# kibana-workflows

Authors, validates and runs Elastic Workflow YAML from your agent chat. Useful when you need to turn a task into a Kibana workflow or fix an existing one.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 601
- Author: elastic
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/kibana/kibana-workflows/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kibana-workflows

## What it does

The skill teaches an agent to write declarative Kibana automations: they query Elasticsearch, branch, loop, call connectors, create cases and invoke AI steps. It also reads triggers and steps in a workflow you did not write.

Everything goes through the `elastic` CLI rather than the HTTP API, so you need CLI 0.2 or later with `stack kb workflows` support installed first. The target is Kibana 9.4 or later with matching Elasticsearch and an Enterprise license, or a Serverless project with Workflows available. When Agent Builder is enabled on that Kibana, the skill prefers the `platform.core.generate_workflow` and `platform.workflows.*` tools over hand-authoring against the raw schema.

Tests here are real executions: `POST kbn:/api/workflows/test` runs the whole graph, `POST kbn:/api/workflows/step/test` runs one step. So the skill tells the agent to test only when every action is read-only or you authorized the side effects; otherwise it swaps writes and notifications for `console`, then restores the real steps and saves the workflow disabled. Worth checking what write access your agent actually has.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill kibana-workflows -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill kibana-workflows -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill kibana-workflows -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install elastic/agent-skills kibana-workflows
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/kibana-workflows/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill kibana-workflows -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills --path skills/kibana/kibana-workflows
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill kibana-workflows -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/elastic/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/kibana/kibana-workflows/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a plain-language task into a Kibana workflow YAML
- fix a broken workflow and find the bad trigger or step
- run a quick test loop against a live Kibana
- read someone else's YAML and map its steps and inputs
- resolve a real connector id instead of a made-up one

## Example prompts
- write a Kibana workflow that queries logs-* hourly and posts a summary to Slack
- look at this YAML and tell me why the trigger never fires
- test the elasticsearch.esql.query step against my Kibana, but don't write anything

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

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```text
---
name: kibana-workflows
description: >
  Author, validate, test, run, and inspect Elastic Workflow YAML definitions. Use
  when the user wants to turn natural language into a Kibana workflow, fix workflow
  YAML, understand triggers or steps, or run a quick test loop against a real Kibana.
metadata:
  author: elastic
  version: 0.5.0
  universal: true
compatibility: Kibana 9.4 or later with matching Elasticsearch and an Enterprise license,
  or an Elastic Serverless project with Workflows available; requires the `elastic`
  CLI ≥ 0.2 with `stack kb workflows` support. When Agent Builder is enabled on the
  target Kibana, the `platform.core.generate_workflow` and `platform.workflows.*`
  tools are preferred over the raw schema.
---

# Author Elastic Workflows

Create and iterate on Elastic Workflow YAML definitions. Workflows are declarative automations that run inside Kibana:
they query Elasticsearch, set data, branch, loop, call connectors, create cases, notify external systems, and invoke AI
steps.

<!-- begin-partial: preamble -->

## Environment Configuration

This skill executes Elasticsearch operations through the `elastic` CLI. If the
[`elastic` CLI](https://github.com/elastic/cli#configuration) is not installed, tell the user what it is needed for. Do
not guess credentials, call the HTTP API directly, or attempt other workarounds.

This skill references operations in HTTP-shorthand form (e.g., `GET /`, `GET /_cat/indices`, `GET /{index}/_mapping`,
`GET /{index}/_settings/index.mode`, `POST /_query`). The [Operations](#operations) table at the end of this document
maps each shorthand to the equivalent `elastic` CLI command — always use the CLI rather than calling the HTTP API
directly.

<!-- end-partial: preamble -->

If the user asks only for a draft or explanation and explicitly forbids live access, skip connection verification and do
not call the CLI or APIs. State that the draft was not validated against a target deployment.

If workflow APIs are unavailable, report the returned status and message. Common causes are an unsupported Kibana
version, insufficient license or feature privileges, or Workflows not being offered on the target project. The
`workflows:ui:enabled` setting controls the Kibana UI; it does not remove the public Workflows APIs.

## Pick the authoring path

Default to the **Discovery-tools path** below — the `platform.workflows.*` tools are registered by default on Kibana
9.5+ and Serverless. Confirm with one probe: `GET kbn:/api/agent_builder/tools` returns
```
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