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.

Related MCP server: Typesense MCP Server

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