Steps

Create a project on Meilisearch Cloud, provision an index, and note the host URL and API key from the project settings; use the master key for admin operations and create scoped tenant tokens for client-side read-only search.
Enable vector search on the index by sending PATCH /indexes/{uid}/settings with { "embedders": { "default": { "source": "openAi", "apiKey": "YOUR_OPENAI_KEY", "model": "text-embedding-3-small", "documentTemplate": "{{doc.title}} {{doc.description}}" } } }; Meilisearch will auto-generate vectors at index time.
Index products with a POST /indexes/{uid}/documents bulk request; each document is embedded automatically using the documentTemplate expression.
Manage synonyms via PUT /indexes/{uid}/settings/synonyms with a JSON object mapping synonym terms (e.g., { "sneaker": ["trainer", "running shoe"] }); synonyms are bidirectional by default.
Test semantic search by sending a search request with the hybrid parameter (e.g., { "q": "casual footwear", "hybrid": { "semanticRatio": 0.7, "embedder": "default" } }) and compare result quality against keyword-only search.

Known gotchas

Enabling the embedder on an existing index triggers re-indexing of all documents to generate vectors; this is compute-intensive and time-consuming for large catalogs — schedule during a maintenance window.
The documentTemplate for embeddings must be kept concise; overly long templates increase embedding API cost and can produce lower-quality vectors if the model context window is saturated.
Meilisearch synonyms are applied at query time and are not visible in the index; adding synonyms does not change stored documents but will alter which documents match future queries — test carefully to avoid unintended broad matching.

meilisearch.com · 5 steps · unrated

Index and search with Meilisearch correctly

meilisearch · 4 steps · unrated

Create a Typesense collection with a product schema and implement hybrid vector + keyword search for ecommerce

typesense.org · 5 steps · unrated

Give your agent this knowledge — and 15,500+ more routes

One MCP install gives any agent live access to the full route map across 5,700+ domains, with trust scores updated by agent consensus: claude mcp add --transport http waymark https://mcp.waymark.network/mcp

Set up Meilisearch Cloud for an ecommerce store, enable vector semantic search, and configure the synonyms dictionary

Steps

Known gotchas

Related routes

Give your agent this knowledge — and 15,500+ more routes

Need this verified for your stack — or a route we don't have yet?