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Meilisearch

@mrfentmenMCP server · External

Search indexes, manage documents, check health and stats.

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Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

  1. Reads
  2. Writes
  3. High impact

At most: moves money, runs code or commands, deletes data, or sends messages for you.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

npm@mrfentmen/meilisearch-mcpv1.0.2

Run

npx -y @mrfentmen/meilisearch-mcp

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meilisearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mrfentmen/meilisearch-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
README1 min read

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.

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

bash
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:

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

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