Update a skill

Server: https://{kibana_url}

PUT /api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}
PUT /s/{space_id}/api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Update an existing user-created skill. To learn more about Agent Builder skills, refer to the skills documentation.

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: agentBuilder:manageSkills.

Path Parameters

skillId string · min: 1 · max: 512 required: The unique identifier of the skill.

Request

Response

200

Indicates a successful response

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

PUT kbn:/api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}
{
  "name": "Updated Skill Name",
  "description": "Updated description for the skill."
}

curl Shell

curl \
  -X PUT "https://${KIBANA_URL}/api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Updated Skill Name",
    "description": "Updated description for the skill."
  }'

Example request to update a user-defined skill

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

PUT kbn:/api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}
{
  "content": "Updated skill instructions content.",
  "description": "Updated description for the skill.",
  "name": "Updated Skill Name",
  "tool_ids": [
    "platform.core.search",
    "platform.core.execute_esql"
  ]
}

curl Shell

curl \
  -X PUT "https://${KIBANA_URL}/api/agent_builder/skills/{skillId}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "content": "Updated skill instructions content.",
  "description": "Updated description for the skill.",
  "name": "Updated Skill Name",
  "tool_ids": [
    "platform.core.search",
    "platform.core.execute_esql"
  ]
}'

Response

{
  "content": "Updated skill instructions content.",
  "description": "Updated description for the skill.",
  "experimental": false,
  "id": "my-custom-skill",
  "name": "Updated Skill Name",
  "readonly": false,
  "tool_ids": [
    "platform.core.search",
    "platform.core.execute_esql"
  ]
}

Path Parameters

Request { content , description , name , referenced_content , tool_ids , }

Response

Request