diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da6934393d6da..a4dc51d2f4fbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1463,6 +1463,7 @@
     "@kbn/picomatcher": "link:packages/kbn-picomatcher",
     "@kbn/plugin-generator": "link:packages/kbn-plugin-generator",
     "@kbn/plugin-helpers": "link:packages/kbn-plugin-helpers",
+    "@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder": "link:x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder",
     "@kbn/repo-file-maps": "link:packages/kbn-repo-file-maps",
     "@kbn/repo-linter": "link:packages/kbn-repo-linter",
     "@kbn/repo-path": "link:packages/kbn-repo-path",
diff --git a/scripts/build_product_doc_artifacts.js b/scripts/build_product_doc_artifacts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0d6bea2a6e775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_product_doc_artifacts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+require('../src/setup_node_env');
+require('@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder').runScript();
diff --git a/src/dev/precommit_hook/casing_check_config.js b/src/dev/precommit_hook/casing_check_config.js
index 37ef5ebe6c233..52d7b1c848628 100644
--- a/src/dev/precommit_hook/casing_check_config.js
+++ b/src/dev/precommit_hook/casing_check_config.js
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export const IGNORE_DIRECTORY_GLOBS = [
   'src/babel-*',
   'packages/*',
   'packages/core/*/*',
+  'x-pack/packages/ai-infra/*',
   'packages/kbn-pm/src/utils/__fixtures__/*',
   'packages/kbn-check-prod-native-modules-cli/integration_tests/__fixtures__/*/node_modules/*',
   'x-pack/dev-tools',
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 2e11f197f0ffe..12df74345a444 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1366,6 +1366,8 @@
       "@kbn/presentation-publishing/*": ["packages/presentation/presentation_publishing/*"],
       "@kbn/presentation-util-plugin": ["src/plugins/presentation_util"],
       "@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/*": ["src/plugins/presentation_util/*"],
+      "@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder": ["x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder"],
+      "@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder/*": ["x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/*"],
       "@kbn/profiling-data-access-plugin": ["x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling_data_access"],
       "@kbn/profiling-data-access-plugin/*": ["x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling_data_access/*"],
       "@kbn/profiling-plugin": ["x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling"],
@@ -2084,4 +2086,4 @@
       "@kbn/ambient-storybook-types"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/README.md b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eb64d53b5b8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# @kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder
+
+Script to build the knowledge base artifacts
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c84a0a64540e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export { runScript } from './src/command';
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/jest.config.js b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ada1460ee7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: '@kbn/test/jest_node',
+  rootDir: '../../../..',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder'],
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/kibana.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b5a85fd5b7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/kibana.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "shared-common",
+  "id": "@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder",
+  "owner": "@elastic/appex-ai-infra",
+  "devOnly": true
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/package.json b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b1a22882bb329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "Elastic License 2.0"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/artifact_name.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/artifact_name.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..678b17088c7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/artifact_name.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export const getArtifactName = ({
+  productName,
+  productVersion,
+}: {
+  productName: string;
+  productVersion: string;
+}): string => {
+  return `kibana-kb-${productName}-${productVersion}.zip`.toLowerCase();
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/manifest.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/manifest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cbebcdc22981b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/manifest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export interface ArtifactManifest {
+  formatVersion: string;
+  productName: string;
+  productVersion: string;
+}
+
+export const getArtifactManifest = ({
+  productName,
+  stackVersion,
+}: {
+  productName: string;
+  stackVersion: string;
+}): ArtifactManifest => {
+  return {
+    formatVersion: '1.0.0',
+    productName,
+    productVersion: stackVersion,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/mappings.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/mappings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae84ae60616a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/mappings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { MappingTypeMapping } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+
+export const getArtifactMappings = (inferenceEndpoint: string): MappingTypeMapping => {
+  return {
+    dynamic: 'strict',
+    properties: {
+      content_title: { type: 'text' },
+      content_body: {
+        type: 'semantic_text',
+        inference_id: inferenceEndpoint,
+      },
+      product_name: { type: 'keyword' },
