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id: opensearch-project/opensearch-agent-skills/search
version: "50d52117"
license: Apache-2.0
install: manual
updated: 2026-07-22
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# search — This skill guides you through building complete search applications on OpenSearch, covering index setup, document processing, and multiple search strategies including BM25, semantic, hybrid, and agentic approaches. Deploy ML models, ingest PDFs and other documents, and evaluate search quality end-to-end.

Publisher: opensearch-project · Stars: 37 · Updated: 2026-07-22

Install (manual): `git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-agent-skills`

## SKILL.md

# Search

Category skill for building search applications with OpenSearch.

## Skills

| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| [opensearch-launchpad](opensearch-launchpad/SKILL.md) | End-to-end search application builder — from sample data to a running search UI with BM25, semantic, hybrid, or agentic search |

## When to Use

Read [opensearch-launchpad/SKILL.md](opensearch-launchpad/SKILL.md) when the user wants to:
- Build a new search application
- Set up an OpenSearch index with a specific search strategy
- Deploy ML models for semantic or hybrid search
- Evaluate and tune search quality
- Process documents (PDF, DOCX) for search ingestion


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