indexnow-mcp

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:394-410 (handler)

  Handler implementation for indexnow_generate_key tool.

  async ({ custom_key }) => {
    const key = custom_key || crypto.randomUUID();
    const fileContent = generateApiKeyFile(key);
  
    let output = `## IndexNow API Key Generated\n\n`;
    output += `**Your API Key:** \`${key}\`\n\n`;
    output += `### Setup Instructions\n\n`;
    output += `1. Create a file named \`${key}.txt\` in your website's root directory\n`;
    output += `2. The file should contain only: \`${fileContent}\`\n`;
    output += `3. Verify it's accessible at: \`https://yourdomain.com/${key}.txt\`\n\n`;
    output += `### File Content\n\`\`\`\n${fileContent}\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
    output += `### Quick Setup Commands\n\`\`\`bash\n`;
    output += `# For static sites\necho "${key}" > public/${key}.txt\n\n`;
    output += `# For Next.js\necho "${key}" > public/${key}.txt\n\n`;
    output += `# For WordPress\necho "${key}" > ${key}.txt\n`;
    output += `# Upload to your WordPress root directory\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
    output += `### Supported Search Engines\n`;

• src/index.ts:388-410 (registration)

  Registration of indexnow_generate_key tool.

  server.tool(
    "indexnow_generate_key",
    "Generate an IndexNow API key and the verification file content. You need to host this file at your domain root.",
    {
      custom_key: z.string().optional().describe("Custom API key (optional — a UUID will be generated if not provided)"),
    },
    async ({ custom_key }) => {
      const key = custom_key || crypto.randomUUID();
      const fileContent = generateApiKeyFile(key);
  
      let output = `## IndexNow API Key Generated\n\n`;
      output += `**Your API Key:** \`${key}\`\n\n`;
      output += `### Setup Instructions\n\n`;
      output += `1. Create a file named \`${key}.txt\` in your website's root directory\n`;
      output += `2. The file should contain only: \`${fileContent}\`\n`;
      output += `3. Verify it's accessible at: \`https://yourdomain.com/${key}.txt\`\n\n`;
      output += `### File Content\n\`\`\`\n${fileContent}\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
      output += `### Quick Setup Commands\n\`\`\`bash\n`;
      output += `# For static sites\necho "${key}" > public/${key}.txt\n\n`;
      output += `# For Next.js\necho "${key}" > public/${key}.txt\n\n`;
      output += `# For WordPress\necho "${key}" > ${key}.txt\n`;
      output += `# Upload to your WordPress root directory\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
      output += `### Supported Search Engines\n`;

• src/index.ts:189-191 (helper)

  Helper function to generate the content for the API key file.

  function generateApiKeyFile(apiKey: string): string {
    return apiKey;
  }