MeiliSearch MCP

An MCP server for MeiliSearch, the fast and typo-tolerant search engine.

What it does

Search through MeiliSearch indexes, manage documents, create/delete indexes, check health and stats, and manage API keys. Perfect for AI agents that need to search through your data.

Tools

• check_health - Check if the MeiliSearch server is running
• list_indexes - List all indexes
• get_index - Get index details
• create_index - Create a new index
• delete_index - Delete an index
• search_index - Search documents in an index
• get_documents - List documents in an index
• get_document - Get a single document by ID
• add_documents - Add documents to an index
• delete_document - Delete a document by ID
• get_stats - Get instance statistics
• get_index_stats - Get index-specific statistics
• get_task - Check async task status
• list_keys - List API keys
• update_settings - Update index settings (ranking rules, searchable attributes, filters, etc.)

Install

npx meilisearch-mcp

Environment Variables

• MEILISEARCH_URL - MeiliSearch server URL (default: http://localhost:7575)
• MEILISEARCH_API_KEY - API key for authentication (if your instance requires it)

Claude Desktop setup

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meilisearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "meilisearch-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MEILISEARCH_URL": "http://localhost:7575",
        "MEILISEARCH_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example usage

Ask Claude:

• "Search my products index for 'wireless headphones'"
• "Show me all indexes in my MeiliSearch instance"
• "Add these documents to my blog-posts index"
• "How many documents are in my main index?"
• "Update my index settings to use title as searchable attribute"

Requirements

• A running MeiliSearch instance (v1.0+)
• Optional: API key if your instance has authentication enabled

License

MIT