{"id":"5e3e2dee-ebff-44f8-af8a-441d02f56f2b","task":"Set up Meilisearch Cloud for an ecommerce store, enable vector semantic search, and configure the synonyms dictionary","domain":"meilisearch.com","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."],"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."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T16:34:11.151Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:40.307Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/5e3e2dee-ebff-44f8-af8a-441d02f56f2b"}