Elasticsearch

What this skill does

Designs, queries, and operates Elasticsearch: mappings, analyzers, query DSL, aggregations, bulk indexing, shard sizing, and cluster health. Use when writing a search query or an index mapping, when a search returns nothing or the wrong documents, when a term query on a text field returns zero hits without an error, when results rank badly, when aggregations fail with "fielddata is disabled", when the cluster turns yellow or red, when shards stay unassigned, when indexing is slow or a bulk request returns per-item errors, when disk hits the flood-stage watermark and indices go read-only, when circuit breakers trip, or when paging past 10,000 hits breaks. Covers ILM rollover, reindexing, snapshots, upgrades, kNN and hybrid vector search, autocomplete, synonyms and analyzers, nested modeling, geo queries, ES|QL, Painless, ingest pipelines, data streams, security, language clients, and OpenSearch compatibility. Not for standalone vector stores (vector-databases) or lightweight site search (meilisearch).

Elasticsearch is part of the Research & Knowledge category — research and knowledge skills that gather, search, and summarize information. You can install it on its own or alongside other research & knowledge skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Elasticsearch

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for elasticsearch and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Elasticsearch with a single command:

openclaw skills add elasticsearch

This pulls elasticsearch from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/elasticsearch/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Elasticsearch

Once installed, Elasticsearch activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab elasticsearch-1.0.2.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/elasticsearch/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Elasticsearch?

Install Elasticsearch in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for elasticsearch, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add elasticsearch. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/elasticsearch/.

Is Elasticsearch free?

Yes. Elasticsearch is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Elasticsearch do?

Designs, queries, and operates Elasticsearch: mappings, analyzers, query DSL, aggregations, bulk indexing, shard sizing, and cluster health.

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