+      root_type: { type: 'keyword' },
+      slug: { type: 'keyword' },
+      url: { type: 'keyword' },
+      version: { type: 'version' },
+      ai_subtitle: {
+        type: 'semantic_text',
+        inference_id: inferenceEndpoint,
+      },
+      ai_summary: {
+        type: 'semantic_text',
+        inference_id: inferenceEndpoint,
+      },
+      ai_questions_answered: {
+        type: 'semantic_text',
+        inference_id: inferenceEndpoint,
+      },
+      ai_tags: { type: 'keyword' },
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/product_name.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/product_name.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cfcc141323f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/artifact/product_name.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The allowed product names, as found in the source's cluster
+ */
+export const sourceProductNames = ['Kibana', 'Elasticsearch', 'Security', 'Observability'];
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/build_artifacts.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/build_artifacts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bbde3310f8e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/build_artifacts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import Path from 'path';
+import { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+import {
+  // checkConnectivity,
+  createTargetIndex,
+  extractDocumentation,
+  indexDocuments,
+  installElser,
+  createChunkFiles,
+  createArtifact,
+  cleanupFolders,
+  deleteIndex,
+} from './tasks';
+import type { TaskConfig } from './types';
+
+const getSourceClient = (config: TaskConfig) => {
+  return new Client({
+    compression: true,
+    nodes: [config.sourceClusterUrl],
+    sniffOnStart: false,
+    auth: {
+      username: config.sourceClusterUsername,
+      password: config.sourceClusterPassword,
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+const getEmbeddingClient = (config: TaskConfig) => {
+  return new Client({
+    compression: true,
+    nodes: [config.embeddingClusterUrl],
+    auth: {
+      username: config.embeddingClusterUsername,
+      password: config.embeddingClusterPassword,
+    },
+    // generating embeddings takes time
+    requestTimeout: 10 * 60 * 1000,
+  });
+};
+
+export const buildArtifacts = async (config: TaskConfig) => {
+  const log = new ToolingLog({
+    level: 'info',
+    writeTo: process.stdout,
+  });
+
+  log.info(
+    `Starting building artifacts for version=[${
+      config.stackVersion
+    }] and products=[${config.productNames.join(',')}]`
+  );
+
+  const sourceClient = getSourceClient(config);
+  const embeddingClient = getEmbeddingClient(config);
+
+  // log.info('Checking connectivity against clusters');
+  // await checkConnectivity({ sourceClient, embeddingClient });
+
+  await cleanupFolders({ folders: [config.buildFolder] });
+
+  log.info('Ensuring ELSER is installed on the embedding cluster');
+  await installElser({ client: embeddingClient });
+
+  for (const productName of config.productNames) {
+    await buildArtifact({
+      productName,
+      stackVersion: config.stackVersion,
+      buildFolder: config.buildFolder,
+      targetFolder: config.targetFolder,
+      sourceClient,
+      embeddingClient,
+      log,
+    });
+  }
+
+  await cleanupFolders({ folders: [config.buildFolder] });
+};
+
+const buildArtifact = async ({
+  productName,
+  stackVersion,
+  buildFolder,
+  targetFolder,
+  embeddingClient,
+  sourceClient,
+  log,
+}: {
+  productName: string;
+  stackVersion: string;
+  buildFolder: string;
+  targetFolder: string;
+  sourceClient: Client;
+  embeddingClient: Client;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  log.info(`Starting building artifact for product [${productName}] and version [${stackVersion}]`);
+
+  const targetIndex = getTargetIndexName({ productName, stackVersion });
+
+  const documents = await extractDocumentation({
+    client: sourceClient,
+    index: 'search-docs-1',
+    log,
+    productName,
+    stackVersion,
+  });
+
+  await createTargetIndex({
+    client: embeddingClient,
+    indexName: targetIndex,
+  });
+
+  await indexDocuments({
+    client: embeddingClient,
+    index: targetIndex,
+    documents,
+    log,
+  });
+
+  await createChunkFiles({
+    index: targetIndex,
+    client: embeddingClient,
+    productName,
+    destFolder: Path.join(buildFolder, productName),
+    log,
+  });
+
+  await createArtifact({
+    buildFolder: Path.join(buildFolder, productName),
+    targetFolder,
+    productName,
+    stackVersion,
+    log,
+  });
+
+  await deleteIndex({
+    indexName: targetIndex,
+    client: embeddingClient,
+    log,
+  });
+
+  log.info(`Finished building artifact for product [${productName}] and version [${stackVersion}]`);
+};
+
+const getTargetIndexName = ({
+  productName,
+  stackVersion,
+}: {
+  productName: string;
+  stackVersion: string;
+}) => {
+  return `kb-artifact-builder-${productName}-${stackVersion}`.toLowerCase();
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/command.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..49af1d158db83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import Path from 'path';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/repo-info';
+import yargs from 'yargs';
+import type { TaskConfig } from './types';
+import { buildArtifacts } from './build_artifacts';
+import { sourceProductNames } from './artifact/product_name';
+
+function options(y: yargs.Argv) {
+  return y
+    .option('productName', {
+      describe: 'name of products to generate documentation for',
+      array: true,
+      choices: sourceProductNames,
+      default: ['Kibana'],
+    })
+    .option('stackVersion', {
+      describe: 'The stack version to generate documentation for',
+      string: true,
+      default: '8.16', // TODO: master is on 9.0 now, not sure we can default to version in package.json?
