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updatedAt: 2026-07-06T06:48:36.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://developers.manatal.com/llms.txt
---

# /candidates/{candidate_pk}/skills/bulk/

Accepts up to 100 skills. Unknown, unauthorized, or duplicate skills are skipped.
Returns only the skills that were created.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Manatal Open API",
    "description": "Manatal Open API documentation and API reference",
    "version": "v3"
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "api_key": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/candidates/{candidate_pk}/skills/bulk/": {
      "post": {
        "operationId": "candidates_skills_bulk_create",
        "description": "Accepts up to 100 skills. Unknown, unauthorized, or duplicate skills are skipped.\nReturns only the skills that were created.",
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "required": [
                  "skills"
                ],
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "skills": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "required": [
                        "skill_name"
                      ],
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "skill_name": {
                          "title": "Skill name",
                          "type": "string",
                          "maxLength": 255,
                          "minLength": 1
                        },
                        "score": {
                          "title": "Score",
                          "type": "integer",
                          "maximum": 10,
                          "minimum": 0
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "201": {
            "description": "",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "title": "ID",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "readOnly": true
                      },
                      "skill": {
                        "title": "Skill",
                        "description": "ID of an existing skill to associate with the candidate",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "readOnly": true
                      },
                      "skill_name": {
                        "title": "Skill name",
                        "description": "Name of an existing skill to associate with the candidate",
                        "type": "string",
                        "minLength": 1
                      },
                      "score": {
                        "title": "Score",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "maximum": 10,
                        "minimum": 0
                      },
                      "source": {
                        "title": "Source",
                        "type": "string",
                        "enum": [
                          "form",
                          "linkedin_extension",
                          "resume_sovren",
                          "resume_parsy",
                          "resume_mcp",
                          "file_import",
                          "openapi"
                        ],
                        "readOnly": true,
                        "nullable": true
                      },
                      "created_at": {
                        "title": "Created at",
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "date-time",
                        "readOnly": true
                      },
                      "updated_at": {
                        "title": "Updated at",
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "date-time",
                        "readOnly": true
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "{'detail': 'Bad request.'}"
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "{'detail': 'Not found.'}"
          },
          "409": {
            "description": ""
          }
        },
        "tags": [
          "candidates"
        ]
      },
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "candidate_pk",
          "in": "path",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.manatal.com/open/v3"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "api_key": {
        "in": "header",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "x-default": "Token ",
        "type": "apiKey"
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true,
    "samples-enabled": true
  }
}
```