Algolia Skill for Cursor

Algolia

_Independent, unofficial connector for Algolia. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Algolia. "Algolia" is a trademark of its owner, used only to identify the service this connector works with._

Agent-callable tools for the Algolia Search and Recommend REST APIs. Index records into a search index, search and browse them, retrieve records by object ID, and manage the configuration that shapes relevance — index settings, synonyms, and query rules — plus read AI recommendations. Covers the full record lifecycle (write / read / search / delete, single and batch), index and index-config management, and the Recommend read surface.

When to use this

• Search and retrieve — full-text search over an index (with filters and facets), federated multi-index search, cursor browse for export, get records by object ID, and facet-value search.
• Index records — add, replace, partial-update, and delete records, individually or in batches, across one or many indices.
• Manage indices and relevance config — list/delete/copy/move indices, read and update settings, and CRUD synonyms and query rules.
• Recommendations — read AI recommendations (related products, frequently-bought-together, trending, looking-similar) and the Recommend rules that curate them.

Writes are asynchronous — each returns a taskID; use getTask to confirm a write is applied before asserting it landed.

Setup

This is an agentskills.io skill.

If the connector has not been installed as a skill yet, install it first with npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill algolia (or your harness's own skill-install mechanism), then continue here. Installing the skill copies these files, not dependencies. Before running the CLI, a local MCP server, or zapier-sdk auth commands, run npm install --omit=dev here once. Importing the published package as a dependency in your own project instead? That npm install already resolves everything — see references/use-as-sdk.md.

The connector runs on Node.js 22.18+. Pick the reference that matches how you're running it, and load it before doing anything else:

| You have... | Load |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |

| An MCP-aware client — tools may already be loaded (e.g. mcp__algolia__<tool>), or you can register a local server yourself (or guide the user to) | references/use-as-mcp.md |

| Terminal / subprocess access (you can run node) | references/use-as-cli.md |

| Only your own code, importing this package as a dependency | references/use-as-sdk.md |

| No tool access, no terminal, no ability to import this package — you write your own code that calls the Algolia API directly (e.g. a code-execution sandbox) | references/use-as-recipe.md |

Scripts

All scripts share the single algolia connection. Almost every tool takes an indexName — get it from listIndices. Object/synonym/rule IDs come from the corresponding search/browse tool.

| Script | Script name | Connections | Description |

| ---------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| scripts/searchIndex.ts | searchIndex | algolia | Search one index for records matching a query, with filters and facets. |

| scripts/searchMultipleIndices.ts | searchMultipleIndices | algolia | Run several search queries in one request (federated / multi-index). |

| scripts/browseObjects.ts | browseObjects | algolia | Cursor-traverse every record in an index (export / reindex). |

| scripts/getObject.ts | getObject | algolia | Retrieve a single record by object ID. |

| scripts/getObjects.ts | getObjects | algolia | Retrieve multiple records by object ID, optionally across indices. |

| scripts/searchForFacetValues.ts | searchForFacetValues | algolia | Search the values of one faceted attribute. |

| scripts/saveObject.ts | saveObject | algolia | Add a record; Algolia assigns an object ID if omitted. |

| scripts/addOrUpdateObject.ts | addOrUpdateObject | algolia | Add or fully replace a record at a specific object ID (upsert). |

| scripts/partialUpdateObject.ts | partialUpdateObject | algolia | Update specific attributes on a record without replacing it. |

| scripts/deleteObject.ts | deleteObject | algolia | Delete a single record by object ID. |

| scripts/batch.ts | batch | algolia | Run many record operations against one index in one request. |

| scripts/multipleBatch.ts | multipleBatch | algolia | Run record operations across several indices in one request. |

| scripts/deleteBy.ts | deleteBy | algolia | Delete records in an index matching a filter (a filter is required). |

| scripts/clearObjects.ts | clearObjects | algolia | Delete all records in an index, keeping its config. |

| scripts/listIndices.ts | listIndices | algolia | List the indices in the application. |

| scripts/deleteIndex.ts | deleteIndex | algolia | Permanently delete an index (records + config). |

| scripts/copyOrMoveIndex.ts | copyOrMoveIndex | algolia | Copy or move (rename) an index; overwrites the destination. |

| scripts/getSettings.ts | getSettings | algolia | Read an index's settings (relevance, faceting, ranking). |

| scripts/setSettings.ts | setSettings | algolia | Update an index's settings (merged with existing). |

| scripts/saveSynonym.ts | saveSynonym | algolia | Create or replace a single synonym. |

| scripts/getSynonym.ts | getSynonym | algolia | Fetch a single synonym by ID. |

| scripts/searchSynonyms.ts | searchSynonyms | algolia | Search or list synonyms in an index. |

| scripts/deleteSynonym.ts | deleteSynonym | algolia | Delete a single synonym by ID. |

| scripts/clearSynonyms.ts | clearSynonyms | algolia | Delete all synonyms in an index. |

| scripts/saveRule.ts | saveRule | algolia | Create or replace a single query rule. |

| scripts/getRule.ts | getRule | algolia | Fetch a single query rule by ID. |

| scripts/searchRules.ts | searchRules | algolia | Search or list query rules in an index. |

| scripts/deleteRule.ts | deleteRule | algolia | Delete a single query rule by ID. |

| scripts/getRecommendations.ts | getRecommendations | algolia | Read AI recommendations from a Recommend model. |

| scripts/getRecommendRule.ts | getRecommendRule | algolia | Fetch a single Recommend rule by ID. |

| scripts/searchRecommendRules.ts | searchRecommendRules | algolia | Search or list Recommend rules for an index + model. |

| scripts/getTask.ts | getTask | algolia | Check an async indexing task's status (poll until published). |

