Algolia MCP: work on your search indices from an AI app

Set up Algolia for Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect Algolia free and sign in to Algolia.
2. 2Several Algolia tools can wipe data: deleting an index, clearing all records or clearing all rules. Switch those off and keep the read and debugging tools.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask Cursor why a product ranks low for a query in your Algolia index, then open Activity to see the lookups it made.

Index work you can hand to Claude or Cursor

• Check an index exists, read its settings and fetch records by ID.
• Find where an object ranks in a result set to debug relevance.
• Copy an index, its rules or its settings to another index, or export rules as a backup.
• Set up an A/B test between two variants of an index configuration.
• Send click and conversion events for items your users chose.

Protect your production indices

• Switch off delete index, clear records and clear rules so no AI app can wipe an index.
• Set a policy to warn or block before a copy or A/B test changes live search.
• Activity records every Algolia call, so a settings change can be traced back to the AI app that made it.

What you get with Algolia and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use AlgoliaClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Algolia through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Algolia tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Algolia tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in Algolia. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Add AB TestTool to create an ab test comparing search performance between two variants. use to test different index configurations or search parameters and measure impact on click-through and conversion rates.
• Browse Algolia IndexTool to retrieve all records from an index. use when you need to export or iterate through an entire index dataset.
• Clear ObjectsTool to clear records of an index without affecting settings. use when you need to completely wipe all objects (e.g., after a bulk reindex) while preserving index configuration.
• Clear RulesTool to delete all rules in an index. use when you need to wipe all rules before re-creating them. use after confirming no critical rules require retention.
• Clicked Object IDsTool to send a click event to algolia to capture clicked items. use immediately after a user click outside of search contexts to report click events.
• Clicked Object IDs After SearchTool to send a click event after a search response. use when you want to report which items a user clicked in search results.
• Converted Object IDsTool to send a conversion event for items outside of search context. use when tracking conversions on category pages or external flows unrelated to algolia search.
• Copy IndexTool to copy the specified index to a new index. use when you need to duplicate an existing index including records, settings, synonyms, and rules after confirming source and destination names.
• Copy RulesTool to copy rules from one index to another. use when you need to duplicate all query rules from a source index to a target index after confirming both names.
• Copy Index SettingsTool to copy the settings from one index to another. use when you need to replicate index configurations without records or other data.
• Delete IndexTool to delete the specified index and all its records. use when you need to permanently remove an index after confirming it's no longer needed.
• Delete Multiple RecordsTool to delete multiple records from an algolia index. use when you need to remove multiple objects by their ids.
• Delete RuleTool to delete the specified rule from an index. use when you need to permanently remove a rule after confirming its objectid.
• Delete SynonymTool to delete a synonym from a specified index. use when you need to remove an existing synonym by its objectid.
• Export RulesTool to export all rules defined on an index. use when you need to backup or migrate index rules.
• Find ObjectTool to find the first object matching a query or filter in an index. use when debugging relevance or filter logic after confirming index exists.
• Get Object PositionTool to retrieve an object’s position in a result set. use when debugging relevance after performing a search query.
• Get multiple objectsTool to retrieve multiple records from an index. use when you need to batch-fetch several objectids in one call.
• Get Index SettingsTool to retrieve the settings of a specified index. use when you need to inspect index configurations after creation or update.
• Index ExistsTool to check if an algolia index exists. use before performing index operations to prevent accidental index creation. example: indexexists(index name='products').