Typesense MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that interfaces with Typesense

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Typesense Server Integration for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @avarant/typesense-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

Install uv

On Mac you can install it using homebrew

brew install uv

Clone the package

git clone git@github.com:avarant/typesense-mcp-server.git ~/typesense-mcp-server

Update your .cursor/mcp.json to use in Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "typesense": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "~/typesense-mcp-server", "run", "mcp", "run", "main.py"],
      "env": {
        "TYPESENSE_HOST": "",
        "TYPESENSE_PORT": "", 
        "TYPESENSE_PROTOCOL": "",
        "TYPESENSE_API_KEY": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

The Typesense MCP Server provides the following tools:

Server Management

check_typesense_health - Checks the health status of the configured Typesense server
list_collections - Retrieves a list of all collections in the Typesense server

Collection Management

describe_collection - Retrieves the schema and metadata for a specific collection
export_collection - Exports all documents from a specific collection
create_collection - Creates a new collection with the provided schema
delete_collection - Deletes a specific collection
truncate_collection - Truncates a collection by deleting all documents but keeping the schema

Document Operations

create_document - Creates a single new document in a specific collection
upsert_document - Upserts (creates or updates) a single document in a specific collection
index_multiple_documents - Indexes (creates, upserts, or updates) multiple documents in a batch
delete_document - Deletes a single document by its ID from a specific collection
import_documents_from_csv - Imports documents from CSV data into a collection

Search Capabilities

search - Performs a keyword search on a specific collection
vector_search - Performs a vector similarity search on a specific collection

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

View all tools

A server that enables vector and keyword search capabilities in Typesense databases through the Model Context Protocol, providing tools for collection management, document operations, and search functionality.

Related MCP Servers

Typesense MCP Server
suhail-ak-s
-
security
A
license
-
quality
An MCP server implementation that enables AI models to discover, search, and analyze data stored in Typesense collections through tools for querying documents, retrieving specific items, and accessing collection statistics.
Last updated -
21
7
TypeScript
MIT License
Chroma MCP Server
privetin
-
security
A
license
-
quality
A Model Context Protocol server providing vector database capabilities through Chroma, enabling semantic document search, metadata filtering, and document management with persistent storage.
Last updated -
17
Python
MIT License
Notion MCP Server
ccabanillas
-
security
A
license
-
quality
A Model Context Protocol server that provides a standardized interface for interacting with Notion's API, enabling users to list databases, create pages, and search across their Notion workspace.
Last updated -
105
Python
MIT License
Better Qdrant MCP Server
wrediam
-
security
A
license
-
quality
A Model Context Protocol server that enables semantic search capabilities by providing tools to manage Qdrant vector database collections, process and embed documents using various embedding services, and perform semantic searches across vector embeddings.
Last updated -
89
TypeScript
MIT License

View all related MCP servers

Typesense MCP Server