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Summary
Let your AI search and inspect your Algolia indices: list indices, search and browse records, read settings, synonyms and Rules, see top searches and searches without results and, with your confirmation, add or update records.
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Example prompts for Algolia
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Algolia + Claude
Let your AI search and inspect your Algolia indices: list indices, search and browse records, read settings, synonyms and Rules, see top searches and searches without results and, with your confirmation, add or update records.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
ALGOLIA_APP_ID, ALGOLIA_API_KEY, ALGOLIA_ANALYTICS_REGION
Step 1 — Get credentials
- Open the Algolia dashboard at Settings → API Keys (
https://dashboard.algolia.com/account/api-keys) and copy the Application ID intoALGOLIA_APP_ID. - Create a dedicated key under All API keys → New API key instead of reusing the Admin key. Give it a description such as
AnythingMCP, optionally limit it to some indices, and give it the ACLsearch,browse,listIndexes,settingsandanalytics. Paste it intoALGOLIA_API_KEY. - Set
ALGOLIA_ANALYTICS_REGIONtousorde, the analytics region shown in the dashboard under Settings → Infrastructure → Analytics. Most applications useus. - Install the connector. The connection check lists your indices, as
algolia_list_indicesdoes.
Why not the Search-Only key: the connection check needs the listIndexes ACL. Algolia's default Search-Only API key has only search, so it fails the check with 403 "Method not allowed with this API key", even though search itself would work with it. Create the custom read key from step 2 instead. Do not use the Admin API key either: it can delete indices and manage keys, and no tool here needs that. Every key's ACL, index limits and rate limit are listed under Settings → API Keys → All API keys.
What the AI can do: search an index the way your site does, with typo tolerance, filters such as brand:Apple AND price < 500, facet counts and paging (10 hits by default, at most 100); read records in bulk with algolia_browse; and read single records, index settings, synonyms and Rules to explain why results rank the way they do. Searches made by the AI stay out of your analytics.
Search analytics: algolia_top_searches, algolia_no_result_searches (what people look for and do not find), algolia_top_hits and algolia_search_count. The default period is the last 8 days. Analytics lag behind by up to a few hours, and an index needs traffic before it has any data.
Writes ask first: algolia_save_object adds a record or replaces it entirely, and algolia_partial_update_object changes some of its attributes. Before each, the AI shows you the index, the objectID and the content and waits for your yes. Both need the addObject ACL in addition, so a read key stays read-only. Algolia applies changes in the background, and they are searchable a moment later.
Switched off at install: algolia_delete_object, which deletes a record for good. An administrator turns it on deliberately, and it needs the deleteObject ACL.
Common errors: 403 "Invalid Application-ID or API key": the Application ID or the key is wrong, or the key was deleted. 401 "Invalid credentials" means the same on the Analytics API; check the analytics region too. 403 "Method not allowed with this API key": the key lacks an ACL. "Index not allowed with this API key": the key is limited to other indices. 404: the index or record does not exist; index names are case-sensitive. 429: the key hit its rate limit.
The connector does not create, copy or delete indices, change settings, synonyms or Rules, manage API keys, or cover Insights events, Recommend, Query Suggestions or the Crawler.
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Claude
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Recommended path: works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.
- In Claude, open Customize → Connectors.
- Click +, then Add custom connector.
- Enter a name, e.g.
Algolia, and the remote MCP server URLhttps://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID, then click Add. - Click Connect and sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) to allow access.
All tools below appear in your chat: start typing prompts.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
algolia_list_indices | List the indices of the application: name, number of records (entries), data and file size, last update and build time, and replica… |
algolia_search | Search one index the way the user's site or app does: full-text query with typo tolerance, filters, facets and paging |
algolia_browse | Read many records of an index in bulk, beyond the 1,000-hit limit of a search: returns up to hits_per_page records and a cursor; call again… |
algolia_get_object | Get one record by its objectID, optionally only some attributes |
algolia_get_settings | Get an index's settings: searchable attributes, attributes for faceting, custom ranking, ranking criteria, typo tolerance, replicas… |
algolia_search_synonyms | Search or list the synonyms of an index: objectID, type (synonym, onewaysynonym, altcorrection1/2, placeholder) and the words |
algolia_search_rules | Search or list the Rules of an index (merchandising and query rules): objectID, conditions (pattern, anchoring, context), consequence… |
algolia_save_object | Add a record, or replace an existing one entirely, under a given objectID |
algolia_partial_update_object | Change some attributes of a record, leaving the others as they are |
algolia_delete_object | Delete one record by objectID |
algolia_top_searches | The most frequent searches on an index over a period, with how often each was made and how many results it returned; with click_analytics… |
algolia_no_result_searches | The most frequent searches on an index that returned no results, with their count and how many of them had filters applied |
algolia_top_hits | The records that appear most often in search results on an index (objectID and count), overall or for one search query; with… |
algolia_search_count | The number of searches on an index over a period, in total and per day |
Example prompts
- "Which Algolia indices do we have, and how many records does each hold?"
- "What did people search for most on the products index in the last 30 days, and which searches returned nothing?"
- "Search the products index for running shoes with the filter brand:Nike and show me the top 10 with price."
- "Why does record 4711 rank so low for 'sneakers'? Check the index settings, synonyms and Rules."
- "Change the price of record 4711 in the products index to 89.90. Show me the change first."
FAQ
Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes, point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID.
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