diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.test.ts
index c7390079523893..60d14f8f663728 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { createAgentAction } from './actions';
 import { SavedObject } from 'kibana/server';
 import { AgentAction } from '../../../common/types/models';
 import { savedObjectsClientMock } from 'src/core/server/mocks';
+import { esKuery } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
 
 describe('test agent actions services', () => {
   it('should create a new action', async () => {
@@ -35,3 +36,71 @@ describe('test agent actions services', () => {
     expect(createdAction?.sent_at).toEqual(newAgentAction.sent_at);
   });
 });
+
+class Benchmark {
+  private static NS_PER_SEC = 1e9;
+  #startTime?: [number, number];
+  #elapsed?: [number, number];
+
+  start() {
+    if (this.#startTime) {
+      throw new Error(`Start?? We're started, we can't start again!`);
+    }
+
+    this.#startTime = process.hrtime();
+  }
+  stop() {
+    if (this.#startTime == null) {
+      throw new Error(`Stop?? We haven't even started yet!`);
+    }
+
+    this.#elapsed = process.hrtime(this.#startTime);
+  }
+
+  describe() {
+    if (this.#elapsed == null) {
+      return `Benchmark is still running`;
+    }
+
+    return `Benchmark took ${
+      this.#elapsed[0] * Benchmark.NS_PER_SEC + this.#elapsed[1]
+    } nanoseconds`;
+  }
+}
+
+describe('micro-benchmark', () => {
+  test('parsing KQL expression', () => {
+    const b = new Benchmark();
+    b.start();
+    esKuery.fromKueryExpression(
+      'not fleet-agent-actions.attributes.sent_at: * and fleet-agent-actions.attributes.agent_id:1234567'
+    );
+    b.stop();
+    console.log(b.describe());
+  });
+
+  test('manually building KueryNode', () => {
+    const b = new Benchmark();
+    b.start();
+    esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
+      esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+        'not',
+        esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode('is', 'fleet-agent-actions.attributes.sent_at', '*')
+      ),
+      esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+        'is',
+        'fleet-agent-actions.attributes.agent_id',
+        '1234567'
+      ),
+    ]);
+    b.stop();
+    console.log(b.describe());
+  });
+
+  test('doing nothing', () => {
+    const b = new Benchmark();
+    b.start();
+    b.stop();
+    console.log(b.describe());
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
index cd0dd921312306..c8bfe223af6370 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/actions.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Agent, AgentAction, AgentActionSOAttributes } from '../../../common/typ
 import { AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { savedObjectToAgentAction } from './saved_objects';
 import { appContextService } from '../app_context';
-import { nodeTypes } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/common';
+import { esKuery } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
 
 export async function createAgentAction(
   soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ export async function getAgentActionsForCheckin(
   soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
   agentId: string
 ): Promise<AgentAction[]> {
-  const filter = nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
-    nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+  const filter = esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
+    esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'not',
-      nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+      esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
         'is',
         `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`,
         '*'
       )
     ),
-    nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+    esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'is',
       `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.agent_id`,
       agentId
@@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ export async function getAgentActionByIds(
 }
 
 export async function getNewActionsSince(soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract, timestamp: string) {
-  const filter = nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
-    nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+  const filter = esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode('and', [
+    esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'not',
-      nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+      esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
         'is',
         `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.sent_at`,
         '*'
       )
     ),
-    nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+    esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
       'range',
       `${AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE}.attributes.created_at`,
       {