---
title: "Delete Skill"
method: DELETE
path: "/skills/{skill_id}"
tags: ["Skills"]
---

# Delete Skill

`DELETE /skills/{skill_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://backend.ressl.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://backend.ressl.ai/skills/{skill_id}`
- Auth: none declared

Delete a skill.

By default, all versions are automatically deleted before deleting the skill.
Also removes the skill record from MongoDB.

## Path parameters

- `skill_id` string, required: Skill ID

## Query parameters

- `delete_versions` boolean: Automatically delete all versions before deleting skill

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DeleteResponse: Response model for delete operations
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/ressl/apis/ressl-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/ressl/apis/ressl-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/ressl/apis/ressl-api/revisions/51e8b599d597?raw)