# mongodb-search-and-ai

Guides search implementation in MongoDB Atlas, from full-text matching to vector search. Configures indexes and queries tailored to your schemas.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5800 installs · ★ 190
- Author: mongodb
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mongodb/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai

## What it does

This skill helps design search systems in MongoDB Atlas. It covers Atlas Search for keyword matches, typo-tolerant fuzzy queries, and autocomplete, as well as Vector Search for semantic similarity and RAG. For projects lacking custom embedding pipelines, it configures Automated Embedding using Voyage AI.

The workflow inspects your collections first. It uses MongoDB MCP tools such as `collection-schema` and `collection-indexes` to evaluate existing structures. When write operations are unavailable, the agent generates index definitions in raw JSON so you can apply them manually in Atlas.

The guided walkthrough requires an Atlas cloud cluster with the `sample_mflix` dataset. On self-managed or local MongoDB instances it will fail.

## Requirements
- Works with: MongoDB

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mongodb/agent-skills --skill mongodb-search-and-ai -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mongodb/agent-skills --skill mongodb-search-and-ai -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mongodb/agent-skills --skill mongodb-search-and-ai -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mongodb/agent-skills mongodb-search-and-ai
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mongodb/agent-skills --skill mongodb-search-and-ai -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mongodb/agent-skills --path skills/mongodb-search-and-ai
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mongodb/agent-skills --skill mongodb-search-and-ai -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mongodb/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mongodb-search-and-ai/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- select between Atlas Search, Vector Search, and hybrid architectures
- generate index JSON for semantic or keyword matching
- implement autocomplete, fuzzy matching, or faceted filters
- configure automated vector embeddings with Voyage AI for RAG

## Example prompts
- "What is the difference between Atlas Search and Vector Search for an e-commerce catalog?"
- "Help me build hybrid search on the movies collection"
- "Create an Atlas Search index with autocomplete on the title field"

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: mongodb-search-and-ai
description: |
  Covers everything about search in MongoDB: Atlas Search (full-text), Vector Search (semantic), and Hybrid Search. Use this skill for ANY question about MongoDB search, including open-ended and explanatory ones asked before the user has any data or use case — 'how does search work in MongoDB?', 'I'm new to MongoDB search, where do I start?', 'what's the difference between Atlas Search and Vector Search?', 'which search type should I use?', 'what is vector search?', 'how does automated embedding work?', 'can you explain hybrid search?'. Do not answer these from general knowledge; use this skill. Also use to build search features: full-text queries, autocomplete, fuzzy matching, faceted search, semantic similarity, embeddings, RAG, text containment or substring matching ('contains', 'includes'), case-insensitive or multi-field text search, and filtering across many fields. Provides workflows for choosing a search type, creating indexes, writing queries, and optimizing performance via the MongoDB MCP server.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# MongoDB Search and AI Recommendations Skill

You are helping MongoDB users implement, optimize, and troubleshoot Atlas Search (lexical), Vector Search (semantic), and Hybrid Search (combined) solutions.

## Core Principles

1. **Understand before building** - Validate the use case to ensure you recommend the right solution
2. **Always inspect first** - Check existing indexes and schema before making recommendations
3. **Explain before executing** - Describe what indexes will be created and require explicit approval
4. **Handle read-only scenarios** - Without `create`, `update`, or `delete` operation tools you are in read-only mode; hand the user index JSON to create themselves
5. **Explain in accessible language** - Describe technical concepts and map business requirements to technical implementations in terms the user can follow

## Workflow

### 0. Check for a Quickstart Request

`references/quick-start.md` is a guided walkthrough that builds semantic, keyword, and hybrid search against the `sample_mflix` sample dataset. It is a teaching tour, not a way to build search for the user's own data.

**Do not read `references/quick-start.md` until the user has chosen the tour.** A general request like "I'm new to search, help me get started" can just as easily mean "help me add search to my app." Use AskUserQuestion:

> "Two ways I can take this — which fits better?"

- **Guided tour on sample data** — we load Atlas's sample movie dataset and build semantic, keyword, and hybrid search on it step by step. Best for learning how each type works.
- **Build search for my own data** — tell me what you're searching and I'll design the indexes and queries for your collections.
```
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