---
title: "Author a skill from a manifest (manual editor)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/authored-skills"
tags: ["authored-skills"]
---

# Author a skill from a manifest (manual editor)

`POST /v1/authored-skills`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.patricia.app` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.patricia.app/v1/authored-skills`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create or update a tenant skill from a manifest object. An owner or admin author's version activates immediately and can be installed. A version authored without that authority stays PROPOSED until an owner or admin approves it. Immutable per version: a changed body needs a new version number. Draft-only delivery means a tenant skill can never post to a channel on its own.

## Headers

- `X-Tenant-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- ManifestBody: A manifest object submitted by the editor (validate) or the manual author path.
  - `manifest` object, required: The skill manifest as a JSON object (the editor's fields).

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- AuthorResponse: The outcome of authoring a version (manual / ZIP / a chosen GitHub candidate).
  - `skill_id` string, uuid, required
  - `manifest_version_id` string, uuid, required
  - `slug` string, required
  - `semver` string, required
  - `title` string, required
  - `status_code` string, required
  - `created` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden. Inspect response body `code` for the specific reason (for example: PERMISSION_DENIED, EMAIL_NOT_VERIFIED, TENANT_ACCESS_REQUIRED, ROLE_UNRESOLVED)
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Validation error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/patricia/apis/patricia-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/patricia/apis/patricia-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/patricia/apis/patricia-api/revisions/0dfb44495ea1?raw)