)
- `error.details` (`Record<string, unknown>`)

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "<string>",
    "details": {}
  }
}
```

**Example request**

```bash
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://studio.grid82.app/v1/skills/<skillId>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```