Search Implementation Agent Skill

Implement search features using Meilisearch, Typesense, Algolia, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, or PostgreSQL full-text search.

Context cost
1.7k tokensestimated from the bundle, loaded when it triggers
Bundle
3 files · 6.8 kBtext throughout, nothing executable
Licence
MITthe author’s own terms
Last change
—no release on file
Servers it uses
Noneruns standalone

What it does

Implement search features using Meilisearch, Typesense, Algolia, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, or PostgreSQL full-text search. Covers indexing strategy with incremental sync via CDC or application hooks, autocomplete/typeahead with debounce, faceted search UI with URL-encoded filter state, relevance tuning (field boosts, typo tolerance, synonyms), and common pitfalls. Use when adding product search, content discovery, autocomplete, or faceted filtering to an application.

What this skill changes about the agent has not been set out here as a list. Its SKILL.md, shown below, says it in the author’s own words.

databasepostgresql
Filed under

Databases

The skill itself

A skill is instructions the model reads, so you can see what you are getting: below is the start of its SKILL.md. The front matter loads with every session, the body loads when the skill triggers, and the whole file comes with the install.

SKILL.md2.4 kB · preview
--- name: role-fullstack:search-implementation allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash ---
7# Search Implementation
8
9## When to use
10- Adding full-text search to a product catalog or content site
11- Building autocomplete or typeahead input
12- Implementing faceted filtering with sidebar checkboxes and result counts
13- Syncing a database with a search index (initial bulk load + incremental updates)
14- Tuning relevance ranking after users complain results are wrong
15- Choosing between self-hosted (Meilisearch, Typesense) and managed (Algolia)
16
17## Core principles
181. **Engine matches scale and budget** — pg_trgm for small datasets with no extra infra; Meilisearch/Typesense for fast typo-tolerant search on a budget; Algolia when managed SaaS and rich UI components justify the cost
192. **Denormalize for search** — flatten related data into the search document at index time; joins at query time kill latency
203. **Incremental sync, not full re-index** — hook into Prisma middleware, DB triggers, or a CDC pipeline; bulk re-indexing on every change is the first thing that breaks under load
214. **Debounce is not optional** — 200-300ms debounce on autocomplete input; without it you hit rate limits and burn the user's battery
225. **Encode filters in the URL** — active facets belong in useSearchParams; shareable and bookmarkable search state is a product feature, not a nice-to-have
23
24## Reference Files
25
This is a preview of SKILL.md. Download or install the skill to get the whole thing.
In the file
SKILL.md330 words
Files3
LicenceMIT
Why you can read it

Nothing in a skill executes. The client loads the text and the model follows it, so a skill can be audited the way a runbook is — by reading it.

What it costs in context

Skills are not billed by the call. They are paid for in context: every token the instructions occupy is a token your code, your diff and your conversation cannot use. Here is what this one takes and when it takes it.

≈140
always loaded
The name and description, so the model knows the skill exists and when to reach for it.
1,560
on trigger
The instruction body and 2 supporting files, read only when the skill fires.
0.85%
of a 200k window
Ten skills this size would take about 9% of the window before you open a file.
050k100k150k200k context window

1.7k tokens, estimated from the bundle at four bytes to the token, held for the rest of the session once it triggers. Middling. Fine to keep on in a project where you use it weekly, worth unloading in one where you never do.

Servers bill, skills cost

A server charges by the month. A skill charges once per session, in context, and then keeps charging it for as long as the session lives.

Before and after

The same question, put to the same model twice: once as it comes, and once with these instructions loaded.

No worked example has been published for this skill yet.

The procedure it runs

The procedure has not been set out here step by step. It is in the body of its SKILL.md: the start of it is shown above, and the whole file comes with the install.

Prose, not code

These steps are written for a model to follow, not executed by a runtime. It can still be told to skip one, and it will say so when it does.

Servers it uses

None. This skill calls no MCP servers at all.

Everything it needs is in the instructions, so it works in a project with nothing connected — the model reads the file and changes how it works with what it can already reach.

Its SKILL.md asks for Bash, which can write files and reach the network alike, so what it touches is whatever the instructions themselves ask for — read them before you install it.

What it asks for
Writes filesnot declared
Network accessnot declared

The allowed-tools line of this skill’s own SKILL.md asks for Bash, which could do either, so neither is ruled out. A skill grants no permissions of its own — it can only ask for tools your client already has.

What it will not do

Every skill is narrow, and the useful ones say where they stop. These are the jobs this one is the wrong tool for.

What this skill is not for has not been published here. Nothing is implied by that: it is a section the author has not filled in.

What is in the bundle

3 files, 6.8 kB on disk. A bundle is text throughout: the instructions the model reads, plus the templates it fills in.

  • SKILL.md2.4 kB
  • references/engine-selection-indexing.md2.2 kB
  • references/ui-patterns-relevance.md2.2 kB
What is not in it

No dependencies and nothing executable: a skill is text the agent reads, so the bundle is 3 files you can review in full before installing. The MIT licence covers the templates and examples as well as the instructions.

Install

Installing copies the bundle into your project. Nothing runs at install time — the files sit on disk until the model reads them.

# Search Implementation · 1.7k tokens when loaded · macOS, Linux mkdir -p .claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/search-implementation/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/search-implementation" ] && { [ ! -e .claude/skills/search-implementation ] || { mv .claude/skills/search-implementation "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/search-implementation" .claude/skills/ && echo "Installed .claude/skills/search-implementation"
On Windows, or any OS with Node 20+
npx mcprush@latest skill add rnavarych/search-implementation

Windows PowerShell says 'running scripts is disabled on this system'? Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned once, or type npx.cmd instead of npx (codex.cmd, gemini.cmd, grok.cmd likewise). PowerShell 7 needs neither. Writes to .claude/skills/search-implementation/ in the current project. For every project instead, run mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/search-implementation/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/search-implementation" ] && { [ ! -e ~/.claude/skills/search-implementation ] || { mv ~/.claude/skills/search-implementation "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/search-implementation" ~/.claude/skills/ && echo "Installed ~/.claude/skills/search-implementation" (macOS, Linux) — or add --global to the npx line. The curl line replaces .claude/skills/search-implementation/ only after the download succeeds, so files left there by another skill of the same name, or by an older release, do not mix in. A copy already there is moved aside, not deleted, and the line prints where. It appears as role-fullstack:search-implementation in Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot and Grok (its own name); Claude Code lists it by the folder name, search-implementation.

Which clients pick it up on their own

A skill is a folder of text. Most of these read a skills folder and pick it up without being told; the rest take the same folder another way — an upload in the app, a parameter on an API call — and then choose it by its description just the same.

Claude Code.claude/skills/
Claude DesktopCustomize › Skills
ChatGPTSkills › Create › Upload
Cursor.cursor/skills/
VS Code.github/skills/
Codex CLI.agents/skills/
Gemini CLI.gemini/skills/
Grok Build.grok/skills/
Microsoft CopilotSkills › Upload a skill
PerplexityComputer › Skills › Upload a skill
DeepSeek Harness.dsh/skills/
Zed.agents/skills/
Devin Desktop.devin/skills/
Windsurf (legacy).windsurf/skills/
OpenAI Agents SDKInstructions or sandbox Skills
HTTP / APIa request parameter
This release
Versionnot versioned
Publishedno release date on file
PriceFree
Referencernavarych/search-implementation

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