Use when developing or validating Elastic integrations with elastic-package commands such as build, check, lint, format, test, stack, service, install, profiles, and benchmark.

elastic package CLI When to use Use this skill when tasks include: validating package structure and formatting building a package artifact running pipeline or system tests managing local Elastic test stack lifecycle installing or checking package status in Kibana When not to use Do not use this skill as the primary guide for: ECS field design decisions (use an ECS focused skill) ingest processor design and parsing strategy (use an ingest pipeline focused skill) package layout architecture (use a package structure focused skill) Prerequisites elastic package is installed and available in PATH container runtime is available (Docker or Podman) you run commands from a package directory (or pass C <package dir ) Core workflows 1) Validate and build loop Run this sequence for routine local verification: Notes: check runs lint and build together and fails fast by default. use format fail fast when you want read only verification without rewriting files. 2) Pipeline test loop (fast iteration) Use Elasticsearch only stack for quicker feedback: Then review generated expected files before keeping changes. 3) System test loop (end to end) Use this when you need full ingest behavior with service provisioning: Use data streams <name to scope tests and reduce run time. Practical command examples Key flags cheat sheet global: C, change directory , v, verbose stack: d, daemon , s, services , version , p, profile pipeline tests: d, data streams , g, generate , m, fail on missing system tests: setup , tear down , no provision , variant Quick command map validate/build: format , lint , check , build stack lifecycle: stack up , stack status , stack down testing: test pipeline , test system , test static , test asset , test policy , test script package lifecycle: create , install , status , uninstall support: service up , profiles , benchmark References Failure diagnosis and fixes: references/troubleshooting.md

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