diff --git a/scripts/saved_objs_info.js b/scripts/saved_objs_info.js
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/saved_objs_info.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+require('../src/setup_node_env');
+require('../test/common/services/saved_object_info').runSavedObjInfoSvc();
diff --git a/test/common/services/saved_object_info.ts b/test/common/services/saved_object_info.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 81871908724d..000000000000
--- a/test/common/services/saved_object_info.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 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 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import { inspect } from 'util';
-
-import type { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
-
-import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
-import { FtrService } from '../ftr_provider_context';
-
-export class SavedObjectInfoService extends FtrService {
-  private readonly es = this.ctx.getService('es');
-
-  public async logSoTypes(log: ToolingLog, msg: string | null = null) {
-    const types = await this.getTypes();
-
-    log.debug(
-      `\n### Saved Object Types ${msg || 'Count: ' + types.length}\n${inspect(types, {
-        compact: false,
-        depth: 99,
-        breakLength: 80,
-        sorted: true,
-      })}`
-    );
-  }
-
-  public async getTypes(index = '.kibana') {
-    try {
-      const { body } = await this.es.search({
-        index,
-        size: 0,
-        body: {
-          aggs: {
-            savedobjs: {
-              terms: {
-                field: 'type',
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      });
-
-      const agg = body.aggregations?.savedobjs as
-        | estypes.AggregationsTermsAggregate<{ key: string; doc_count: number }>
-        | undefined;
-
-      if (!agg?.buckets) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `expected es to return buckets of saved object types: ${inspect(body, { depth: 100 })}`
-        );
-      }
-
-      return agg.buckets;
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Error while searching for saved object types: ${error}`);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/common/services/saved_object_info/index.ts b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8e777e4e3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { run } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { pipe } from 'fp-ts/function';
+import { payload, noop, areValid, print, expectedFlags } from './utils';
+import { types } from './saved_object_info';
+
+export { SavedObjectInfoService } from './saved_object_info';
+
+export const runSavedObjInfoSvc = () =>
+  run(
+    async ({ flags, log }) => {
+      const printWith = print(log);
+
+      const getAndFormatAndPrint = async () =>
+        pipe(await types(flags.esUrl as string)(), payload, printWith());
+
+      return areValid(flags) ? getAndFormatAndPrint() : noop();
+    },
+    {
+      description: `
+
+Show information pertaining to the saved objects in the .kibana index
+
+Examples:
+
+See 'saved_objects_info_svc.md'
+
+      `,
+      flags: expectedFlags(),
+    }
+  );
diff --git a/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_object_info.ts b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_object_info.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2084ff8e9f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_object_info.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import url from 'url';
+import { Either, fromNullable, chain, getOrElse, toError } from 'fp-ts/Either';
+import { flow, pipe } from 'fp-ts/function';
+import * as TE from 'fp-ts/lib/TaskEither';
+import * as T from 'fp-ts/lib/Task';
+import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { FtrService } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
+import { print } from './utils';
+
+const pluck = (key: string) => (obj: any): Either<Error, string> =>
+  fromNullable(new Error(`Missing ${key}`))(obj[key]);
+
+const query = {
+  aggs: {
+    savedobjs: {
+      terms: {
+        field: 'type',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export const types = (node: string) => async (index: string = '.kibana') =>
+  await pipe(
+    TE.tryCatch(
+      async () => {
+        const { body } = await new Client({ node }).search({
+          index,
+          size: 0,
+          body: query,
+        });
+        return body;
+      },
+      (reason: any) => toError(reason)
+    ),
+    TE.map((resp: any) =>
+      flow(
+        pluck('aggregations'),
+        chain(pluck('savedobjs')),
+        chain(pluck('buckets')),
+        getOrElse((err: Error) => err.message)
+      )(resp)
+    ),
+    TE.fold((x) => T.of(`Error while searching for saved object types: ${x}`), T.of)
+  )();
+
+export class SavedObjectInfoService extends FtrService {
+  private readonly config = this.ctx.getService('config');
+
+  public async logSoTypes(log: ToolingLog, msg: string | null = null) {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    pipe(await types(url.format(this.config.get('servers.elasticsearch'))), print(log)(msg));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_objects_info_svc.md b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_objects_info_svc.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d623129e290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/saved_objects_info_svc.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Saved Objects Info Svc w/ CLI
+
+## Used via the cli
+
+Run the cli 
+> the **--esUrl** arg is required; tells the svc which elastic search endpoint to use
+
+```shell
+ λ node scripts/saved_objs_info.js --esUrl http://elastic:changeme@localhost:9220 --soTypes
+```
+
+Result
+
+```shell
+      ### types:
+
+      [
+        {
+          doc_count: 5,
+          key: 'canvas-workpad-template'
+        },
+        {
+          doc_count: 1,
+          key: 'apm-telemetry'
+        },
+        {
+          doc_count: 1,
+          key: 'config'
+        },
+        {
+          doc_count: 1,
+          key: 'space'
+        }
+      ]
+```
diff --git a/test/common/services/saved_object_info/utils.ts b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43ec56505174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/services/saved_object_info/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { inspect } from 'util';
+import { createFlagError, ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+
+export const format = (obj: unknown) =>
+  inspect(obj, {
+    compact: false,
+    depth: 99,
+    breakLength: 80,
+    sorted: true,
+  });
+
+export const noop = () => {};
+
+export const areValid = (flags: any) => {
+  if (flags.esUrl === '') throw createFlagError('please provide a single --esUrl flag');
+  return true;
+};
+
+// @ts-ignore
+export const print = (log: ToolingLog) => (msg: string | null = null) => ({ xs, count }) =>
+  log.success(`\n### Saved Object Types ${msg || 'Count: ' + count}\n${xs}`);
+
+export const expectedFlags = () => ({
+  string: ['esUrl'],
+  boolean: ['soTypes'],
+  help: `
+--esUrl             Required, tells the app which url to point to
+--soTypes           Not Required, tells the svc to show the types within the .kibana index
+        `,
+});
+
+export const payload = (xs: any) => ({
+  xs: format(xs),
+  count: xs.length,
+});