Official agent skill

Task Manager Registration

by elastic in elastic/kibana

Register and schedule background tasks with the Kibana Task Manager plugin (@kbn/task-manager-plugin).

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Task Manager Registration

skills CLI
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill task-manager-registration -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana task-manager-registration --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/task-manager-registration .claude/skills/task-manager-registration && 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
task-manager-registration
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~5.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,126 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Register and schedule background tasks with the Kibana Task Manager plugin (@kbn/task-manager-plugin).

  • Works in 10 steps: timeout — set it deliberately → signal — actually use it → cancel() — optional cleanup hook → …
  • Modifying a task type via taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Registration anatomy, 1. timeout — set it deliberately and 2. signal — actually use it, plus 13 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Task Manager Registration is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Register and schedule background tasks with the Kibana Task Manager plugin (@kbn/task-manager-plugin). Use when adding or modifying a task type via taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions, calling ensureScheduled / schedule / bulkSchedule, implementing createTaskRunner / cancel, picking timeout / cost / priority / maxAttempts, defining paramsSchema / stateSchemaByVersion, or reviewing PRs that touch any of these.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Task management. It works with Elasticsearch. The repository describes itself as: Your window into all of your data.

When your agent uses it

  • Modifying a task type via taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions
  • Calling ensureScheduled / schedule / bulkSchedule
  • Implementing createTaskRunner / cancel
  • Picking timeout / cost / priority / maxAttempts

Example prompts

  • “/task-manager-registration”

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. timeout — set it deliberately
  2. signal — actually use it
  3. cancel() — optional cleanup hook
  4. Error classification — throwUnrecoverableError vs throwRetryableError
  5. paramsSchema — validate input early
  6. stateSchemaByVersion — required if state persists between runs
  7. maxAttempts — match it to task semantics
  8. cost and priority — capacity discipline
  9. Scheduling — ensureScheduled vs schedule vs bulkSchedule
  10. CI gate — update the registered task types assertion

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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript).

    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

Task Manager Registration loads about 5.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,126 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.8k

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 2,126 words (~5,819 tokens).

“A task type is registered in the setup lifecycle of a plugin via taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions({ [type]: definition }). The definition declares static metadata (timeout, cost, priority, maxAttempts, schemas) and a createTaskRunner factory that returns { run, cancel? } per task instance.”

— opening of SKILL.md by elastic, Custom licence
name
task-manager-registration

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/task-manager-registration of elastic/kibana.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ee7c86b

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AgentRQ Supervisoragentrq/agentrq1.1k—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
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Works with

Questions about Task Manager Registration

What does Task Manager Registration do?

Register and schedule background tasks with the Kibana Task Manager plugin (@kbn/task-manager-plugin). Task Manager Registration is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Register and schedule background tasks with the Kibana Task Manager plugin (@kbn/task-manager-plugin).

When should I use Task Manager Registration?

Task Manager Registration fits situations like: modifying a task type via taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions; calling ensureScheduled / schedule / bulkSchedule; implementing createTaskRunner / cancel; picking timeout / cost / priority / maxAttempts.

How do I install Task Manager Registration in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Task Manager Registration in Codex?

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

Can I use Task Manager Registration 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 task-manager-registration -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/task-manager-registration, .gemini/skills/task-manager-registration, .github/skills/task-manager-registration and .opencode/skills/task-manager-registration in your project.

What does Task Manager Registration need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Task Manager Registration is instructions for the agent only.

Does Task Manager Registration 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 Task Manager Registration 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 Task Manager Registration use?

Task Manager Registration 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 Task Manager Registration use?

About 5.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 23k 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 Task Manager Registration?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Task Manager Registration: Superset Agent Standup (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars), AgentRQ Workspace Agent (agentrq/agentrq, 1.1k stars), Kanban Tui (Zaloog/kanban-tui, 285 stars) and AgentRQ Supervisor (agentrq/agentrq, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Task Manager Registration?

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.