Skills Directory

Skills Directory API

Key-authenticated REST API (v1) to list, search (including Pro semantic search) and retrieve agent skills with their security grades, list categories, read key usage statistics, and scan a skill (ZIP, SKILL.md text or GitHub URL) for a security grade in CI. Free 100 requests/day, Pro 1,000, Enterprise 10,000. No machine-readable contract is published.

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Documentation
https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs
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https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs

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https://artifacts.apis.io/skillsdirectory-com/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: skillsdirectory-com:skills-directory-api
name: Skills Directory API
description: Key-authenticated REST API (v1) to list, search (including Pro semantic search) and retrieve
  agent skills with their security grades, list categories, read key usage statistics, and scan a skill
  (ZIP, SKILL.md text or GitHub URL) for a security grade in CI. Free 100 requests/day, Pro 1,000, Enterprise
  10,000. No machine-readable contract is published.
humanURL: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs
baseURL: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api/v1
tags:
- Agent Skills
- Security Scanning
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs