# maintain-integration

Reviews and improves existing Elastic integration packages, covering manifests, pipelines, CEL programs, field mappings, and ECS categorization.

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- 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/integration-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/maintain-integration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
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## What it does

This skill works with an existing Elastic integration package. It can run a read-only quality review, apply a targeted fix, or perform a full pass with analysis, edits, re-validation, and a report. Use `create-integration` for a new package or a new data stream.

Its workflows cover manifests, field mappings, ECS categorization, ingest pipelines, CEL programs, changelogs, and documentation. Specialist work is delegated to a general-purpose subagent with the relevant guidance file. Direct edits are followed by `elastic-package lint` and `elastic-package check`.

An existing package is required. That is a reason to check the task boundary before starting: new integration work belongs in `create-integration`. Test fixtures, sample events, and documentation examples must use anonymized data.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/integration-skills --skill maintain-integration -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/integration-skills --skill maintain-integration -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install elastic/integration-skills maintain-integration
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/elastic/integration-skills --path skills/maintain-integration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- review an existing Elastic integration package
- fix ingest pipeline and field mapping issues
- check ECS categorization and CEL program logic
- update manifests, changelogs, or documentation
- re-validate a package after making fixes

## Example prompts
- Review this existing Elastic integration package in read-only mode and return severity-ranked findings.
- Fix the CEL program issues in `agent/stream/`, then run validation and report the results.
- Check the existing package manifest and changelog, apply minor fixes, then run `elastic-package lint` and `elastic-package check`.

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

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---
name: maintain-integration
description: "Use when reviewing, fixing, or improving an EXISTING Elastic integration package. Covers quality reviews, targeted fixes (pipelines, field mappings, CEL programs, manifests, changelogs), full improvement passes, and minor adjustments. Use create-integration instead when creating a new package or adding a new data stream from scratch."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: elastic
  version: "1.0"
---

# maintain-integration

## When to use vs create-integration

Use this skill when the **package already exists**:
- reviewing quality, ECS compliance, or correctness of an existing package
- fixing specific issues: pipeline errors, field mappings, ECS categorization, CEL programs, manifests
- running a full quality improvement pass (review → fix → re-validate loop)
- making minor adjustments to existing data streams

Use `create-integration` instead when:
- creating a new integration package from scratch
- adding a new data stream to an existing package (`create-integration` → `references/add-datastream-workflow.md`)

## Modes

### Review only (read-only, no edits)

→ **Read `references/review-workflow.md` fully before starting.**

Run automated validation, delegate inspection to a subagent (see Dispatch convention in `references/review-workflow.md`) pointing it at `review-integration/references/reviewer-subagent-guidance.md` as its operating manual, present findings with no file changes.

### Full improvement pass (analyze → fix → re-validate)

→ **Read `references/improve-workflow.md` fully before starting.**

Analyze issues (from prior review or fresh reviewer run), prioritize by severity, fix directly or delegate to subagents, re-validate, and report.

### Minor direct fix (no subagents needed)

For small targeted changes you can handle inline without loading a full workflow:
- manifest field corrections (title, description, format_version, conditions, owner)
- changelog entries and version bumps — see `package-spec` skill
- documentation placeholder text in `_dev/build/docs/README.md`
- `_dev/build/build.yml` creation or ECS reference bump
- simple field file fixes (typos, missing entry, duplicate removal)
- CEL formatting only — run `celfmt -s -agent -i cel.yml.hbs -o cel.yml.hbs` in the stream's `agent/stream/` directory

Run `elastic-package lint` and `elastic-package check` after any direct edits to confirm no regressions.

## Skills to load for direct work

- `elastic-package-cli` — validation and test commands
- `package-spec` — manifest rules, version bumps, and changelog schema
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