kbn-ui Package Onboarding

Overview

The kbn-ui system distributes Kibana UI components as versioned standalone packages for external consumers (e.g. Cloud UI). Each package lives under src/platform/kbn-ui/ and has two layers:

1. Source layer — the Kibana workspace package (package.json, kibana.jsonc, src/, index.ts)
2. Packaging layer — distribution scaffold (packaging/) that bundles the source into a standalone .tgz via webpack

Canonical reference: src/platform/kbn-ui/side-navigation/

Phase 1 — Gather Inputs

Use AskUserQuestion to collect three values. packageName is always auto-derived — never ask the user for it.