# Get a skill

Launch stage: Beta

`GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/{name=skills/*}`

Returns the skill identified by its resource name.

 You must be the owner of the skill or have `READ_VOLUME`, `READ_METADATA`,
 or `MANAGE` on it, plus `USE_CATALOG` on the parent catalog and
 `USE_SCHEMA` on the parent schema.

API scopes: unity-catalog

## Path parameters

- `name` (string, required)
  Full resource name of the skill.
   Format: `skills/{catalog}.{schema}.{skill}`.
   Each `{...}` component is capped at 255 characters individually.

## Returns

Returns the Skill object.

## Response

```json
{
  "name": "string",
  "bundle_name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "etag": "string",
  "create_time": "string",
  "update_time": "string",
  "finalize_time": "string",
  "created_by": "string",
  "updated_by": "string",
  "effective_owner": "string",
  "metastore_id": "string",
  "comment": "string"
}
```