+    })
+    .option('targetFolder', {
+      describe: 'The folder to generate the artifacts in',
+      string: true,
+      default: Path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'build', 'kb-artifacts'),
+    })
+    .option('buildFolder', {
+      describe: 'The folder to use for temporary files',
+      string: true,
+      default: Path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'build', 'temp-kb-artifacts'),
+    })
+    .option('sourceClusterUrl', {
+      describe: 'The source cluster url',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_SOURCE_CLUSTER_URL,
+    })
+    .option('sourceClusterUsername', {
+      describe: 'The source cluster username',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_SOURCE_CLUSTER_USERNAME,
+    })
+    .option('sourceClusterPassword', {
+      describe: 'The source cluster password',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_SOURCE_CLUSTER_PASSWORD,
+    })
+    .option('embeddingClusterUrl', {
+      describe: 'The embedding cluster url',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_EMBEDDING_CLUSTER_URL,
+    })
+    .option('embeddingClusterUsername', {
+      describe: 'The embedding cluster username',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_EMBEDDING_CLUSTER_USERNAME,
+    })
+    .option('embeddingClusterPassword', {
+      describe: 'The embedding cluster password',
+      string: true,
+      demandOption: true,
+      default: process.env.KIBANA_EMBEDDING_CLUSTER_PASSWORD,
+    })
+    .locale('en');
+}
+
+export function runScript() {
+  yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
+    .command('*', 'Build knowledge base artifacts', options, async (argv) => {
+      // argv contains additional entries - let's keep our input clear
+      const taskConfig: TaskConfig = {
+        productNames: argv.productName,
+        stackVersion: argv.stackVersion,
+        buildFolder: argv.buildFolder,
+        targetFolder: argv.targetFolder,
+        sourceClusterUrl: argv.sourceClusterUrl!,
+        sourceClusterUsername: argv.sourceClusterUsername!,
+        sourceClusterPassword: argv.sourceClusterPassword!,
+        embeddingClusterUrl: argv.embeddingClusterUrl!,
+        embeddingClusterUsername: argv.embeddingClusterUsername!,
+        embeddingClusterPassword: argv.embeddingClusterPassword!,
+      };
+
+      return buildArtifacts(taskConfig);
+    })
+    .parse();
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/check_connectivity.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/check_connectivity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aaf2be6bf12e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/check_connectivity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+
+export const checkConnectivity = async ({
+  sourceClient,
+  embeddingClient,
+}: {
+  sourceClient: Client;
+  embeddingClient: Client;
+}) => {
+  await Promise.all([sourceClient.ping(), embeddingClient.ping()]);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/cleanup_folders.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/cleanup_folders.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ae364d61f20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/cleanup_folders.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { rm } from 'fs/promises';
+
+export const cleanupFolders = async ({ folders }: { folders: string[] }) => {
+  await Promise.all(folders.map((folder) => rm(folder, { recursive: true, force: true })));
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_artifact.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_artifact.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..343099876585a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_artifact.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import Path from 'path';
+import AdmZip from 'adm-zip';
+import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+import { getArtifactMappings } from '../artifact/mappings';
+import { getArtifactManifest } from '../artifact/manifest';
+import { getArtifactName } from '../artifact/artifact_name';
+
+export const createArtifact = async ({
+  productName,
+  stackVersion,
+  buildFolder,
+  targetFolder,
+  log,
+}: {
+  buildFolder: string;
+  targetFolder: string;
+  productName: string;
+  stackVersion: string;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  log.info(
+    `Starting to create artifact from build folder [${buildFolder}] into target [${targetFolder}]`
+  );
+
+  const zip = new AdmZip();
+
+  const mappings = getArtifactMappings('.default-elser');
+  const mappingFileContent = JSON.stringify(mappings, undefined, 2);
+  zip.addFile('mappings.json', Buffer.from(mappingFileContent, 'utf-8'));
+
+  const manifest = getArtifactManifest({ productName, stackVersion });
+  const manifestFileContent = JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2);