Disambiguation & refusals

• Resolve names to IDs before writing. Most write tools (addOrUpdateObject, partialUpdateObject, deleteObject, saveSynonym/deleteSynonym, saveRule/deleteRule) act on an objectID or an indexName, not a human name. Resolve first: use listIndices to pick the index, and searchIndex / browseObjects / searchSynonyms / searchRules to find the exact ID. If a search returns exactly one clear match, act on it; if two or more plausibly match, stop and ask which — list the candidates with a distinguishing field (e.g. a title attribute or the rule/synonym body). Never guess an ID or silently pick among ties.
• Don't fabricate unsupported operations. This connector does not manage API keys, edit language dictionaries, write Recommend rules (getRecommendRule/searchRecommendRules are read-only), or run Insights/Analytics/Personalization. If asked for one of these, say it's unsupported — don't substitute another tool and report success for something you didn't do.
• Destructive tools are irreversible. deleteBy (requires a filter — an empty filter is refused; use clearObjects to intentionally empty an index), clearObjects, deleteIndex, and copyOrMoveIndex (overwrites the destination) cannot be undone. Confirm the target index/filter before calling.

Auth

Algolia uses two request headers (x-algolia-application-id and x-algolia-api-key) and carries the Application ID in the request host; the connector's resolver handles both. Two connection styles:

• Direct key (algolia:<PREFIX>) — recommended, works today. You supply the credentials via env vars (below).
• Zapier-managed (zapier:<connection-id>) — routes through Zapier so you don't hold the key. This requires the Algolia app to have hosted HTTP access enabled on Zapier's side; until that's provisioned, a zapier:<id> call returns a Zapier error (does not support direct HTTP requests). Use the direct key in the meantime.

Pass the connection as --connection algolia:ALGOLIA, where ALGOLIA is the prefix for two env vars the resolver reads:

• ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID — your Algolia Application ID.
• ALGOLIA_API_KEY — an API key whose ACLs cover the actions you call. A search-only key drives every read tool; the write tools need a key with write/admin ACLs (a search-only key returns a clear 403 on writes).

Find both in the Algolia dashboard under API Keys. Keys are long-lived; a rotated or revoked key surfaces as a 403 — replace it in your connection.

Auth is passed as a connection selector, not the secret — the algolia:ALGOLIA string names the env-var prefix, and the resolver reads the two ALGOLIA_* values at call time (the exact syntax per shape — CLI / MCP / SDK — is in the reference you loaded above). Checking what's already configured? Don't dump env values (env/env | grep <name> leak a live credential into the transcript); check names only (env | cut -d= -f1 | grep -i algolia) or test a name directly ([ -n "$ALGOLIA_API_KEY" ]).

Output format

Every script returns a { data, meta } envelope:

• data — the script's result (the shape its outputSchema declares; see the reference you loaded above for how to inspect a script's exact schema in your shape).
• meta.outputDataValidation — what validating data did:
• { skipped: false, droppedPaths: null } — validated, nothing removed.
• { skipped: false, droppedPaths: [...], instruction } — validated, but those paths were stripped from data: fields the script returned from the API that the outputSchema doesn't declare. If you need them, re-run with output validation skipped.
• { skipped: true } — validation was bypassed; data is the raw, unchecked script output.

Reading dropped fields / skipOutputDataValidation. To receive the raw, unvalidated result, opt out of output validation (the exact syntax differs by shape — see the reference you loaded above). Input validation is never skipped.

Trimming the result / filterOutputData. To shrink a large result down to the fields you need, pass a jq expression that post-processes data (again, exact syntax per shape). The jq runs against data only, NOT the { data, meta } envelope, so write it rooted at data (run the script's --help — or your shape's equivalent — to see its output schema). The transformed value replaces data, meta is preserved, and the result is NOT re-validated against the output schema.

References

Load the matching reference file before working in that area:

| Reference | Covers | Load it when |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| references/algolia-api-gotchas.md | Auth/ACLs, async indexing (taskID → getTask), objectID-as-string, the record write model + partial-update nested-replace, filtering/faceting DSL, the 1,000-hit pagination cap, rate/size limits, destructive ops, replicas, Recommend, error shape | Before writing records, building filters/facets, configuring an index, or interpreting an error — i.e. almost any non-trivial call |