Skills Directory Scan API

The Scan API from Skills Directory — 1 operation(s) for scan.

Operations 1

POST /api/v1/scan Grades a skill with the same rules as the directory and returns every finding… #

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skillsdirectory-com-scan-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Skills Directory Scan 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: Scan
paths:
  /api/v1/scan:
    post:
      operationId: post_api_v1_scan
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Grades a skill with the same rules as the directory and returns every finding…
      x-source: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/api-docs
      parameters:
      - name: fail_below
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Grade threshold; returns 422 if worse grade
      - name: folder
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Path to specific skill folder or * to grade all
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostApiV1ScanRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostApiV1ScanResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
components:
  schemas:
    PostApiV1ScanResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          description: Scan results with findings
        meta:
          type: object
          description: Rate limit and tier information
    PostApiV1ScanRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        zip:
          type: string
          description: ZIP file containing skill
        content:
          type: string
          description: SKILL.md text content
        url:
          type: string
          description: Public GitHub link
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer