Algolia

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At a glance

• Availability: Experimental (how to enable).
• Auth: API key.
• Connection: The key from ALGOLIA_API_KEY is sent as the X-Algolia-API-Key header.
• Docs: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/

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Credentials

Set these per environment. See Connect an integration.

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Setup

1. Create an Algolia application: Sign up at https://dashboard.algolia.com (the free Build plan works for testing) and create or select an application.
2. Copy your credentials: In Settings → API Keys (https://dashboard.algolia.com/account/api-keys/all), copy the Application ID into ALGOLIA_APP_ID and an API key into ALGOLIA_API_KEY. Use the Search API key for read-only use, or create a scoped key with search, browse, and addObject ACLs for writes - avoid the Admin API key.
3. Note your host: Tools take a ‘host’ parameter: pass “<ALGOLIA_APP_ID>-dsn.algolia.net” (your application ID followed by -dsn.algolia.net).
4. Verify access: Run the List Indices tool. A 403 usually means the API key lacks the required ACL or the host does not match your application ID.

• Algolia authenticates with two headers: X-Algolia-API-Key and X-Algolia-Application-Id - both env vars are required
• Browse requires an API key with the ‘browse’ ACL; Save Objects requires ‘addObject’
• The Search API key is safe to expose in frontends, but scoped/write keys must stay server-side

Provider API reference: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/

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Tools

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Example prompts

• Search my Algolia index for a query I provide and summarize the top hits.
• List my Algolia indices with their record counts and last update times.