AKY-ES

Local Elasticsearch 8.17 (free/open) — store, search, index and retrieve persistent data at localhost:9200. No cloud costs, zero config.

ES Tools Skill — Local Elasticsearch

Store, search, and manage data using a persistent Elasticsearch 8.17 instance running at http://localhost:9200. No API key, no cloud costs.

Scripts available in workspace:

• python3 es_tools.py — full-featured Python client (preferred)
• bash es_tools.sh — lightweight Bash/curl client
• bash es-manager.sh start|stop|status — manage the ES process

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When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• "Save this / remember this" → index a document for later search
• "Search my notes / find that thing I saved" → full-text search across stored data
• "Store this analysis / report / document" → persistent document storage
• "Batch import these records" → bulk JSONL import
• "Count / list what I have" → index management & stats
• Any task that needs structured, searchable long-term memory

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

• Transient data that doesn't need search → use a simple file
• Large binary files (>10MB each) → use object storage
• Complex relational queries with joins → use a SQL database
• The local ES instance is stopped / not available → check with bash es-manager.sh status

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Quick Reference

Connection

ES auto-detects: localhost:9200 takes priority, falls back to Elastic Cloud if unreachable.

bash

# Python (preferred)
python3 /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es_tools.py status

# Bash fallback
bash /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es_tools.sh status

ES Service Management

bash

bash /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es-manager.sh status   # check if running
bash /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es-manager.sh start    # start (waits for ready)
bash /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es-manager.sh stop     # graceful stop
bash /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/es-manager.sh restart  # restart

A cron job keeps ES alive (checks every 5 min). Data persists in es-data/.

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Commands

All commands below use the Python script. Bash equivalent works the same — just replace python3 es_tools.py with bash es_tools.sh.

Status & Health

bash

python3 es_tools.py status           # cluster info (name, version)
python3 es_tools.py indices           # list all indexes
python3 es_tools.py indices "logs-*"  # list matching a pattern
python3 es_tools.py cat nodes         # cat API (nodes, shards, etc.)

Index Management

bash

python3 es_tools.py create my_index                           # create index
python3 es_tools.py create my_index '{"mappings":{...}}'      # create with mapping
python3 es_tools.py mapping my_index                          # view mapping
python3 es_tools.py delete my_index                           # ⚠️ delete index
python3 es_tools.py exists my_index                           # check if exists
python3 es_tools.py count my_index                            # document count

CRUD — Documents

bash

# Create / Update (immediately searchable via refresh=wait_for)
python3 es_tools.py put my_index 1 '{"title":"Hello","tags":["demo"],"count":42}'

# Read
python3 es_tools.py get my_index 1

# Delete
python3 es_tools.py del my_index 1

Search

bash

# Match all
python3 es_tools.py search my_index '{"query":{"match_all":{}}}'

# Full-text search
python3 es_tools.py search my_index '{"query":{"match":{"title":"hello"}}}'

# Range query
python3 es_tools.py search my_index '{"query":{"range":{"count":{"gte":10}}}}'

# Multi-condition (bool)
python3 es_tools.py search my_index '{"query":{"bool":{"must":[{"match":{"title":"hello"}},{"range":{"count":{"gte":10}}}]}}}'

# Aggregation
python3 es_tools.py search my_index '{"aggs":{"avg_count":{"avg":{"field":"count"}}}}'

# Search from file (for complex queries)
python3 es_tools.py search my_index /path/to/query.json

Bulk Import

For importing many documents at once, prepare a JSONL file (one JSON document per line):

bash

# Example: prepare data
echo '{"name":"商品A","price":100,"stock":50}' > data.jsonl
echo '{"name":"商品B","price":200,"stock":30}' >> data.jsonl

# Import
python3 es_tools.py bulk my_index data.jsonl

Input from File

Any command that accepts JSON can also read from a file:

bash

python3 es_tools.py put my_index 1 data.json       # read doc from file
python3 es_tools.py search my_index query.json     # read query from file
python3 es_tools.py create my_index mapping.json   # read mapping from file

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Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose	Default
ES_URL	ES endpoint	Auto-detect: local > cloud
ES_API_KEY	API key (cloud)	—
ES_USER	Basic auth user (cloud)	—
ES_PASS	Basic auth password (cloud)	—
AUTH_MODE	api_key or basic	api_key

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Practical Patterns

Use ES as Long-Term Memory

python

# Save a conversation note
python3 es_tools.py put memory $(date +%s) \
  '{"type":"note","content":"阿凯的商铺租赁案关键事实：...","date":"2026-06-27"}'

# Later: search all notes
python3 es_tools.py search memory '{"query":{"match":{"content":"商铺"}}}'

Use ES to Store Skill Outputs

After running any analysis skill (legal, report, public opinion, etc.):

bash

python3 es_tools.py put skill_outputs $(date +%s) \
  '{"skill":"legal-analysis","case":"商铺租赁","summary":"...","timestamp":"2026-06-27T06:59"}'

Index Document Library

Create indexes by category and use mapping to define field types:

bash

python3 es_tools.py create contracts \
  '{"mappings":{"properties":{"title":{"type":"text"},"party":{"type":"keyword"},"amount":{"type":"long"},"date":{"type":"date"}}}}}'

python3 es_tools.py put contracts 1 \
  '{"title":"商铺租赁合同","party":"武汉双联创和","amount":6903,"date":"2014-06-17"}'

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Notes

• Local ES uses ~1GB RAM. If resources are tight, stop it: bash es-manager.sh stop.
• Data persists in es-data/ across restarts.
• Cron job checks every 5 min and auto-restarts if ES goes down.
• ES 8.17 comes with bundled JDK; no external Java dependency.
• Elastic License (Basic tier) — free for development and production use.