> ## Documentation Index
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# Create a skill

> Creates a new skill within an organization. Requires admin access to the organization.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://charts.basedash.com/api/public/openapi post /api/public/organizations/{orgId}/skills
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Basedash Public API
  version: 0.0.0
  description: >-
    API for programmatic access to Basedash features. Use API keys for
    authentication.
  contact:
    name: Basedash Support
    url: https://basedash.com
    email: support@basedash.com
servers:
  - url: https://charts.basedash.com
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Organizations
    description: Manage organizations
  - name: Groups
    description: Manage organization groups and memberships
  - name: Data Sources
    description: Manage database connections and data sources
  - name: MCP servers
    description: Manage MCP server data sources
  - name: Insights
    description: Manage generated insights
  - name: Automations
    description: Manage automations and automation runs
  - name: Skills
    description: Manage organization skills
  - name: Definitions
    description: Manage reusable SQL definitions
  - name: Dashboards
    description: Manage dashboards and their tabs
  - name: Charts
    description: Manage charts and their SQL queries
  - name: Chats
    description: >-
      Chat with the Basedash AI agent about your data. Start a chat by sending a
      message, then continue the conversation with follow-up messages. The
      assistant responds asynchronously: pass the `wait` query parameter to
      receive the finished response in the same request, or poll the assistant
      message (or stream its events) after an HTTP 202. Chats created through
      the API are not shown in the Basedash app.
paths:
  /api/public/organizations/{orgId}/skills:
    post:
      tags:
        - Skills
      summary: Create a skill
      description: >-
        Creates a new skill within an organization. Requires admin access to the
        organization.
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Organization ID
          required: true
          description: Organization ID
          name: orgId
          in: path
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateSkillInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Skill created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkillResponse'
                required:
                  - data
        '400':
          description: Bad request - Invalid JSON body or validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found - Organization not found or no admin access
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded - Too many requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateSkillInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 100
          description: Human-readable skill name
        description:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1024
          description: Optional routing description for the skill
        instructions:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 50000
          description: Full reusable skill instructions
      required:
        - name
        - instructions
    SkillResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Skill ID
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Skill creation timestamp
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Skill last update timestamp
        name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable skill name
        description:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Routing description that explains when the skill should be used
        instructions:
          type: string
          description: Full reusable skill instructions
        organizationId:
          type: string
          description: Organization ID
      required:
        - id
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
        - name
        - description
        - instructions
        - organizationId
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      required:
        - error
    RateLimitErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
      required:
        - error
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Error type identifier
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
      required:
        - title
        - detail
    RateLimitError:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        - type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
              enum:
                - RateLimitExceeded
            retryAfterMs:
              type: number
              description: Milliseconds until the rate limit window resets
          required:
            - retryAfterMs
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        API key authentication using Bearer token format: `Bearer
        <basedash_api_key>`

````