Auth issue

[4thwithme]

I installed mcp server
then I successfully authenticated via mail into algolia but when I ask Claude to retrieve smth i got auth error:

Example:

req:

Check Algolia. Get top 5 products from the `my_cool_index` index

resp:

The user wants to get the top 5 products from an Algolia index named "my_cool_index".
2s

I'll retrieve the top 5 products from the "my_cool_index" index. First, let me get your application information.


getUserInfo
Now I have the user info but I need to get the application ID to make the search request.
1s

getApplications
Searching Algolia index for top 5 products
2s

searchSingleIndex
The search failed with "Invalid Application-ID or API key".
1s


There appears to be an authentication issue with the application ID. Let me check the available indices for your application to verify the index name and access:


listIndices
Diagnosed authentication hurdle blocking Algolia product retrieval.
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The authentication request is failing with "Invalid Application-ID or API key" error. This indicates:

API Key Issue: The API credentials configured for the Algolia integration may be invalid or expired
Permission Scope: The API key might lack sufficient permissions for search operations
Application Configuration: There could be a mismatch between the application ID and the configured credentials

[campsjos]

Found a solution for this.

Go to you Algolia Dashboard > Settings > API Keys > All API Keys. Here you'll see A LOT of API Keys with the description API Key created by and for the Algolia MCP Server. Copy any of these keys and delete the others if you want.

Edit the file ~/.algolia-mcp/state.json. You'll find something like this:

{
    "accessToken": "XXX-YYY",
    "refreshToken": "AAA-BBB-CCC-DDDDDDDD",
    "apiKeys": {}
}

Add the API Key in the apiKeys attribute:

{
    "accessToken": "XXX-YYY",
    "refreshToken": "AAA-BBB-CCC-DDDDDDDD",
    "apiKeys": {
        "YOUR_APP_ID": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY"
    }
}

Restart the client you are using and it should work.

Seems that after the authentication the state file is created successfully, but for some reason the binary cannot update it, so it tries to generate a new API Key and save it to the state file but fails and generates a new API Key and tries to update the state and so on and so on.

[bytrangle]

@campsjos What is the correct property name inside the apiKeys object?
UPDATE: The key is the application ID, of course. Thank you so much. But for each app, you can only use one API key? So if you use the search key, you won't be able to update the index?