---
title: "Get a skill"
method: GET
path: "/projects/{projectId}/skills/{skillId}"
tags: ["Skills"]
---

# Get a skill

`GET /projects/{projectId}/skills/{skillId}`

One skill, including its SKILL.md body. The body is mutable and an edit overwrites the previous one in place, so `aggregateHash` is the only handle on which content this read returned.

## Path parameters

- `projectId` string, required
- `skillId` string, required

## Response `200`

The skill.

- SkillDetail
  - `id` string, required
  - `projectId` string, required
  - `name` string, required — Load-bearing identity: the on-box directory name and the `loadSkill` argument. Immutable — renames are rejected.
  - `description` string, required
  - `sharing` 'user' | 'project', required — `project` skills are shared with the organization and are the only ones an environment may pin. `user` skills are the caller's own drafts.
  - `isOwner` boolean, required
  - `aggregateHash` string, required — Drift key over the body and any supporting files. A skill body is mutable and an edit overwrites it in place, so this is the only handle on WHICH content a given pin resolved to.
  - `provenance` string — How the row came to exist (`authored`, `computer-adopted`, …). Absent on older records; treat an unknown value as `authored`.
  - `pinnability` object — Whether this skill may be pinned into an environment. ABSENT means unknown (an older backend), which is not the same as eligible.
    - `ok` boolean, required
    - `reason` string — Why not, when `ok` is false — e.g. the skill is personal, carries supporting files, or carries extra frontmatter.
  - `createdAt` number, required
  - `updatedAt` number, required
  - `content` string, required — The SKILL.md body, with frontmatter stripped.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing, invalid, revoked, or orphaned key (`UNAUTHORIZED`) — or the **target MCP server** needs an OAuth grant (`OAUTH_REQUIRED`), which is a property of the server, not your key.
- `403` — Key is valid but not allowed to do this.
- `404` — Unknown project, server, or resource.
- `429` — Per-key rate limit exceeded (60 requests/minute sustained, bursts up to 10). Honor `Retry-After` and back off with jitter.
- `500` — Something failed on MCPJam's side.
- `502` — Could not connect to the target MCP server.

## Changes

- **2026-08-27** `dbbe51d70aca` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/mcpjam/apis/mcpjam-api/changes/projects/:projectId/skills/:skillId/get.md)

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