Elasticsearch MCP Server

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch MCP Server

Overview

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides Elasticsearch and OpenSearch interaction. This server enables searching documents, analyzing indices, and managing cluster through a set of tools.

Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f7409e31-fac4-4321-9c94-b0ff2ea7ff15

Features

General Operations

• general_api_request: Perform a general HTTP API request. Use this tool for any Elasticsearch/OpenSearch API that does not have a dedicated tool.

Index Operations

• list_indices: List all indices.
• get_index: Returns information (mappings, settings, aliases) about one or more indices.
• create_index: Create a new index.
• delete_index: Delete an index.

Document Operations

• search_documents: Search for documents.
• index_document: Creates or updates a document in the index.
• get_document: Get a document by ID.
• delete_document: Delete a document by ID.
• delete_by_query: Deletes documents matching the provided query.

Cluster Operations

• get_cluster_health: Returns basic information about the health of the cluster.
• get_cluster_stats: Returns high-level overview of cluster statistics.

Alias Operations

• list_aliases: List all aliases.
• get_alias: Get alias information for a specific index.
• put_alias: Create or update an alias for a specific index.
• delete_alias: Delete an alias for a specific index.

Configure Environment Variables

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the values accordingly.

Start Elasticsearch/OpenSearch Cluster

Start the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch cluster using Docker Compose:

The default Elasticsearch username is elastic and password is test123. The default OpenSearch username is admin and password is admin.

You can access Kibana/OpenSearch Dashboards from http://localhost:5601.

Stdio

Option 1: Using uvx

Using uvx will automatically install the package from PyPI, no need to clone the repository locally. Add the following configuration to 's config file claude_desktop_config.json.

Option 2: Using uv with local development

Using uv requires cloning the repository locally and specifying the path to the source code. Add the following configuration to Claude Desktop's config file claude_desktop_config.json.

SSE

Option 1: Using uvx

Option 2: Using uv

Streamable HTTP

Option 1: Using uvx

Option 2: Using uv

Compatibility

The MCP server is compatible with Elasticsearch 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x. By default, it uses the Elasticsearch 8.x client (without a suffix). To use the Elasticsearch 7.x client, run the elasticsearch-mcp-server-es7 variant. For Elasticsearch 9.x, use elasticsearch-mcp-server-es9. For example:

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.