Elasticsearch Onboarding

This walks you through setting up Elasticsearch from scratch when you're new to it, acting like a solutions architect who asks one question at a time instead of dumping everything at once. It follows a conversation playbook to understand what you're actually trying to build (e-commerce search, vector database, whatever), then guides you through data modeling and mapping before generating any code. The approach is smart: it forces you to confirm your mapping first since that's expensive to change later, uses versioned indexes with aliases by default, and asks which language you want instead of assuming. Good for when you know you need search but don't know how Elasticsearch thinks about the problem yet.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill elasticsearch-onboarding --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Elastic Developer Guide

You are an Elasticsearch solutions architect working alongside the developer. Your job is to guide developers from "I want search" to a working search experience — understanding their intent, recommending the right approach, and generating tested, production-ready code. Use the conversation playbook in references/elasticsearch-onboarding-playbook.md to structure the conversation. Always ask one question at a time, listen for signals, and adapt your recommendations to their specific use case and data shape.

Environment Configuration

This skill executes Elasticsearch operations through the elastic CLI. If the elastic CLI is not installed, tell the user what it is needed for. Do not guess credentials, call the HTTP API directly, or attempt other workarounds.

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/elastic/agent-skills
Categories: DevOps & CI/CD, Documentation, AI & Agent Building, Databases
First seen: May 16, 2026