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Official agent skill

Kibana API

by elastic in elastic/kibana

Shared utilities for interacting with a local Kibana instance.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Kibana API

skills CLI
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-api -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-api --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-api .claude/skills/kibana-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
kibana-api
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~471 tokens
SKILL.md length
180 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Shared utilities for interacting with a local Kibana instance.

  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Auto-Detection and Session Auth (Acting as a…
  • Calls git

What it does

Kibana API is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Shared utilities for interacting with a local Kibana instance. Provides auto-detection of Kibana URL and auth, and a kibanacurl wrapper.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Elasticsearch. The repository describes itself as: Your window into all of your data.

Example prompts

  • “/kibana-api”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ee7c86b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Kibana API loads about 471 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 180 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~471

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 180 words (~471 tokens).

“This skill provides shared shell utilities for other skills that need to call Kibana APIs.”

— opening of SKILL.md by elastic, Custom licence
name
kibana-api
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/kibana-api of elastic/kibana.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ee7c86b

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Security Detection Rule Managementelastic/agent-skills5921 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0

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Works with

Questions about Kibana API

What does Kibana API do?

Shared utilities for interacting with a local Kibana instance. Kibana API is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Shared utilities for interacting with a local Kibana instance.

How do I install Kibana API in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-api -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/kibana-api in elastic/kibana) into .claude/skills/kibana-api in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Kibana API in Codex?

Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-api -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/kibana-api in elastic/kibana) into .agents/skills/kibana-api in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Kibana API in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-api -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kibana-api, .gemini/skills/kibana-api, .github/skills/kibana-api and .opencode/skills/kibana-api in your project.

What does Kibana API need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Kibana API needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Kibana API access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Kibana API safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Kibana API use?

Kibana API has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Kibana API use?

About 471 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Kibana API?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Kibana API: Security Case Management (elastic/agent-skills, 592 stars), Ecs Rfc Guide (elastic/ecs, 1.1k stars), evlog Adapter Creator (evloghq/evlog, 1.9k stars) and Product Full-Text Search (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Kibana API?

elastic (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in elastic/kibana, which has 21,310 GitHub stars. The repository holds 40 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: elastic/kibana on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.