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title: getSkill
slug: /reference/typescript/agents/skill-manager/get-skill
description: Get a skill instance by key or ID.
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[ref-skillbase]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/typescript/agents/skill-base

Get a skill by its instance key or instance ID.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="keyOrId" type="string" required={true} toc={true}>
  The instance key or instance ID to look up.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

[`SkillBase`][ref-skillbase] `| undefined`