# zilliz

Manage Zilliz Cloud clusters, collections, and vectors through natural-language requests. Use it to set up a database or handle routine operations.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 3
- Author: Zilliz
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/zilliz-plugin/tree/HEAD/plugins/zilliz
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/zilliz

## What it does

The plugin sends Zilliz Cloud tasks through `zilliz-cli`. It can create clusters and databases, define collection schemas, search vectors, and update records. Other skills handle indexes, partitions, imports from object storage or volumes, backups, and asynchronous jobs.

There are also skills for monitoring, access roles, projects, regions, volumes, and billing. To get connected, run `/zilliz:quickstart`; it guides you through installing the CLI, signing in, and selecting a cluster context. The management commands depend on a configured `zilliz-cli`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install zilliz@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- create a cluster and choose its active context
- define a collection schema and load the collection
- search for vectors in a collection
- import data from object storage
- set up a cluster backup policy

## Example prompts
- Run `/zilliz:quickstart` and guide me through connecting to a cluster.
- Use `/zilliz:status` to show my cluster and collection details.
- Create a collection with this schema and load it.

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# Zilliz Cloud Plugin for Claude Code & OpenAI Codex

Your Zilliz Cloud console in your AI coding agent. This plugin lets Claude Code or OpenAI Codex operate the `zilliz-cli`, bringing the full power of [Zilliz Cloud](https://zilliz.com/) — cluster management, collection operations, vector search, RBAC, backups, and more — into your terminal through natural language.

It ships as a **dual-format plugin** living in `plugins/zilliz/`: `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` for Claude Code and `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` for Codex, sharing one real `skills/` directory — no symlinks, no duplication. Both root `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` and `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json` point their plugin source at `./plugins/zilliz`.

## What It Does

Instead of memorizing CLI commands or switching to the web console, just describe what you want:

- "Create a serverless cluster in us-east-1 and set up a collection with 768-dimension vectors"
- "Search for similar items in my product collection with filter age > 20"
- "Show me the status of all my clusters and collections"
- "Set up a daily backup policy for my production cluster with 7-day retention"
- "Create a role with read-only access to the analytics collection"
- "Import data from S3 into my embeddings collection"
- "Check the status of my import job"
- "Show me this month's usage and invoices"
- "Spin up a Vector Lake in us-east-1 and create an on-demand cluster with a 30-minute idle TTL"
- "Refresh my external collection from Vector Lake and tell me when the job finishes"

## Installation

### From Claude Code Marketplace

Search for **zilliz** in the plugin directory, or add the marketplace manually:

```
/plugin marketplace add zilliztech/zilliz-plugin
```

`zilliztech/zilliz-plugin` is the GitHub repo. Once added, the marketplace is
named **`zilliztech`** (from `marketplace.json`) and the plugin is named
**`zilliz`**. Then install via the Discover tab in `/plugin`.

### Direct Install

```bash
/plugin install zilliz@zilliztech
```

The format is `<plugin>@<marketplace>` — `zilliz@zilliztech`, **not**
`zilliz@zilliztech/zilliz-plugin` (that repo path is not the marketplace name).

### Upgrading

`/plugin marketplace add` does not refresh an already-added marketplace, and
`/plugin install` is a no-op if the plugin is already installed. To pull a new
version:

```bash
/plugin marketplace update zilliztech
/plugin update zilliz@zilliztech
```

### With OpenAI Codex

Codex reads the same repo via `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json`, which points
at the self-contained Codex plugin under `plugins/zilliz/` (its real `skills/`
directory is shared with the Claude Code build). Add the marketplace:

```bash
codex plugin marketplace add zilliztech/zilliz-plugin
```

Then open `/plugins` in Codex and install **zilliz** from the marketplace.

All skills are shared with the Claude Code build; the `quickstart` and `status`
skills replace the Claude `/zilliz:*` slash commands under Codex.

## Quick Start

After installing the plugin:

- **Claude Code:** run `/zilliz:quickstart`
- **Codex:** invoke the `quickstart` skill (e.g. "set up the Zilliz CLI")

This guides you through installing the CLI, logging in, and connecting to a cluster.

## Commands (Claude Code)

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `/zilliz:quickstart` | Install CLI, authenticate, and set up cluster context |
| `/zilliz:status` | Show cluster status, collections, and statistics |

Under Codex these are available as the `quickstart` and `status` skills below.

## Skills

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `zilliz:quickstart` | One-shot onboarding: install CLI, authenticate, select and set cluster context |
| `zilliz:status` | Overview of context, cluster details, databases, and collections with stats |
| `zilliz:setup` | Install zilliz-cli, log in, configure credentials, set active cluster context |
| `zilliz:cluster` | Create, list, describe, delete, suspend, resume, or modify clusters (including `create-vectorlake` for Vector Lake instances) |
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