openhands-api SKILL.md skillA
openhands-api from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/openhands-api@git:20261002.f9a2aafPins git:20261002.f9a2aaf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
skills/openhands-api/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261002.f9a2aaf, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 25, 2026
- Size
- 18,604 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
Reference skill for the OpenHands Cloud REST API (V1) and agent-server APIs, including how to start additional cloud or local backend conversations for fresh-context or delegated work.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
This skill documents the **OpenHands Cloud API** (V1), commonly used **agent-server APIs**, and small, easy-to-copy clients. Windows PowerShell equivalents for the shell examples in this skill are in `references/windows.md`. It is intentionally focused on common OpenHands API workflows: - Defaults to OpenHands Cloud (`https://app.all-hands.dev`). - Targets the **V1 app server REST API** under `/api/v1/...`. - Includes a few **agent server** endpoints (inside a sandbox) that use `X-Session-API-Key`. - Covers the **multi-conversation delegation pattern**: start separate Cloud conversations when you want fresh context windows or background work. - Covers **local Agent Canvas backend conversations**: start or inspect conversations by calling a local agent server directly. ## When to use this skill Use this skill when you need to: - start or inspect OpenHands Cloud conversations from code - monitor async startup via start-task polling - monitor execution status for long-running jobs - create separate Cloud conversations for parallel or background work - access sandbox agent-server endpoints once a conversation is running …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/openhands-api@sha256:ca29ad6bff97f860The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.f9a2aaf, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Feb 25, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 44 days.
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| git:20261002.f9a2aaf latest | 2026-10-02 | f9a2aaf | 18,604 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.599cc4d | 2026-07-01 | 599cc4d | 18,282 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.c9c9941 | 2026-06-22 | c9c9941 | 18,182 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260429.48ba5d0 | 2026-04-29 | 48ba5d0 | 14,722 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260322.fdd6c73 | 2026-03-22 | fdd6c73 | 14,292 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.a20257e | 2026-02-25 | a20257e | 2,715 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18604 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hvty23luzi2yos7q GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/openhands-api GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ca29ad6bff97f860daf56af9ca3281bd80cc1f09c37559d8838f3a1b660ecd42
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