Typesense MCP server for AI agents

Typesense MCP Server provides AI models with the ability to access and search data stored in Typesense collections through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server acts as a bridge, enabling large language models to discover, search, and analyze your Typesense data directly.

Installation Options

Using npm

You can install the Typesense MCP Server globally or locally using npm:

# Global installation
npm install -g typesense-mcp-server

# Local installation
npm install typesense-mcp-server

Using mcp-get

Alternatively, you can install it using the mcp-get utility:

npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install typesense-mcp-server

Configuration for Claude Desktop

To use the Typesense MCP Server with Claude Desktop, you'll need to update your Claude Desktop configuration file:

Configuration File Location

MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Configuration Settings

Add the following to your configuration file under the mcpServers section:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "typesense": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "typesense-mcp-server",
        "--host", "your-typesense-host",
        "--port", "8108",
        "--protocol", "http",
        "--api-key", "your-api-key"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace the placeholder values with your actual Typesense server details:

your-typesense-host: The hostname of your Typesense server
8108: The port your Typesense server runs on (default is 8108)
your-api-key: Your Typesense API key

Server Features

Available Resources

The server provides access to Typesense collections via URIs:

typesense://collections/<collection-name> - Access specific collections
Each collection includes name, description, and document count
JSON schema information is available for each collection

Available Tools

typesense_query

Search for documents in your Typesense collections with powerful filtering options:

{
  "query": "search text",
  "collection_name": "your_collection",
  "search_fields": ["field1", "field2"],
  "filters": "field1:value",
  "sort_by": "field1:desc",
  "limit": 10
}

typesense_get_document

Retrieve specific documents by ID from collections:

{
  "collection_name": "your_collection",
  "document_id": "doc123"
}

typesense_collection_stats

Get statistics about a Typesense collection:

{
  "collection_name": "your_collection"
}

Available Prompts

analyze_collection

Request analysis of a collection's structure and contents:

{
  "collection_name": "your_collection"
}

search_suggestions

Get suggestions for effective search queries for a collection:

{
  "collection_name": "your_collection"
}

Debugging

The server logs information to a file at /tmp/typesense-mcp.log. This log contains details about server operations, requests, and any errors.

For interactive debugging, you can use the MCP Inspector:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "typesense" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","typesense-mcp-server","--host","your-typesense-host","--port","8108","--protocol","http","--api-key","your-api-key"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "typesense": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "typesense-mcp-server",
                "--host",
                "your-typesense-host",
                "--port",
                "8108",
                "--protocol",
                "http",
                "--api-key",
                "your-api-key"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "typesense": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "typesense-mcp-server",
                "--host",
                "your-typesense-host",
                "--port",
                "8108",
                "--protocol",
                "http",
                "--api-key",
                "your-api-key"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect