API reference · CAIN Skills

Create Skill

POST /fabric/skills

Last reviewed 2026-10-02

POST /fabric/skills

Create a new skill.

Request body

CreateSkillRequest (required)

Field	Type	Meaning
`namespace` required	string	min length `2` · max length `64`
`name` required	string	min length `1` · max length `255`
`skill_type` required	string	procedural, tool_skill, workflow_skill, reasoning_skill, domain_skill, learned_skill, composite_skill, human_authored
`description`	string	default `""`
`content` required	string	min length `1`
`inputs`	object or null	default `{}`
`outputs`	object or null	default `{}`
`required_tools`	array of string or null	default `[]`
`required_actions`	array of string or null	default `[]`
`required_resources`	array of string or null	default `[]`
`required_identities`	array of string or null	default `[]`
`risk_level`	string	default `"medium"`
`test_code`	string or null
`dependencies`	array of string or null	default `[]`
`provenance`	object or null
`trace_id`	string or null
`trajectory_id`	string or null

Responses

Status	Meaning	Body
`200`	Successful Response	JSON
`422`	Validation Error	`HTTPValidationError`
`401`	No key, or a key that is not valid	JSON `detail`
`429`	Rate limit for your plan reached; retry after the Retry-After seconds	JSON `detail`

Try it

Your API key X-API-Key Remember the key in this tab onlyRequest body application/json

This call changes data in the account the key belongs to.

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Code

curl -sS -X POST 'https://cainstudio.online/fabric/skills' \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CAIN_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"namespace": "namespace", "name": "name", "skill_type": "skill-type", "description": "", "content": "content", "inputs": {}, "outputs": {}, "required_tools": [], "required_actions": [], "required_resources": [], "required_identities": [], "risk_level": "medium", "dependencies": []}'

import json, os, urllib.request

req = urllib.request.Request('https://cainstudio.online/fabric/skills', method='POST',
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["CAIN_API_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    data=json.dumps({
      "namespace": "namespace",
      "name": "name",
      "skill_type": "skill-type",
      "description": "",
      "content": "content",
      "inputs": {},
      "outputs": {},
      "required_tools": [],
      "required_actions": [],
      "required_resources": [],
      "required_identities": [],
      "risk_level": "medium",
      "dependencies": []
    }).encode())
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as r:
    print(r.status, json.load(r))

const res = await fetch("https://cainstudio.online/fabric/skills", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-Key": process.env.CAIN_API_KEY!,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "namespace": "namespace",
    "name": "name",
    "skill_type": "skill-type",
    "description": "",
    "content": "content",
    "inputs": {},
    "outputs": {},
    "required_tools": [],
    "required_actions": [],
    "required_resources": [],
    "required_identities": [],
    "risk_level": "medium",
    "dependencies": []
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());

Schemas used

CreateSkillRequest · HTTPValidationError · ValidationError

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