Meilisearch MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/meilisearch_mcp/server.py:567-575 (handler)

  Handler for the 'get-settings' MCP tool: retrieves the index settings via the SettingsManager and formats the response as text content.

  elif name == "get-settings":
      settings = self.meili_client.settings.get_settings(
          arguments["indexUid"]
      )
      return [
          types.TextContent(
              type="text", text=f"Current settings: {settings}"
          )
      ]

• src/meilisearch_mcp/server.py:189-198 (registration)

  Registration of the 'get-settings' tool in the list_tools handler, including its input schema requiring 'indexUid'.

  types.Tool(
      name="get-settings",
      description="Get current settings for an index",
      inputSchema={
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {"indexUid": {"type": "string"}},
          "required": ["indexUid"],
          "additionalProperties": False,
      },
  ),

• src/meilisearch_mcp/settings.py:27-33 (helper)

  Implementation of get_settings method in SettingsManager class, which calls the Meilisearch SDK to retrieve index settings.

  def get_settings(self, index_uid: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
      """Get all settings for an index"""
      try:
          index = self.client.index(index_uid)
          return index.get_settings()
      except Exception as e:
          raise Exception(f"Failed to get settings: {str(e)}")