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