> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.biomni.phylo.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List skills

> List the skills you can run in a task.

A skill is a packaged workflow from the Biomni catalog, such as a grounded literature review or a genome-editing design routine. This returns both built-in skills and your own.

Pass an entry's `id` or `name` as `skill` on `POST /tasks/{id}/messages` to run it. `owner_type` is `system` for a built-in skill and `user` for one of your own.


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json GET /experimental/skills
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Phylo API — V1
  description: Public API for Phylo, the biomedical AI agent platform.
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.phylo.bio/v1
    description: >-
      Self-serve platform. Enterprise customers should contact the Phylo team to
      get their API base URL. Learn more at https://phylo.bio/enterprise.
security: []
paths:
  /experimental/skills:
    get:
      tags:
        - skills
      summary: List skills
      description: List the skills you can run in a task.
      operationId: list_skills_experimental_skills_get
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            maximum: 100
            minimum: 1
            description: Maximum objects to return.
            default: 20
            title: Limit
          description: Maximum objects to return.
        - name: before_id
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: Before Id
        - name: after_id
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: After Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Page of skills available to you.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SkillList'
              example:
                type: list
                data:
                  - id: skill_0008d582238d9a1f65a2322b3bf71728
                    type: skill
                    name: generative-molecule-design
                    description: >-
                      Goal-directed de novo small-molecule design against a
                      molecular target.
                    category: molecular_design
                    owner_type: system
                has_more: true
                first_id: skill_0008d582238d9a1f65a2322b3bf71728
                last_id: skill_019caa158c8a4011b19285967639a364
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    SkillList:
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          const: list
          title: Type
          default: list
        data:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
          type: array
          title: Data
        has_more:
          type: boolean
          title: Has More
          default: false
        first_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: First Id
        last_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Last Id
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      title: SkillList
    Skill:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: Pass this as `skill` when starting a task.
        type:
          type: string
          const: skill
          title: Type
          default: skill
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Display name. Also accepted as `skill` when starting a task.
        description:
          type: string
          title: Description
          default: ''
        category:
          type: string
          title: Category
          default: ''
        owner_type:
          type: string
          title: Owner Type
          description: '`system` for a built-in skill, `user` for one of your own.'
          default: system
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
      title: Skill
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Requires an API key. See the Authentication guide.

````