Get started with Algolia Productivity MCP

Connect LLM tools to your Algolia account with user-scoped access for internal workflows.

Before you begin

To use Algolia Productivity MCP, make sure you have:

• An Algolia account with access to the applications and indices you want to work with.
• An MCP client such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or OpenAI Playground.

Enable Algolia Productivity MCP

1. Go to Algolia dashboard > Generate AI > MCP Servers > Productivity
2. Enable Algolia Productivity MCP for your account

Keep the Productivity MCP enabled while you use MCP clients. Disabling it stops connected workflows immediately.

Connect from your MCP client

Open your MCP client and add a new MCP server or connector. Use the Productivity MCP URL from the Algolia dashboard, then sign in when prompted so the MCP can inherit your Algolia permissions.

ChatGPT

1. Open Connectors settings, then click Create.
2. Fill in the following:
   • Server URL: https://mcp.algolia.com/mcp
   • Label: Algolia
   • Description: add a description that helps the LLM understand the tool’s purpose.
   • Authentication: specify OAuth
   • OAuth Client ID: paste in the ChatGPT provider ID (get the provider ID from your Algolia Dashboard)
   • OAuth Client Secret: leave empty
3. Check I trust this application.
4. Click Create and sign in when prompted.
5. Enable the Algolia MCP connection from the prompt bar.

Claude

1. Open Connectors settings, then click Add Custom Connector.
2. Fill in the following:
   • Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.algolia.com/mcp
   • Name: Algolia
   • Advanced Settings / OAuth Client ID, paste in the Claude provider ID (get the provider ID from your Algolia Dashboard)
   • Advanced Settings / OAuth Client Secret, leave empty
3. Click Add and sign in when prompted.
4. Enable the Algolia MCP connection from the prompt bar.

What you can do

Algolia Productivity MCP is designed for internal, user-scoped workflows:

• Run searches across the applications and indices you can access.
• Ask business intelligence-style questions like top searches, no-results queries, and trends.
• Explore index data and validate changes before making updates elsewhere.

Tools exposed by Algolia Productivity MCP

Algolia Productivity MCP exposes a tool per index and analytics-specific tools.

Tool	API
Search
algolia_search_list_indices	List indices
algolia_search_index	Search an index
algolia_search_for_facet_values	Search for facet values
Recommend
algolia_recommendations	Retrieve recommendations
Analytics
algolia_analytics_get_click_positions	Get click positions
algolia_analytics_get_no_click_rate	Get no click rate
algolia_analytics_get_top_searches_without_clicks	Get searches with no clicks
algolia_analytics_get_top_filters	Get top filter attributes
algolia_analytics_get_top_filters_no_results	Get top filters with no results
algolia_analytics_get_no_results_rate	Get no results rate
algolia_analytics_get_number_of_searches	Get searches count
algolia_analytics_get_searches_no_results	Get searches with no results
algolia_analytics_get_top_searches	Get top searches
algolia_analytics_get_top_search_results	Get top hits
algolia_analytics_get_number_of_users	Get users count
algolia_analytics_get_top_countries	Get top countries

ChatGPT requires two extra tools (see OpenAI MCP docs):

Tool	API
search	Search an index
fetch	Retrieve a record

Guidelines

• Authentication required. Productivity MCP uses your Algolia identity and permissions.
• Read-only access. Use it for analysis and exploration; data changes still happen in the dashboard or APIs.
• Data scope. Anything you can access in Algolia is available to the MCP, so treat prompts and outputs as internal data.