---
title: "Get the featured skill per category"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/categories/featured"
tags: ["Catalog"]
---

# Get the featured skill per category

`GET /api/v1/categories/featured`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.skills-hub.ai`
- URL: `https://api.skills-hub.ai/api/v1/categories/featured`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `Authorization`

Returns a map of category slug to its top-ranked published skill (by likes, then installs), with `null` for categories that have none. Public; results are cached for 5 minutes and served with a 60-second `Cache-Control`.

## Response `200`

Successful response. The returned fields are described in this endpoint's summary/description; typed per-field response schemas are being added incrementally.

- object: Map of category slug to its top-ranked skill summary, or null when the category has none.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/skills-hub/apis/skills-hub-ai-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/skills-hub/apis/skills-hub-ai-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/skills-hub/apis/skills-hub-ai-api/revisions/cb5d46d80300?raw)