Meilisearch MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/index-tools.ts:122-133 (handler)

  The core handler function for the 'update-index' tool. It performs a PATCH request to the Meilisearch API to update the primary key of the specified index and returns the JSON response or an error message.

  async ({ indexUid, primaryKey }: UpdateIndexParams) => {
    try {
      const response = await apiClient.patch(`/indexes/${indexUid}`, {
        primaryKey,
      });
      return {
        content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2) }],
      };
    } catch (error) {
      return createErrorResponse(error);
    }
  }

• src/tools/index-tools.ts:118-121 (schema)

  Zod input schema for the 'update-index' tool, defining the required parameters: indexUid and primaryKey.

  {
    indexUid: z.string().describe('Unique identifier of the index'),
    primaryKey: z.string().describe('New primary key for the index'),
  },

• src/tools/index-tools.ts:115-134 (registration)

  MCP tool registration for 'update-index', including name, description, schema, and handler function.

  server.tool(
    'update-index',
    'Update a Meilisearch index (currently only supports updating the primary key)',
    {
      indexUid: z.string().describe('Unique identifier of the index'),
      primaryKey: z.string().describe('New primary key for the index'),
    },
    async ({ indexUid, primaryKey }: UpdateIndexParams) => {
      try {
        const response = await apiClient.patch(`/indexes/${indexUid}`, {
          primaryKey,
        });
        return {
          content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2) }],
        };
      } catch (error) {
        return createErrorResponse(error);
      }
    }
  );

• src/index.ts:64-64 (registration)

  Invocation of registerIndexTools which registers the 'update-index' tool (among others) on the main MCP server instance.

  registerIndexTools(server);

• src/tools/index-tools.ts:28-31 (schema)

  TypeScript interface defining the input parameters for the update-index tool handler.

  interface UpdateIndexParams {
    indexUid: string;
    primaryKey: string;
  }