# index

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

Use when the user wants to create, list, describe, or drop indexes on Milvus collections.

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/index ~/.claude/skills/index
```

## From README

Prerequisites CLI installed, logged in, and cluster context set (see skill). Target collection must exist (see collection skill). Commands Reference All index commands accept an optional --database flag. If omitted, the database from the current context is used. Create an Index List Indexes Describe an Index Drop an Index Index Types Common index types: AUTOINDEX -- recommended, automatically selects the best index IVFFLAT, IVFSQ8, HNSW -- manual selection for advanced users Common metric types: COSINE -- cosine similarity (default) L2 -- Euclidean distance IP -- inner product Guidance On Zilliz Cloud, AUTOINDEX is recommended for most use cases. An index is required before loading a collection for search. Before creating an index, check the collection schema to identify vector fields. After creating an index, remind the user to load the collection.

## Links

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

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