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Official agent skill

Scout Best Practices Reviewer

by elastic in elastic/kibana

Review Scout UI/API tests (including Scout test migrations) and Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) for best practices, reuse, correct placement, parity, and…

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Scout Best Practices Reviewer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill scout-best-practices-reviewer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana scout-best-practices-reviewer --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-best-practices-reviewer .claude/skills/scout-best-practices-reviewer && 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-best-practices-reviewer
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~5.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,532 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Review Scout UI/API tests (including Scout test migrations) and Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) for best practices, reuse, correct placement, parity, and…

  • Works in 4 steps: Changed *.spec.ts files (and imported… → Neighboring Scout code in the same… → Removed/previous tests (if this is a… → …
  • Tasks that involve API testing
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Critical checks (do these…, Scope (be comprehensive) and Output, plus 1 more section
  • Calls node

What it does

Scout Best Practices Reviewer is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Review Scout UI/API tests (including Scout test migrations) and Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) for best practices, reuse, correct placement, parity, and server config hygiene.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `OUTPUT.md`).

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

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve API testing

Example prompts

  • “/scout-best-practices-reviewer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Changed *.spec.ts files (and imported helpers/fixtures).
  2. Neighboring Scout code in the same plugin/solution (existing specs + test/scout//fixtures/) to spot reuse opportunities and avoid…
  3. Removed/previous tests (if this is a migration) to verify behavior parity.
  4. Scout docs (open only what you need — best practices are split by test type so you can skip the irrelevant half)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 30ea56f. 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 Best Practices Reviewer loads about 5.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,532 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~62
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.1k

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 2,532 words (~5,124 tokens).

“Perform a static PR review of Scout UI and API test files (*.spec.ts) and of Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) against Scout best practices and existing Scout abstractions (fixtures, page objects, API helpers). Produce actionable…”

— opening of SKILL.md by elastic, Custom licence
name
scout-best-practices-reviewer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/scout-best-practices-reviewer of elastic/kibana.

  • SKILL.md
  • OUTPUT.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 30ea56f

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Categories

Questions about Scout Best Practices Reviewer

What does Scout Best Practices Reviewer do?

Review Scout UI/API tests (including Scout test migrations) and Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) for best practices, reuse, correct placement, parity, and…. Scout Best Practices Reviewer is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Review Scout UI/API tests (including Scout test migrations) and Scout reuse surfaces (page objects, UI component objects, API services) for best practices, reuse, correct placement, parity, and server config hygiene.

When should I use Scout Best Practices Reviewer?

Scout Best Practices Reviewer fits situations like: tasks that involve API testing.

How do I install Scout Best Practices Reviewer in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Scout Best Practices Reviewer in Codex?

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

Can I use Scout Best Practices Reviewer 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-best-practices-reviewer -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-best-practices-reviewer, .gemini/skills/scout-best-practices-reviewer, .github/skills/scout-best-practices-reviewer and .opencode/skills/scout-best-practices-reviewer in your project.

What does Scout Best Practices Reviewer need to run?

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

Does Scout Best Practices Reviewer 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 Best Practices Reviewer 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 Best Practices Reviewer use?

Scout Best Practices Reviewer 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 Best Practices Reviewer use?

About 5.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 20k 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 Scout Best Practices Reviewer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scout Best Practices Reviewer: Diff-Driven QA (Skyvern-AI/skyvern, 23k stars), AI Regression Testing (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars), API Test Bruno (naodeng/awesome-qa-skills, 248 stars) and API Testing REST (PramodDutta/qaskills, 235 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scout Best Practices Reviewer?

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 11, 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.