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Meilisearch MCP Server

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Meilisearch MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Meilisearch through LLM interfaces like Claude.

Features

Installation

# Clone repository git clone <repository_url> cd meilisearch-mcp # Create virtual environment and install uv venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate uv pip install -e .

Requirements

  • Python ≥ 3.9
  • Running Meilisearch instance
  • Node.js (for testing with MCP Inspector)

Usage

Environment Variables

MEILI_HTTP_ADDR=http://localhost:7700 # Default Meilisearch URL MEILI_MASTER_KEY=your_master_key # Optional: Default Meilisearch API key

Dynamic Connection Configuration

The server provides tools to view and update connection settings at runtime:

  • get-connection-settings: View current connection URL and API key status
  • update-connection-settings: Update URL and/or API key to connect to a different Meilisearch instance

Example usage through MCP:

// Get current settings { "name": "get-connection-settings" } // Update connection settings { "name": "update-connection-settings", "arguments": { "url": "http://new-host:7700", "api_key": "new-api-key" } }

Search Functionality

The server provides a flexible search tool that can search across one or all indices:

  • search: Search through Meilisearch indices with optional parameters

Example usage through MCP:

// Search in a specific index { "name": "search", "arguments": { "query": "search term", "indexUid": "movies", "limit": 10 } } // Search across all indices { "name": "search", "arguments": { "query": "search term", "limit": 5, "sort": ["releaseDate:desc"] } }

Available search parameters:

  • query: The search query (required)
  • indexUid: Specific index to search in (optional)
  • limit: Maximum number of results per index (optional, default: 20)
  • offset: Number of results to skip (optional, default: 0)
  • filter: Filter expression (optional)
  • sort: Sorting rules (optional)

Running the Server

python -m src.meilisearch_mcp

Usage with Claude Desktop

To use this with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "meilisearch": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["-n", "meilisearch-mcp"] } } }

Testing with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector python -m src.meilisearch_mcp

Available Tools

Connection Management

  • get-connection-settings: View current Meilisearch connection URL and API key status
  • update-connection-settings: Update URL and/or API key to connect to a different instance

Index Management

  • create-index: Create a new index with optional primary key
  • list-indexes: List all available indexes
  • get-index-metrics: Get detailed metrics for a specific index

Document Operations

  • get-documents: Retrieve documents from an index with pagination
  • add-documents: Add or update documents in an index
  • search: Flexible search across single or multiple indices with filtering and sorting options

Settings Management

  • get-settings: View current settings for an index
  • update-settings: Update index settings (ranking, faceting, etc.)

API Key Management

  • get-keys: List all API keys
  • create-key: Create new API key with specific permissions
  • delete-key: Delete an existing API key

Task Management

  • get-task: Get information about a specific task
  • get-tasks: List tasks with optional filters:
    • limit: Maximum number of tasks to return
    • from: Number of tasks to skip
    • reverse: Sort order of tasks
    • batchUids: Filter by batch UIDs
    • uids: Filter by task UIDs
    • canceledBy: Filter by cancellation source
    • types: Filter by task types
    • statuses: Filter by task statuses
    • indexUids: Filter by index UIDs
    • afterEnqueuedAt/beforeEnqueuedAt: Filter by enqueue time
    • afterStartedAt/beforeStartedAt: Filter by start time
    • afterFinishedAt/beforeFinishedAt: Filter by finish time
  • cancel-tasks: Cancel pending or enqueued tasks
  • delete-tasks: Delete completed tasks

System Monitoring

  • health-check: Basic health check
  • get-health-status: Comprehensive health status
  • get-version: Get Meilisearch version information
  • get-stats: Get database statistics
  • get-system-info: Get system-level information

Contributing

  1. Fork repository
  2. Create feature branch
  3. Commit changes
  4. Create pull request

License

MIT

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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Server for interacting with Meilisearch through LLM interfaces like Claude.

  1. Features
    1. Installation
      1. Requirements
        1. Usage
          1. Environment Variables
          2. Dynamic Connection Configuration
          3. Search Functionality
          4. Running the Server
          5. Usage with Claude Desktop
          6. Testing with MCP Inspector
        2. Available Tools
          1. Connection Management
          2. Index Management
          3. Document Operations
          4. Search
          5. Settings Management
          6. API Key Management
          7. Task Management
          8. System Monitoring
        3. Contributing
          1. License

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