# ask-zilliz

> Claude/Codex skill by [@zilliztech](https://omgskills.com/library/zilliztech/index.md) · 3 stars · Updated 2026-10-23

Zilliz Cloud onboarding and usage assistant. Helps users understand Zilliz Cloud, choose the right plan, estimate costs, write code, debug issues, and adopt new features like Functions, Volumes, and Global Clusters. Use this skill whenever the user asks about Zilliz Cloud — including plan selection, pricing, cost estimation, capacity planning, cluster configuration, SDK usage, schema design, search patterns, migration, troubleshooting, MCP server setup, Terraform, auto-scaling, metrics/alerts, backup/restore, or any "how do I do X with Zilliz Cloud" question. Also trigger when the user mentions keywords like: "Zilliz", "zilliz cloud", "vector database", "which plan", "serverless vs dedicated", "CU", "vCU", "Milvus cloud", "pymilvus", "collection", "embedding function", "hybrid search", "rerank", "BM25", "global cluster", "BYOC", "tiered storage", "volume", "data import", "MCP server", "partition key", or error messages from Zilliz Cloud.

Tags: claude-code, claude-code-skill, codex, openai, plugin, skill, vector-database, zilliz, zilliz-cloud

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/zilliztech/zilliz-plugin /tmp/zilliz-plugin && ln -s /tmp/zilliz-plugin/plugins/zilliz/skills/ask-zilliz ~/.claude/skills/ask-zilliz
```

## From README

Ask Zilliz — Zilliz Cloud Assistant Help users understand, choose, build on, and operate Zilliz Cloud. Adapt your depth to who's asking. --- Detect User Level and Adapt Before answering, assess the user's experience from their language and question: | Signal | Level | How to Adapt | | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | "What is a vector database?", no code context | Beginner | Explain concepts first, use analogies, suggest Free cluster to try, link to docs | | Has code, asks "how to connect/create collection" | Getting Started | Give copy-paste code, walk through schema choices, guide toward Dedicated for production | | Mentions CU sizing, QPS, partition keys, production | Experienced | Skip basics, focus on optimization, trade-offs, architecture patterns | When unsure, start with a concise answer and offer to go deeper.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/zilliztech/zilliz-plugin/plugins/zilliz/skills/ask-zilliz/
- GitHub: https://github.com/zilliztech/zilliz-plugin
- Author: [@zilliztech](https://omgskills.com/library/zilliztech/index.md)

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