---
title: Get a skill document
description: "Returns the requested skill document verbatim as markdown, including frontmatter."
product: general
lang: en
last_updated: 2026-09-15
token_estimate: 782
---
# Get a skill document

> For AI agents: a documentation index is available at [/docs/llms.txt](/docs/llms.txt). Append `.md` to any page URL for markdown, or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

## Get a skill document

**GET** `/v1/skills/{name}`

Full URL: `https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}`

**Servers:**
- Production (US): `https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}`
- Production (EU): `https://developer-api.eu.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}`

Get a skill document

Returns the requested skill document verbatim as markdown, including frontmatter.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| name (path) | string | Yes | — | Skill identifier as listed by `GET /v1/skills`. |

## Response (application/json)

**200** — The requested skill document as markdown.

**404**

**429**

**500**

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X GET "https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
)
data = response.json()
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### PHP

```php
<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
```

### Go

```go
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}", nil)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "YOUR_API_KEY")
  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, _ := client.Do(req)
  defer resp.Body.Close()
}
```

### Java

```java
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
      .uri(URI.create("https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}"))
      .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
      .header("Authorization", "YOUR_API_KEY")
      .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
```

### Ruby

```ruby
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://developer-api.amplitude.com/v1/skills/{name}")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
  http.request(request)
end
```