# amazon-opensearch-service

Guides migration, provisioning, vector search, log analytics, and distributed tracing across Amazon OpenSearch Service and Serverless. Works with AWS CLI and agent tools.

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- Author: aws
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amazon-opensearch-service

## What it does

The skill routes requests into six distinct capabilities. It handles migrations from Solr or Elasticsearch, cluster lifecycle and collection setup, vector and hybrid search with Bedrock embeddings, PPL log analytics, OpenTelemetry traces, and root cause analysis.

All workflows run through standard AWS CLI commands, with `awscurl` handling SigV4-signed requests against the data plane. An AWS MCP server is supported when present, but it is not mandatory.

Built-in guardrails block dollar cost estimations, redirecting all pricing questions to the official AWS calculator. It also forbids outputting credentials, VPC endpoints, or account IDs, preventing sensitive infrastructure leaks in generated reports.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-opensearch-service -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-opensearch-service -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-opensearch-service -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws amazon-opensearch-service
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-opensearch-service -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/amazon-opensearch-service
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-opensearch-service -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/amazon-opensearch-service/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- migrate indexes from Elasticsearch or Solr into OpenSearch Service
- configure vector and hybrid retrieval using Bedrock connectors
- generate PPL queries for log observability and anomaly detection
- map distributed service dependencies using OpenTelemetry spans
- investigate system errors without manual query writing

## Example prompts
- Plan a migration from self-managed Elasticsearch to OpenSearch Serverless.
- Configure semantic search with FAISS HNSW and Bedrock integration.
- Investigate recent application errors using PPL log queries.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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description: Guides migration, provisioning, search, log-analytics, trace-analytics, and Agentic AI Assistant workflows for Amazon OpenSearch Service and Serverless across six capabilities — migration (Solr/ES/self-managed into AOS/AOSS, schema/query translation, sizing, cutover); provisioning (domain + AOSS lifecycle, upgrades, FGAC, monitoring); search (vector / semantic / hybrid / RAG with Bedrock); log-analytics (PPL, OSI, anomaly detection, Dashboards); trace-analytics (OTel spans, service maps, Data Prepper); ai-assistant (natural language data exploration, incident investigation, root cause analysis). Triggers on OpenSearch, AOS, AOSS, Elasticsearch, Solr, vector/k-NN/semantic/hybrid search, RAG, log analytics, PPL, trace analytics, ISM, FAISS, HNSW, Migration Assistant, UltraWarm, OR1, query my data, analyze logs, investigate errors, root cause analysis.
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# Amazon OpenSearch Service — the unified skill

This skill answers anything about Amazon OpenSearch Service or Serverless across six capabilities. **Step 0 below routes the question to ONE capability** and points at that capability's entry-point reference. Everything else — when to dispatch, sub-references, capability-specific facts, cross-capability links — lives in the entry-point reference for that capability.

> **AWS MCP server is recommended, not required.** Capability references show standard AWS CLI commands as the primary syntax (e.g., `aws opensearch describe-domain`, `aws opensearchserverless create-collection`). Where the AWS MCP server is available, its `call_aws` tool offers a streamlined alternative — but every operation in this skill MUST work via the AWS CLI alone. Data-plane HTTP calls against AOS / AOSS use `awscurl` for SigV4-signed requests; this works in both contexts.

## Step 0: detect the capability — first thing you do

Pick **one** of the six capabilities below. State the detected capability in your first sentence (e.g., *"Detected capability: SEARCH — semantic search setup with Bedrock embeddings."*). Then load the entry-point reference; that file describes when to dispatch, indexes the rest of the capability's files, and routes you to the next step.

| Capability | Entry-point reference |
|---|---|
| **migration** — Solr / Elasticsearch / self-managed OpenSearch into AOS or AOSS. Schema/query translation, sizing, cutover. | [`references/assessment-workflow.md`](references/assessment-workflow.md) |
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