curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "config": {
    "slides_trigger": "on_demand"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}"

payload = { "config": { "slides_trigger": "on_demand" } }
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({config: {slides_trigger: 'on_demand'}})
};

fetch('https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'config' => [
        'slides_trigger' => 'on_demand'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"config\": {\n    \"slides_trigger\": \"on_demand\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"config\": {\n    \"slides_trigger\": \"on_demand\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://tavusapi.com/v2/pals/{pal_id}/skills/{skill_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"config\": {\n    \"slides_trigger\": \"on_demand\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "skill_id": "presentation",
  "config": {
    "document_ids": [
      "d1234567890",
      "d2468101214"
    ],
    "slides_trigger": "walk_the_deck",
    "prompt": "Walk the participant through the Q4 roadmap deck."
  },
  "attached_at": "2026-06-10T14:30:45.123456+00:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-06-10T14:30:45.123456+00:00"
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request: {'config': ['Missing data for required field.']}"
}

{
  "message": "Invalid access token"
}

{
  "error": "Skill 'presentation' is not attached to this PAL"
}