+  zip.addFile('manifest.json', Buffer.from(manifestFileContent, 'utf-8'));
+
+  zip.addLocalFolder(buildFolder, 'content');
+
+  const artifactName = getArtifactName({
+    productName,
+    productVersion: stackVersion,
+  });
+  zip.writeZip(Path.join(targetFolder, artifactName));
+
+  log.info(`Finished creating artifact [${artifactName}]`);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_chunk_files.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_chunk_files.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8b0e7323c2886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_chunk_files.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import Path from 'path';
+import Fs from 'fs/promises';
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+
+const fileSizeLimit = 250_000;
+
+export const createChunkFiles = async ({
+  index,
+  productName,
+  destFolder,
+  client,
+  log,
+}: {
+  index: string;
+  productName: string;
+  destFolder: string;
+  client: Client;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  log.info(`Starting to create chunk files in directory [${destFolder}]`);
+
+  const searchRes = await client.search({
+    index,
+    size: 10000,
+    query: {
+      bool: {
+        must: [{ term: { product_name: productName } }],
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  await Fs.mkdir(destFolder, { recursive: true });
+
+  let chunkNumber = 1;
+  let chunkDocCount = 0;
+  let chunkContent: string = '';
+
+  const writeCurrentChunk = async () => {
+    const chunkFileName = `content-${chunkNumber}.ndjson`;
+    log.info(`Writing chunk file ${chunkFileName} containing ${chunkDocCount} docs`);
+    await Fs.writeFile(Path.join(destFolder, chunkFileName), chunkContent);
+    chunkContent = '';
+    chunkDocCount = 0;
+    chunkNumber++;
+  };
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < searchRes.hits.hits.length; i++) {
+    const hit = searchRes.hits.hits[i];
+    chunkContent += JSON.stringify(hit._source) + '\n';
+    chunkDocCount++;
+    if (
+      Buffer.byteLength(chunkContent, 'utf8') > fileSizeLimit ||
+      i === searchRes.hits.hits.length - 1
+    ) {
+      await writeCurrentChunk();
+    }
+  }
+
+  log.info(`Finished creating chunk files`);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e4f24725883ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/create_index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { MappingTypeMapping } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+
+const mappings: MappingTypeMapping = {
+  dynamic: 'strict',
+  properties: {
+    content_title: { type: 'text' },
+    content_body: {
+      type: 'semantic_text',
+      inference_id: 'kibana-elser2',
+    },
+    product_name: { type: 'keyword' },
+    root_type: { type: 'keyword' },
+    slug: { type: 'keyword' },
+    url: { type: 'keyword' },
+    version: { type: 'version' },
+    ai_subtitle: {
+      type: 'semantic_text',
+      inference_id: 'kibana-elser2',
+    },
+    ai_summary: {
+      type: 'semantic_text',
+      inference_id: 'kibana-elser2',
+    },
+    ai_questions_answered: {
+      type: 'semantic_text',
+      inference_id: 'kibana-elser2',
+    },
+    ai_tags: { type: 'keyword' },
+  },
+};
+
+export const createTargetIndex = async ({
+  indexName,
+  client,
+}: {
+  indexName: string;
+  client: Client;
+}) => {
+  await client.indices.create({
+    index: indexName,
+    mappings,
+  });
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/delete_index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/delete_index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6daacae1f92de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/delete_index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+
+export const deleteIndex = async ({
+  indexName,
+  client,
+  log,
+}: {
+  indexName: string;
+  client: Client;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  log.info(`Deleting index ${indexName}`);
+  await client.indices.delete(
+    {
+      index: indexName,
+    },
+    { ignore: [404] }
+  );
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/extract_documentation.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/extract_documentation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f1dd051394bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/extract_documentation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { SearchHit } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+
+/** the list of fields to import from the source cluster */
+const fields = [
+  'content_title',
+  'content_body',
+  'product_name', // "Kibana", "Elasticsearch"
+  'category', // "documentation"
+  'slug',
+  'url',
+  'version',
+  'ai_fields.ai_subtitle',
+  'ai_fields.ai_summary',
+  'ai_fields.ai_questions_answered',
+  'ai_fields.ai_tags',
+];
+
+export interface ExtractedDocument {
+  content_title: string;
+  content_body: string;
