---
title: "Edit a skill"
method: PATCH
path: "/v1/skills/{skillId}"
tags: ["Skills"]
---

# Edit a skill

`PATCH /v1/skills/{skillId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://blobsrus.omniapp.co/api`
- URL: `https://blobsrus.omniapp.co/api/v1/skills/{skillId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

<Note>
  This endpoint is currently in development and may change.
</Note>

Updates an existing skill. Only included fields are updated.

## Path parameters

- `skillId` string, uuid, required: Skill UUID

## Query parameters

- `userId` string, uuid

## Request body

- SkillUpdateBody
  - `body` string: The instructions injected into the agent's context when the skill runs.
  - `description` string: What the skill is for. Shown in the skills list, and given to the agent when it chooses between skills.
  - `identifier` string: Slash-command handle, stored without the slash. Lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, starting with a letter or number.
  - `name` string: A human-readable name for the skill.

## Response `200`

The updated skill

- Skill
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the skill was created
  - `creator` SkillCreator, required: Details about the user that created the skill.
    - `id` string, uuid, nullable, required: Membership ID of the user that created the skill. Null when the creator has no membership or pending invitation in the organization.
    - `name` string, required: Display name of the user that created the skill.
  - `description` string, required: What the skill is for. Shown in the skills list, and given to the agent when it chooses between skills.
  - `id` string, uuid, required: Unique identifier for the skill
  - `identifier` string, required: Slash-command handle, stored without the slash. Lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, starting with a letter or number.
  - `name` string, required: A human-readable name for the skill.
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 timestamp of the last time the skill was updated.
  - `body` string, required: The instructions injected into the agent's context when the skill runs.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid body, malformed `skillId`, an empty update, a blank field, or a value over its length limit
- `403`: Skills are not enabled for the caller, or the skill belongs to someone else and the caller is not an Organization Admin.
- `404`: No skill with this ID in the organization
- `405`: Method not allowed
- `409`: The identifier is already taken in this organization.

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `43290040f88f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/omni/apis/omni-api/changes/v1/skills/:skillId/patch.md)

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