Search Agent Skills

POST

https://api.getzep.com/api/v4/agents/:agent_uuid/skills/search

POST

/api/v4/agents/:agent_uuid/skills/search

from zep_cloud import Zep
client = Zep(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
)
client.agent.skill.search(
    agent_uuid="agent_uuid",
    query="How do I refund a duplicate charge?",
)

{
  "items": [
    {
      "agent_versions": [
        "2026.09.01"
      ],
      "description": "Refund a duplicate charge after you confirm the duplicate payment.",
      "environments": [
        "production"
      ],
      "kind": "procedure",
      "markdown": "Confirm the duplicate charge before issuing a refund.",
      "maturity": "provisional",
      "name": "Refund a duplicate charge",
      "package_name": "payments",
      "self_contained": false,
      "short_id": "6a906e70",
      "skill_id": "refund-duplicate-charge",
      "source_attempt_families": 1,
      "task_family": "support/refund",
      "tools": [
        "refund_payment"
      ],
      "trust": 0.61,
      "uuid": "6a906e70-50ca-4e43-a874-5fcae02a71fa",
      "verified_applications": 6,
      "version": 1
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjEwfQ",
  "search_id": "eyJ2IjoxLCJyZXF1ZXN0X2lkIjoiNmE5MDZlNzAtNTBjYS00ZTQzLWE4NzQtNWZjYWUwMmE3MWZhIn0.signature"
}

Search Agent Skills. Agent Skills is in closed release. Zep enables Agent Skills only for select accounts. A request from an account without access returns 403 permission_denied. To get access, contact support@getzep.com.

Authentication

AuthorizationApi-Key

Type “Api-Key” followed by a space and the project API key.

Path parameters

agent_uuidstringRequired

Agent UUID

Query parameters

page_sizeintegerOptional1-20Defaults to 5

The maximum number of items in one page. The SDK method returns a pager. In Python, .items holds only the first page. In TypeScript, .data holds only the first page. To read every page, iterate the pager: use for or list(...) in Python, or for await in TypeScript. In Go, the method returns one page, and Iterator() reads all pages.

cursorstringOptional

Opaque page cursor

Request

Lexical query and exact applicability filters

querystringRequired

The developer supplies a search query for Skills.

environmentslist of stringsOptional

The developer supplies environment names used by the Skill.

include_markdownbooleanOptional

The developer sets this to true to include the Skill instructions in Markdown.

kindstringOptional

The developer supplies a Skill kind.

markdown_formatenumOptional

MarkdownFormat selects the form of inline markdown. agent (the default) returns the Skill text that an Agent needs: no evidence markers, the description only in the frontmatter, and no empty sections. full returns the stored SKILL.md with its evidence markers.

Allowed values:

task_familystringOptional

The developer supplies the task-family slug.

toolslist of stringsOptional

The developer supplies tool names used by the Skill.

Response

itemslist of objectsOptional

The service returns the items in this page.

next_cursorstringOptional

The service returns the cursor for the next page, when one exists.

search_idstringOptional

The service returns the signed token for this result set.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

503

Service Unavailable Error