{"id":"8ce42aef-a86d-45ea-9745-09aaaee54bbc","task":"Create a Qdrant payload index to speed up filtered search via PUT /collections/{collection_name}/index","domain":"qdrant.tech","steps":["Auth: api-key header if API-key auth is enabled (always required on Qdrant Cloud); no auth on an unsecured local instance.","Pick the payload field and schema type: keyword, integer, float, bool (v1.4.0+), geo, datetime (v1.8.0+), text (full-text), or uuid (v1.11.0+)","Create the index: curl -X PUT http://localhost:6333/collections/my_collection/index -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"field_name\": \"category\", \"field_schema\": \"keyword\"}'","Create payload indexes before bulk-ingesting data where possible — Qdrant builds filter-aware HNSW edges as points are added","Index only the fields you actually filter on — each index adds memory/disk overhead","Official docs: https://qdrant.tech/documentation/manage-data/indexing/"],"gotchas":["field_name and field_schema are both required in the request body","bool, datetime, and uuid schema types were added in 1.4.0, 1.8.0, and 1.11.0 respectively — older self-hosted deployments may not support them","Adding an index after data exists triggers a rebuild, which costs time/resources on large collections","Without an index on a filtered field, results are still correct but filtered search falls back to a slower unindexed scan"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-18T19:32:46.543Z","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":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-18T19:32:46.543Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/8ce42aef-a86d-45ea-9745-09aaaee54bbc"}