---
title: "Enable environment skill"
method: POST
path: "/v1/environments/{environment_id}/skills"
tags: ["Environment skills"]
---

# Enable environment skill

`POST /v1/environments/{environment_id}/skills`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.replicas.dev`
- URL: `https://api.replicas.dev/v1/environments/{environment_id}/skills`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Enables a skill found with [Search skill catalog](/api-reference/environment-skills/search-skill-catalog). Returns `409` if it is already enabled.

## Path parameters

- `environment_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Replicas-Api-Version` '2026-10-07'

## Request body

- CreateEnvironmentSkillRequest: Request body for enabling a skill on an environment.
  - `name` string, required: Display name (typically copied from the catalog result)
  - `slug` string, required: Catalog slug
  - `source` string, required: Catalog URL or other source identifier

## Response `201`

Skill enabled

- EnvironmentSkillResponse
  - `environment_skill` EnvironmentSkill, required: A skill enabled on an environment. The membership row, not the catalog entry.
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `organization_id` string, uuid, required
    - `environment_id` string, uuid, required
    - `name` string, required: Display name
    - `slug` string, required: Catalog slug (unique within an environment)
    - `source` string, required: Catalog URL or other source identifier
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request - Missing or invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `404`: Resource not found
- `500`: Internal server error

---

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