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[9.3] [AI Infra] Add missing ES|QL commands and functions documentation for inference tasks (#249089)#252894

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[9.3] [AI Infra] Add missing ES|QL commands and functions documentation for inference tasks (#249089)#252894
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This will backport the following commits from main to 9.3:

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… inference tasks (elastic#249089)

Spin-off companion PR for elastic#247656.
This PR updates scripts for generating ES|QL docs for the AI assistants
& Agent builder. As part of that it also adds docs for ES|QL commands &
functions that are missing.

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What the script does:
1) Pull content from [llm.zip](https://www.elastic.co/docs/llm.zip)
2) Filter out to ES|QL files. For each file, hash the file content and
check for hash in .file-cache.json. If hash is the same, skip the rest.
Otherwise, continue processing.
3) Process ES|QL related content and formats it, like removing
unnecessary metadata, updating the description
4) If connectorId is provided when running the script, it will also
rewrite the doc to enrich with a natural language description of any of
the ES|QL query provided
5) Update the syntax.txt with list of commands

Reviewer's notes:
- We know ES|QL syntax is correct, because they are pulled directly from
the docs. However, we should check if the natural language description
of the ES|QL example is sensible or not.
- Part of the script stores a hash of the original file content. If the
hash is the same, it will not execute any additional change.

The script uses a hash-based caching mechanism to optimize performance.
This means:
- Unchanged source files are skipped completely
- Only changed sections within a file are reprocessed
- The cache significantly reduces processing time when only a few files
have changed

To force the script to regenerate all files regardless of hash matches,
use the `--force` flag:

```
node x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference/scripts/load_esql_docs/index.js --force
```

This is useful for:
- Testing the full generation pipeline
- Regenerating all files after changes to the processing logic
- Ensuring all files are up-to-date after cache corruption

To deterministically get the ES|QL docs from the Elastic's documentation
markdown files, without modification from LLMs, you can run:
```
node x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference/scripts/load_esql_docs/index.js
```

To connect to a connector/LLM to read the built docs and then enrich the
extracted docs, you must first have an installed Generative AI
connector. Then, pass in the connectorId. Enrichment involves explaining
in natural language what the ES|QL examples are doing.

```
node x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference/scripts/load_esql_docs/index.js --connectorId example-connector-id
```

You can also combine flags:
```
node x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference/scripts/load_esql_docs/index.js --connectorId example-connector-id --force
```

Check the PR satisfies following conditions.

Reviewers should verify this PR satisfies this list as well.

- [ ] Any text added follows [EUI's writing
guidelines](https://elastic.github.io/eui/#/guidelines/writing), uses
sentence case text and includes [i18n
support](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-i18n/README.md)
- [ ]
[Documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-documentation.html)
was added for features that require explanation or tutorials
- [ ] [Unit or functional
tests](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-tests.html)
were updated or added to match the most common scenarios
- [ ] If a plugin configuration key changed, check if it needs to be
allowlisted in the cloud and added to the [docker
list](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/resources/base/bin/kibana-docker)
- [ ] This was checked for breaking HTTP API changes, and any breaking
changes have been approved by the breaking-change committee. The
`release_note:breaking` label should be applied in these situations.
- [ ] [Flaky Test
Runner](https://ci-stats.kibana.dev/trigger_flaky_test_runner/1) was
used on any tests changed
- [ ] The PR description includes the appropriate Release Notes section,
and the correct `release_note:*` label is applied per the
[guidelines](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/contributing.html#kibana-release-notes-process)
- [ ] Review the [backport
guidelines](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VyN5k91e5OVumlc0Gb9RPa3h1ewuPE705nRtioPiTvY/edit?usp=sharing)
and apply applicable `backport:*` labels.

Does this PR introduce any risks? For example, consider risks like hard
to test bugs, performance regression, potential of data loss.

Describe the risk, its severity, and mitigation for each identified
risk. Invite stakeholders and evaluate how to proceed before merging.

- [ ] [See some risk
examples](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/RISK_MATRIX.mdx)
- [ ] ...

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Co-authored-by: kibanamachine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Elastic Machine <elasticmachine@users.noreply.github.com>
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