+  product_name: string;
+  root_type: string;
+  slug: string;
+  url: string;
+  version: string;
+  ai_subtitle: string;
+  ai_summary: string;
+  ai_questions_answered: string[];
+  ai_tags: string[];
+}
+
+const convertHit = (hit: SearchHit<any>): ExtractedDocument => {
+  const source = hit._source;
+  return {
+    content_title: source.content_title,
+    content_body: source.content_body,
+    product_name: source.product_name,
+    root_type: 'documentation',
+    slug: source.slug,
+    url: source.url,
+    version: source.version,
+    ai_subtitle: source.ai_fields.ai_subtitle,
+    ai_summary: source.ai_fields.ai_summary,
+    ai_questions_answered: source.ai_fields.ai_questions_answered,
+    ai_tags: source.ai_fields.ai_tags,
+  };
+};
+
+export const extractDocumentation = async ({
+  client,
+  index,
+  stackVersion,
+  productName,
+  log,
+}: {
+  client: Client;
+  index: string;
+  stackVersion: string;
+  productName: string;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  log.info(`Starting to extract documents from source cluster`);
+
+  const response = await client.search({
+    index,
+    size: 10000,
+    query: {
+      bool: {
+        must: [
+          { term: { product_name: productName } },
+          { term: { version: stackVersion } },
+          { exists: { field: 'ai_fields.ai_summary' } },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    fields,
+  });
+
+  const totalHits =
+    typeof response.hits.total === 'number'
+      ? response.hits.total // This format is to be removed in 8.0
+      : response.hits.total?.value ?? response.hits.hits.length;
+
+  if (totalHits > 10_000) {
+    throw new Error('Found more than 10k documents to extract - aborting');
+  }
+
+  log.info(
+    `Finished extracting documents from source. ${response.hits.hits.length} documents were extracted`
+  );
+
+  return response.hits.hits.map(convertHit);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0c63431362329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export { extractDocumentation } from './extract_documentation';
+export { indexDocuments } from './index_documents';
+export { createTargetIndex } from './create_index';
+export { installElser } from './install_elser';
+export { createChunkFiles } from './create_chunk_files';
+export { performSemanticSearch } from './perform_semantic_search';
+export { checkConnectivity } from './check_connectivity';
+export { createArtifact } from './create_artifact';
+export { cleanupFolders } from './cleanup_folders';
+export { deleteIndex } from './delete_index';
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index_documents.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index_documents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..120d71e3f2947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/index_documents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { chunk as toChunks } from 'lodash';
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { BulkRequest } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+import type { ExtractedDocument } from './extract_documentation';
+
+const indexingChunkSize = 10;
+
+export const indexDocuments = async ({
+  index,
+  client,
+  documents,
+  log,
+}: {
+  index: string;
+  documents: ExtractedDocument[];
+  client: Client;
+  log: ToolingLog;
+}) => {
+  const chunks = toChunks(documents, indexingChunkSize);
+
+  log.info(`Starting indexing process`);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++) {
+    const chunk = chunks[i];
+    const before = Date.now();
+    await client.bulk(
+      {
+        refresh: 'wait_for',
+        operations: chunk.reduce((operations, document) => {
+          operations!.push(...[{ index: { _index: index } }, document]);
+          return operations;
+        }, [] as BulkRequest['operations']),
+      },
+      { requestTimeout: 10 * 60 * 1000 }
+    );
+
+    const duration = Date.now() - before;
+    log.info(`Indexed ${i + 1} of ${chunks.length} chunks (took ${duration}ms)`);
+  }
+
+  log.info(`Finished indexing process`);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/install_elser.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/install_elser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..037a9e809d1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/install_elser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+
+const inferenceEndpointId = 'kibana-elser2';
+
+export const installElser = async ({ client }: { client: Client }) => {
+  const getInferenceRes = await client.inference.get(
+    {
+      task_type: 'sparse_embedding',
+      inference_id: 'kibana-elser2',
+    },
+    { ignore: [404] }
+  );
+
+  const installed = (getInferenceRes.endpoints ?? []).some(
+    (endpoint) => endpoint.inference_id === inferenceEndpointId
+  );
+
+  if (!installed) {
+    await client.inference.put({
