August 27, 2026 · Anthropic
SDKs drop Files and Skills beta headers; Console adds personal and service account keys
- In Python SDK 1.2.0, TypeScript SDK 0.122.0, Go SDK 1.68.0, Java SDK 2.59.0, Ruby SDK 1.67.0, and C# SDK 12.44.0,
client.beta.filesandclient.beta.skillsno longer send thefiles-api-2025-04-14andskills-2025-10-02beta headers and return the same shapes asclient.filesandclient.skills. With this change,client.beta.skills.delete()deletes a Skill together with all of its versions, and the beta Messages typeBetaSkill(the container Skill reference) is renamedBetaContainerSkill. Requests that still send the beta headers keep receiving the beta shapes. See Migrate fromfiles-api-2025-04-14and Migrate fromskills-2025-10-02.
- You can now create personal keys and service account keys in the Claude Console. They act as you or as a service account, with the same permissions, and stop working when the linked account is removed from an organization. This lets organization admins more easily track usage for each account, and ensure key usage is legitimate. These API keys can be scoped to a specific workspace or work on admin endpoints and across any workspace the account has access to. Workspace API keys remain supported as a legacy option. See API keys in Authentication for more information.