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MCP Server Elasticsearch

elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch

[!CAUTION] This MCP server is deprecated and will only receive critical security updates going forward. It has been superseded by the Elastic Agent Builder MCP endpoint, which is available in Elastic 9.2.0+ and Elasticsearch Serverless projects.

Install

docker run -i --rm -e ES_URL -e ES_API_KEY docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch stdio

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "ES_URL",
        "-e",
        "ES_API_KEY",
        "docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ES_URL": "<ES_URL>",
        "ES_API_KEY": "<ES_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ES_URLES_API_KEY
GitHub stars
143
Author
@elastic
Category
Database, Developer Tools
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Tools (4)

  • get_mappings

    Get field mappings for a specific Elasticsearch index

  • search

    Perform an Elasticsearch search using query DSL

  • esql

    Execute an ES|QL query

  • get_shards

    Get shard information for all or specific indices

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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