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# Read one skill, including its files

GET https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/{slug}

A skill is instructions the agent reads on demand — it never executes, never dispatches and is never approval-gated (actions are the executable, gated layer). Fetches the tier that WINS this slug for the caller tenant (or, with `agentId`, for that agent) — never a merge across tiers. Authorization: any authenticated org member. 404 `skill_not_found` when no tier defines it. Response `{ data: Skill }` including `files`.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/workspace/api/playbooks/get-skill

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `slug` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `agentId` (string, optional) — Include that agent’s own tier and resolve the slug as that agent would see it.

## Response

### 200

The winning skill.

- `data` (object, required)
  - `slug` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `description` (string, required)
  - `version` (string, required)
  - `tier` (enum, required) — Which tier won this slug. Higher tiers win the whole skill, reference files included.
    - Allowed values: `platform`, `org`, `agent`
  - `files` (map from string to string, required) — Markdown files keyed by filename. `SKILL.md` is required and carries the frontmatter (`name`, `description`, optional `requires:` action slugs); siblings are progressive-disclosure references the agent reads on demand.
  - `requires` (object, optional) — Action slugs the guidance assumes. Purely informational: a missing action adds a "not available here" banner to what the agent reads — it never gates the read.
    - `actions` (list of string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "slug": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "tier": "platform",
    "files": {},
    "requires": {
      "actions": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cloudraker.com/skills/slug")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```