+      task_type: 'sparse_embedding',
+      inference_id: inferenceEndpointId,
+      inference_config: {
+        service: 'elser',
+        service_settings: {
+          num_allocations: 1,
+          num_threads: 1,
+          model_id: '.elser_model_2',
+        },
+        task_settings: {},
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  await waitUntilDeployed({
+    modelId: '.elser_model_2',
+    client,
+  });
+};
+
+const waitUntilDeployed = async ({
+  modelId,
+  client,
+  maxRetries = 20,
+  delay = 2000,
+}: {
+  modelId: string;
+  client: Client;
+  maxRetries?: number;
+  delay?: number;
+}) => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < maxRetries; i++) {
+    const statsRes = await client.ml.getTrainedModelsStats({
+      model_id: modelId,
+    });
+    const deploymentStats = statsRes.trained_model_stats[0]?.deployment_stats;
+    // @ts-expect-error deploymentStats.nodes not defined as array even if it is.
+    if (!deploymentStats || deploymentStats.nodes.length === 0) {
+      await sleep(delay);
+      continue;
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Timeout waiting for ML model ${modelId} to be deployed`);
+};
+
+const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/perform_semantic_search.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/perform_semantic_search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..373a6b8755429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/tasks/perform_semantic_search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+
+// https://search-labs.elastic.co/search-labs/blog/elser-rag-search-for-relevance
+
+export const performSemanticSearch = async ({
+  searchQuery,
+  index,
+  client,
+}: {
+  searchQuery: string;
+  index: string;
+  client: Client;
+}) => {
+  const results = await client.search({
+    index,
+    size: 3,
+    query: {
+      bool: {
+        filter: {
+          bool: {
+            must: [{ term: { version: '8.15' } }],
+          },
+        },
+        should: [
+          {
+            multi_match: {
+              query: searchQuery,
+              minimum_should_match: '1<-1 3<49%',
+              type: 'cross_fields',
+              fields: [
+                'content_title',
+                'content_body.text',
+                'ai_subtitle.text',
+                'ai_summary.text',
+                'ai_questions_answered.text',
+                'ai_tags',
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            multi_match: {
+              query: searchQuery,
+              type: 'phrase',
+              boost: 3,
+              slop: 0,
+              fields: [
+                'content_title.stem',
+                'content_body.stem',
+                'ai_subtitle.stem',
+                'ai_summary.stem',
+                'ai_questions_answered.stem',
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            semantic: {
+              field: 'content_body',
+              query: searchQuery,
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            semantic: {
+              field: 'ai_subtitle',
+              query: searchQuery,
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            semantic: {
+              field: 'ai_summary',
+              query: searchQuery,
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            semantic: {
+              field: 'ai_questions_answered',
+              query: searchQuery,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  return results.hits.hits;
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/types.ts b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2acfb5774500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export interface TaskConfig {
+  productNames: string[];
+  stackVersion: string;
+  buildFolder: string;
+  targetFolder: string;
+  sourceClusterUrl: string;
+  sourceClusterUsername: string;
+  sourceClusterPassword: string;
+  embeddingClusterUrl: string;
+  embeddingClusterUsername: string;
+  embeddingClusterPassword: string;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..508d4c715d0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "target/types",
+    "types": [
+      "jest",
+      "node"
+    ]
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "target/**/*"
+  ],
+  "kbn_references": [
+    "@kbn/tooling-log",
+    "@kbn/repo-info",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7bcf24d6415c4..31c9dfc2d26a4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6027,6 +6027,10 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
+"@kbn/product-doc-artifact-builder@link:x-pack/packages/ai-infra/product-doc-artifact-builder":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
+
 "@kbn/profiling-data-access-plugin@link:x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling_data_access":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""