# security-case-management

Manages SOC cases via the Kibana Cases API in Elastic Security. It creates cases, links detection alerts, and logs investigation notes.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4100 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/security/case-management/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/security-case-management

## What it does

The skill runs the `skills/security/case-management/scripts/case-manager.js` script against the Kibana Cases API, returning all outputs in JSON. It allows agents to create security cases, link single or batch detection alerts, track IOC tags, and append analyst comments. Batch linking via `attach-alerts` adds a 2-second delay between calls and retries on rate limits.

Running the tool requires Node.js 22+ and network connectivity to your Kibana instance. You must configure `KIBANA_URL` alongside either `KIBANA_API_KEY` or `KIBANA_USERNAME` and `KIBANA_PASSWORD` in your environment or a `.env` file. You also need to run `cd skills/security && npm install` before the first run.

Because the script hardcodes `owner: securitySolution`, it will fail if you attempt to manage Observability or core Elasticsearch cases. Automated write commands require the `--yes` flag to bypass interactive confirmation prompts.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install elastic/agent-skills case-management
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills --path skills/security/case-management
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elastic/agent-skills --skill case-management -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/security/case-management/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- track security incidents inside Elastic Security with severity and tags
- attach individual or batch alerts to an active SOC case
- search open investigation cases by hostname or agent identifier
- update case status and append triage notes

## Example prompts
- Find all open cases related to host win-srv-01
- Create a critical case for DLL sideloading with tag classification:malicious
- Attach the recent alert batch to the case and add an analysis note

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

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---
name: security-case-management
description: >
  Create, search, update, and manage SOC cases via the Kibana Cases API. Use when
  tracking incidents, linking alerts to cases, adding investigation notes, or managing
  triage output.
compatibility: >
  Requires Node.js 22+, network access to Kibana. Environment variables: KIBANA_URL,
  plus KIBANA_API_KEY or KIBANA_USERNAME/KIBANA_PASSWORD.
metadata:
  author: elastic
  version: 0.1.0
---

# Case Management

Manage SOC cases through the Kibana Cases API. All cases are scoped to `securitySolution` — this skill operates
exclusively within Elastic Security. Cases appear in Kibana Security and can be assigned to analysts, linked to alerts,
and pushed to external incident management systems via connectors.

## Prerequisites

Install dependencies before first use from the `skills/security` directory:

```bash
cd skills/security && npm install
```

Set the required environment variables (or add them to a `.env` file in the workspace root):

```bash
export KIBANA_URL="https://your-cluster.kb.cloud.example.com:443"
export KIBANA_API_KEY="your-kibana-api-key"
```

## When to use

- Creating a case after alert triage (classification, IOCs, findings)
- Searching for existing cases to correlate related alerts
- Adding investigation comments or attaching alerts to an existing case
- Updating case status or severity
- Listing recent cases for review

## When NOT to use

- Do not use this skill for Observability or Elasticsearch cases — it hardcodes `owner: securitySolution`
- Do not use for cases outside the Security solution space

## Execution rules

- Start executing tools immediately — do not read SKILL.md, browse the workspace, or list files first.
- Report tool output faithfully. Copy case IDs, titles, tags, severities, and counts exactly as returned by the API. Do
  not abbreviate case IDs, truncate titles, invent details, or round numbers.
- When the API returns zero results, state that explicitly — do not guess at possible results.
- When listing or finding cases, report the **exact total count** from the API response and present each case with its
  verbatim title, severity, and status.

## Quick start

All commands run from the workspace root. All output is JSON. Call the tools directly — do not read the skill file or
explore the workspace first. For attach-alert/attach-alerts, `--rule-id` and `--rule-name` are required by the Kibana
API (use `--rule-id unknown --rule-name unknown` if unknown). Use `attach-alerts` for batch with automatic rate-limit
retry and 2-second spacing between API calls.

## Common multi-step workflows
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