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Official agent skill

Scout API Testing

by elastic in elastic/kibana

A skill your agent uses when creating, updating, debugging, or reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices), including auth choices, response assertions…

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Scout API Testing

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana scout-api-testing --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/scout-api-testing .claude/skills/scout-api-testing && 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
scout-api-testing
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
704 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when creating, updating, debugging, or reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices), including auth choices, response assertions…

  • Works in 4 steps: Prepare environment (optional):… → Authenticate (least privilege): generate… → Request: call the endpoint with… → …
  • Reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices)
  • SKILL.md covers Core rules (API), Imports, Auth: pick based on endpoint and Recommended test shape, plus 7 more sections
  • Calls node

What it does

Scout API Testing is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when creating, updating, debugging, or reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices), including auth choices, response assertions, and API service patterns.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/scout-api-auth.md` and `references/scout-api-services.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering API testing. It works with Elasticsearch. The repository describes itself as: Your window into all of your data.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices)
  • Including auth choices
  • Response assertions
  • API service patterns

Example prompts

  • “/scout-api-testing”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Prepare environment (optional): apiServices/kbnClient/esArchiver in beforeAll.
  2. Authenticate (least privilege): generate credentials in beforeAll and reuse.
  3. Request: call the endpoint with apiClient and the right headers.
  4. Assert: verify statusCode and response body; verify side effects via apiServices/kbnClient when needed.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 452e025. 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:

    • node

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Scout API Testing loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 704 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.1k

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 704 words (~1,847 tokens).

“Important: apiServices/kbnClient run with elevated privileges. Don’t use them to validate the endpoint under test (use apiClient + scoped auth).”

— opening of SKILL.md by elastic, Custom licence
name
scout-api-testing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/scout-api-testing of elastic/kibana.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/scout-api-auth.md
  • references/scout-api-services.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 452e025

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Questions about Scout API Testing

What does Scout API Testing do?

A skill your agent uses when creating, updating, debugging, or reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices), including auth choices, response assertions…. Scout API Testing is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when creating, updating, debugging, or reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices), including auth choices, response assertions, and API service patterns.

When should I use Scout API Testing?

Scout API Testing fits situations like: reviewing Scout API tests in Kibana (apiTest/apiClient/requestAuth/samlAuth/apiServices); including auth choices; response assertions; API service patterns.

How do I install Scout API Testing in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Scout API Testing in Codex?

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

Can I use Scout API Testing 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 scout-api-testing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scout-api-testing, .gemini/skills/scout-api-testing, .github/skills/scout-api-testing and .opencode/skills/scout-api-testing in your project.

What does Scout API Testing need to run?

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

Does Scout API Testing access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Scout API Testing 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 Scout API Testing use?

Scout API Testing 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 Scout API Testing use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Scout API Testing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scout API Testing: Qwen Code E2E Testing (QwenLM/qwen-code, 28k stars), Integration Tests for pREST (prest/prest, 4.6k stars), Studio Mock API Tests (supabase/supabase, 111k stars) and Reasoning Serialization Tests (tailcallhq/forgecode, 7.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scout API Testing?

elastic (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in elastic/kibana, which has 21,307 GitHub stars. The repository holds 40 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 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.