Skip to main content

admin.slackbot.skills.list method

The features within are only available to Slack workspaces on an Enterprise plan.

Don't have a paid plan? Join the Developer Program and provision a fully-featured sandbox for free.

Facts​

DescriptionLists metadata for skills owned by the organization, including invite-only skills.
Method Access
POST https://slack.com/api/admin.slackbot.skills.list
Scopes
Content types
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
application/json
Rate LimitsTier 2: 20+ per minute

Arguments​

Required arguments

tokenstringRequired

Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter.

Example: xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx

Optional arguments

categorystringOptional

Only return skills in this category.

Acceptable values: communication customer_support data_and_analytics engineering product_management productivity professional_development project_management sales system team_management other
cursorstringOptional

Continuation from the previous page. Keep all filters and sorting unchanged. Pages can be empty while a continuation remains; continue until next_cursor is empty. Changes during traversal may move results; pagination is not a snapshot.

limitintegerOptional

The maximum number of skills to return. Fewer may be returned even when more remain.

Default: 100
creator_idsarrayOptional

Only return skills created by these users. Accepts U or W user IDs.

Maximum: 100
publish_statusstringOptional

Filter by publication to the org catalog.

Default: all
Acceptable values: all published unpublished
auto_enabled_statusstringOptional

Filter by org deployment, independently of publication.

Default: all
Acceptable values: all enabled disabled
sortstringOptional

Sort across the inventory. Name uses case-insensitive ordering. Unedited skills use their creation date for date_updated sorting.

Default: name
Acceptable values: name usage_count date_updated
sort_dirstringOptional

Sort direction; file ID breaks ties.

Default: asc
Acceptable values: asc desc

Usage info​

The admin.slackbot.skills.list API method lists Slackbot skill metadata owned by an Enterprise organization, including invite-only skills. The caller must be an org admin or owner, using a user token from an org-level installation of the app on an Enterprise organization. Workspace-level installations can't be granted the admin.skills:read or admin.skills:write scopes, and calls from teams outside an Enterprise organization return not_an_enterprise.

The results include invite-only skills, but only as metadata. Each skill contains id, display_name, description, category, creator_id, date_created, date_updated, visibility, is_official, usage_count, library_count, and auto_enabled. Instructions, example prompts, apps, and access are never returned, and appearing in this list doesn't grant access to the skill canvas. Built-in skills and skill sets aren't included.

auto_enabled.permission_type can be everyone, named_entities, or no_one. usergroup_ids contains active named groups owned by the org or its workspaces, and is empty for everyone and no_one. Deleted and foreign-org groups are excluded. Publication and deployment are independent: an unpublished skill can still be auto-enabled.

Use category, creator_ids, publish_status, and auto_enabled_status to filter.

Use sort (name, usage_count, or date_updated) and sort_dir (asc or desc) to order the inventory. Name ordering is case-insensitive; an unedited skill has a null date_updated and sorts by its creation date. File ID breaks ties in the requested direction. Search index updates are asynchronous, and counts are approximate.

limit is 1–200, with a default of 100. Each request fetches at most one search page, then applies metadata and deployment filters on the server. A filtered page may contain fewer results than limit, including zero. Always follow response_metadata.next_cursor until it is empty, keeping filters and sort settings unchanged. Cursors are bound to the calling user and organization. Results changing during traversal may move between pages; this is not a snapshot.

Response​

Typical success response

{
  "ok": true,
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "F0123ABCD",
      "display_name": "Daily priorities",
      "description": "Reviews information from Slack and your calendar to suggest priorities for the day.",
      "category": "productivity",
      "creator_id": "U0123ABCD",
      "date_created": 1790000000,
      "date_updated": 1790100000,
      "visibility": "invite_only",
      "is_official": false,
      "usage_count": 1840,
      "library_count": 312,
      "auto_enabled": {
        "permission_type": "named_entities",
        "usergroup_ids": [
          "S0123ABCD"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "response_metadata": {
    "next_cursor": ""
  }
}

Typical error response

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": "not_an_enterprise"
}

Errors​

This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok parameter in the response.

Error
Description
access_denied

Access to a resource specified in the request is denied.

accesslimited

Access to this method is limited on the current network

account_inactive

Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace when using a bot token.

deprecated_endpoint

The endpoint has been deprecated.

ekm_access_denied

Administrators have suspended the ability to post a message.

enterprise_is_restricted

The method cannot be called from an Enterprise.

fatal_error

The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering a catastrophic error. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

feature_not_enabled

The Skills API isn't enabled for this organization.

internal_error

A lookup failed, so the page couldn't be built completely. Retry the request with the same cursor.

internal_error

The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error, likely due to a transient issue on our end. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

invalid_arg_name

The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than _. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.

invalid_arguments

The method was called with invalid arguments.

invalid_array_arg

The method was passed an array as an argument. Please only input valid strings.

invalid_auth

Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. Either the provided token is invalid or the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the request.

invalid_category

The category isn't one of the supported skill categories.

invalid_charset

The method was called via a POST request, but the charset specified in the Content-Type header was invalid. Valid charset names are: utf-8 iso-8859-1.

invalid_cursor

The cursor is malformed or belongs to different filters, sorting, user, or organization.

invalid_form_data

The method was called via a POST request with Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.

invalid_post_type

The method was called via a POST request, but the specified Content-Type was invalid. Valid types are: application/json application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain.

method_deprecated

The method has been deprecated.

missing_post_type

The method was called via a POST request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a Content-Type header.

missing_scope

The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request.

no_permission

The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. Make sure your app is a member of the conversation it's attempting to post a message to.

not_allowed_token_type

The token type used in this request is not allowed.

not_an_enterprise

This method requires an Enterprise Grid organization.

not_authed

No authentication token provided.

org_login_required

The workspace is undergoing an enterprise migration and will not be available until migration is complete.

ratelimited

The request has been ratelimited. Refer to the Retry-After header for when to retry the request.

request_timeout

The method was called via a POST request, but the POST data was either missing or truncated.

restricted_action

The caller must be an org admin or owner with permission to manage skills.

service_unavailable

The service is temporarily unavailable

team_access_not_granted

The token used is not granted the specific workspace access required to complete this request.

team_added_to_org

The workspace associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.

token_expired

Authentication token has expired

token_revoked

Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed when using a user token.

two_factor_setup_required

Two factor setup is required.