Official agent skill

Workflows Managed Workflows

by elastic in elastic/kibana

Register and roll out managed workflows from a Kibana plugin using @kbn/workflows-extensions and @kbn/workflows/managed.

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Install Workflows Managed Workflows

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana workflows-managed-workflows --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/src/platform/plugins/shared/workflows_extensions/.claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows .claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows && 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
workflows-managed-workflows
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~3.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,109 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Register and roll out managed workflows from a Kibana plugin using @kbn/workflows-extensions and @kbn/workflows/managed.

  • Works in 5 steps: Plugin id → Definition… → Tests… → …
  • Modifying a code-owned workflow definition
  • SKILL.md covers Source files, 0. Locate the owning plugin…, Quick rule reference and Space scoping, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls rg

What it does

Workflows Managed Workflows is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Register and roll out managed workflows from a Kibana plugin using @kbn/workflows-extensions and @kbn/workflows/managed. Use when adding or modifying a code-owned workflow definition, registerManagedWorkflowOwner, initManagedWorkflowsClient, install / uninstall / ready, choosing lifecycle / versionStrategy / enablement, authoring yaml vs yamlTemplate, space-scoped vs global installs, getWorkflowStatus, or execute, or reviewing PRs that touch managed workflow definitions or rollout. Always ask for the user's…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.6k 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.

When your agent uses it

  • Modifying a code-owned workflow definition
  • RegisterManagedWorkflowOwner
  • InitManagedWorkflowsClient
  • Install / uninstall / ready

Example prompts

  • “/workflows-managed-workflows”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Plugin id
  2. Definition (kbn-workflows/managed/definitions/) — see §7–§8 in MANAGED_WORKFLOWS.md
  3. Tests (managed_workflow_definitions.test.ts)
  4. Owner plugin — see §1–§3 in MANAGED_WORKFLOWS.md
  5. Review

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:

    • rg

    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

Workflows Managed Workflows loads about 3.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 160 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,109 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~160
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.6k

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 1,109 words (~3,621 tokens).

“Canonical doc: dev_docs/MANAGED_WORKFLOWS.md — registration, rollout, lifecycle policies, yaml / yamlTemplate, spaces, status, execute, and full code examples.”

— opening of SKILL.md by elastic, Custom licence
name
workflows-managed-workflows

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in src/platform/plugins/shared/workflows_extensions/.claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows of elastic/kibana.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ee7c86b

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Questions about Workflows Managed Workflows

What does Workflows Managed Workflows do?

Register and roll out managed workflows from a Kibana plugin using @kbn/workflows-extensions and @kbn/workflows/managed. Workflows Managed Workflows is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Register and roll out managed workflows from a Kibana plugin using @kbn/workflows-extensions and @kbn/workflows/managed.

When should I use Workflows Managed Workflows?

Workflows Managed Workflows fits situations like: modifying a code-owned workflow definition; registerManagedWorkflowOwner; initManagedWorkflowsClient; install / uninstall / ready.

How do I install Workflows Managed Workflows in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill workflows-managed-workflows -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/platform/plugins/shared/workflows_extensions/.claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows in elastic/kibana) into .claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Workflows Managed Workflows in Codex?

Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill workflows-managed-workflows -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/platform/plugins/shared/workflows_extensions/.claude/skills/workflows-managed-workflows in elastic/kibana) into .agents/skills/workflows-managed-workflows in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Workflows Managed Workflows 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 workflows-managed-workflows -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/workflows-managed-workflows, .gemini/skills/workflows-managed-workflows, .github/skills/workflows-managed-workflows and .opencode/skills/workflows-managed-workflows in your project.

What does Workflows Managed Workflows need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Workflows Managed Workflows needs the command-line tools its instructions call (rg).

Does Workflows Managed Workflows 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 Workflows Managed Workflows 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 Workflows Managed Workflows use?

Workflows Managed Workflows 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 Workflows Managed Workflows use?

About 3.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 Workflows Managed Workflows?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Workflows Managed Workflows: 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 Workflows Managed Workflows?

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.