Skills Directory Registry API

The Registry API from Skills Directory — 2 operation(s) for registry.

Operations 2

GET /api/registry GET /api/registry #
GET /api/registry/{slug} Returns detailed information about a specific skill #

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OpenAPI Specification

skillsdirectory-com-registry-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Skills Directory Registry API
  version: '2026-10-13'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-13: 5 operation(s) read from 3 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Skills Directory has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: anthropic.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 4
    documentation: 1
    pages-with-code: 2
    pages-read: 3
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-13'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: anthropic
  x-sources:
  - https://www.skillsdirectory.com/docs/registry-api
  - https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs
  - https://www.skillsdirectory.com/docs/skill-md-format
servers:
- url: https://www.skillsdirectory.com
  description: Production (as shown in the curl examples on the documentation page)
security:
- bearer: []
tags:
- name: Registry
paths:
  /api/registry:
    get:
      operationId: get_api_registry
      tags:
      - Registry
      summary: GET /api/registry
      x-source: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/docs/registry-api
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (shape read from the example response on the page)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetApiRegistryResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: "curl \"https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api/registry?q=git&limit=10\"\n Example Response \n {\n \"registry\": \"skillsdirectory\",\n \"version\": \"1.0.0\",\n \"skills\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"Git Commit Helper\",\n \"slug\": \"git-commit-helper\",\n \"description\": \"Helps write better commit messages following conventional commits\",\n \"repository\": \"username/repo-name\",\n \"category\": \"development\",\n \"author\": \"username\",\n \"stars\":"
  /api/registry/{slug}:
    get:
      operationId: get_api_registry_slug
      tags:
      - Registry
      summary: Returns detailed information about a specific skill
      x-source: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/docs/registry-api
      parameters:
      - name: slug
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetApiRegistrySlugResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
components:
  schemas:
    GetApiRegistrySlugResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        registry:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
        skill:
          type: object
    GetApiRegistryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        registry:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
        skills:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              slug:
                type: string
              description:
                type: string
              repository:
                type: string
              category:
                type: string
              author:
                type: string
              stars:
                type: integer
              verified:
                type: boolean
              tags:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
        pagination:
          type: object
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            limit:
              type: integer
            offset:
              type: integer
            hasMore:
              type: boolean
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer