curquiza · Oct 28, 2026 · Oct 27, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/first-version.md b/.changeset/first-version.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ First version of `meili`, the Meilisearch CLI built for coding agents.
 - Tasks: `meili get tasks`, narrowed by `--ids`, `--statuses`, `--types`, `--index-ids`, `--batch-ids`, `--canceled-by` and the date filters of the route, paging with `--limit` and `--from` and following the `next` cursor with `--all`; `meili cancel tasks` and `meili delete tasks --yes`, which take the same filters and answer a task.
 - Search: `meili search --index <index> --q <query>`, on `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/search`, with every non-experimental search parameter of the route as a flag, from `--filter` and `--sort` to `--hybrid` and `--vector`; `--data` or `--file` carries a whole search body, which a flag of the same field overrides. `meili multi-search --queries '<json>'`, on `POST /multi-search`, runs several queries in one request, each naming its index, answered side by side or merged into one ranked list with `--federation`.
 - Similar documents: `meili similar --index <index> --id <document> --embedder <embedder>`, on `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/similar`, returns the documents of the index closest to one of them, narrowed by `--filter`, `--limit` and `--offset`; `--data` or `--file` carries a whole body, which a flag of the same field overrides.
+- Facet values: `meili facet-search --index <index> --facet-name <attribute>`, on `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/facet-search`, searches the values of one filterable attribute with `--facet-query` and counts them on the documents `--q` and `--filter` keep; `--data` or `--file` carries a whole body, which a flag of the same field overrides.
 - Settings: `meili get settings --index <index>`, which returns every setting with its current value or its default; `meili update settings --index <index>`, with one flag per setting, from `--searchable-attributes` and `--stop-words` to `--typo-tolerance` and `--embedders`, where a value of `null` resets that one setting and `--data` or `--file` carries a whole settings body; `meili delete settings --index <index> --yes`, which resets them all.
 - `meili schema` prints the index of the command tree as JSON, one entry per command with its routes, and `meili schema --command "get indexes"` prints one command in full, with its key actions and whether it returns a task.
 - Connection through `--project-url` and `--project-api-key`, or `MEILI_PROJECT_URL` and `MEILI_PROJECT_API_KEY`; `MEILI_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN` and `MEILI_MANAGEMENT_URL` for the Management API.

diff --git a/docs/contract/commands.md b/docs/contract/commands.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Every API command declares its routes, `static routes = ["GET /indexes", "GET /i
 7. **Values.** A scalar is passed as it is. A boolean is a bare flag, `--retrieve-vectors`, unless the route also reads `false` from it, as the settings do: it then takes its value, `--facet-search false`, because a bare flag says neither `false` nor `null`. An array of scalars is comma-separated, `--fields id,title`, as the API's own GET syntax. An object or a nested array is JSON text, `--typo-tolerance '{"enabled":false}'`. The value `null` sends a JSON null, `--expires-at null`, `--stop-words null`.
 8. **Body input.** On every route with a body, `--file <path>` or `--data '<json>'` replaces the body fields; `--file -` reads stdin. Path and query flags stay valid next to them. A body-field flag given together with `--file` or `--data` overrides that field, as a flag overrides its environment variable. When a route's body is not an object of named fields but the value itself, the array of identifiers of `delete documents --ids` or the documents of `add documents`, the body is that value, and its shape selects the route among the ones the command covers: `delete documents --data '[1,2]'` deletes by identifiers, `--data '{"filter":…}'` deletes by filter. Documents are sent as JSON, the only content type the document declares.
 9. **Routes that are not implemented.** The `GET` twin of a `POST` route that takes the same parameters in a body (search, similar, the list of documents); the unit route of a resource whose list filters by identifiers (documents, tasks, batches); the settings sub-routes, since `update settings` sends any subset and `null` resets one setting; `GET /api/v2/meilisearch-versions`. Each is recorded without command in the exceptions.
-10. **Experimental routes** are out of the contract until the feature is stable. Implementing one is a contract change: an exception row with the reason. `compact` is the one exception today. A body field or a query parameter that an experimental feature gates is out of the contract the same way: the command declares no flag for it, and `--data` or `--file` still carries it to the API. `useNetwork` on `get documents`, and `media`, `personalize`, `useNetwork` and `inlineRule` on `search`. These stay out of the exceptions table, which lists routes.
+10. **Experimental routes** are out of the contract until the feature is stable. Implementing one is a contract change: an exception row with the reason. `compact` is the one exception today. A body field or a query parameter that an experimental feature gates is out of the contract the same way: the command declares no flag for it, and `--data` or `--file` still carries it to the API. `useNetwork` on `get documents`, `media`, `personalize`, `useNetwork` and `inlineRule` on `search`, and `media` and `useNetwork` on `facet-search`. These stay out of the exceptions table, which lists routes.
 11. **Destructive commands.** A command of the verb `delete` takes `--yes` and refuses to run without it: `cli_usage`, exit 2, before any network call. `--yes` is a flag to write, never a question the CLI asks, see `output.md`.
 
 | Routes | Command |
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Every API command declares its routes, `static routes = ["GET /indexes", "GET /i
 | `POST …/documents/delete-batch`, `POST …/documents/delete`, `DELETE …/documents` | `meili delete documents --index <index> (--ids <ids> \| --filter <filter> \| --all) --yes` |
 | `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/search` | `meili search --index <index> --q <query>` |
 | `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/similar` | `meili similar --index <index> --id <document> --embedder <embedder>` |
+| `POST /indexes/{index_uid}/facet-search` | `meili facet-search --index <index> --facet-name <attribute>` |
 | `POST /multi-search` | `meili multi-search --queries <json> [--federation <json>]` |
 | `GET /indexes/{index_uid}/settings` | `meili get settings --index <index>` |
 | `PATCH /indexes/{index_uid}/settings` | `meili update settings --index <index> --<setting> <value>` |

diff --git a/oclif.manifest.json b/oclif.manifest.json
@@ -3018,6 +3018,310 @@
         "tasks.js"
       ]
     },
+    "facet-search": {
+      "aliases": [],
+      "args": {},
+      "description": "Search the values of one facet attribute of an index, counted on the documents --q and --filter keep.",
+      "examples": [
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --index movies --facet-name genres --facet-query ac",
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --index movies --facet-name genres --facet-query ac --output json",
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --index movies --facet-name genres --q horror --filter 'rating > 4'",
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --index movies --data '{\"facetName\":\"genres\",\"facetQuery\":\"ac\"}'"
+      ],
+      "flags": {
+        "output": {
+          "char": "o",
+          "description": "json (default): one document, the API body as it is, indented in a terminal, compact when piped. ndjson: one item per line, list commands only, streams with --all.",
+          "name": "output",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<mode>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "options": [
+            "json",
+            "ndjson"
+          ],
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "debug": {
+          "description": "Print every HTTP request and response on stderr, secrets redacted.",
+          "name": "debug",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "project-url": {
+          "description": "Project URL, the Meilisearch instance to talk to.",
+          "name": "project-url",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<url>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "project-api-key": {
+          "description": "Project API key. `-` reads it from stdin.",
+          "name": "project-api-key",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<key>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "project": {
+          "description": "A project of the config file. Cannot be combined with --project-url. Required when the file has several projects.",
+          "name": "project",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<name>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "index": {
+          "description": "The index to search the facet values in.",
+          "name": "index",
+          "required": true,
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<index>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "facet-name": {
+          "description": "The facet attribute to search in. It must be one of the filterable attributes of the index.",
+          "name": "facet-name",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<attribute>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "facet-query": {
+          "description": "The terms the facet values are matched against, the first word only. Omit it to return every value, up to 100.",
+          "name": "facet-query",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<query>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "q": {
+          "description": "The search terms that narrow the documents the facet values are computed on, not the values themselves.",
+          "name": "q",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<query>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "filter": {
+          "description": "Filter expression, for example `rating > 4`. Its array-of-arrays form goes through --data.",
+          "name": "filter",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<filter>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "matching-strategy": {
+          "description": "How the terms of --q are relaxed when there are not enough results.",
+          "name": "matching-strategy",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "multiple": false,
+          "options": [
+            "last",
+            "all",
+            "frequency"
+          ],
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "attributes-to-search-on": {
+          "description": "Restrict the search of --q to these searchable attributes, comma-separated.",
+          "name": "attributes-to-search-on",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<fields>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "ranking-score-threshold": {
+          "description": "Count only the documents whose ranking score reaches this value, between 0.0 and 1.0.",
+          "name": "ranking-score-threshold",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<number>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "locales": {
+          "description": "ISO-639 locales of the query, comma-separated, instead of auto-detection.",
+          "name": "locales",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<locales>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "hybrid": {
+          "description": "Hybrid search as JSON, for example `{\"embedder\":\"default\",\"semanticRatio\":0.5}`.",
+          "name": "hybrid",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<json>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "vector": {
+          "description": "Query vector for a user-provided embedder, comma-separated numbers.",
+          "name": "vector",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<numbers>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "exhaustive-facet-count": {
+          "description": "Count the facet values exhaustively instead of estimating the counts.",
+          "name": "exhaustive-facet-count",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "file": {
+          "description": "Read the body from a file. `-` reads from stdin.",
+          "exclusive": [
+            "data"
+          ],
+          "name": "file",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<path>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "data": {
+          "description": "Inline JSON body.",
+          "name": "data",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "helpValue": "<json>",
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        }
+      },
+      "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+      "hiddenAliases": [],
+      "id": "facet-search",
+      "pluginAlias": "@meilisearch/cli",
+      "pluginName": "@meilisearch/cli",
+      "pluginType": "core",
+      "strict": true,
+      "enableJsonFlag": false,
+      "api": "meilisearch",
+      "routes": [
+        "POST /indexes/{index_uid}/facet-search"
+      ],
+      "keyActions": [
+        "search"
+      ],
+      "connectionFlags": {
+        "project-url": {
+          "description": "Project URL, the Meilisearch instance to talk to.",
+          "helpValue": "<url>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "project-api-key": {
+          "description": "Project API key. `-` reads it from stdin.",
+          "helpValue": "<key>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "project": {
+          "description": "A project of the config file. Cannot be combined with --project-url. Required when the file has several projects.",
+          "helpValue": "<name>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        }
+      },
+      "waitFlags": {
+        "wait": {
+          "description": "Poll the task until it reaches a final status, then print the final task.",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "timeout": {
+          "description": "Maximum wait time, for example 30s, 2m. Default 60s. Only with --wait.",
+          "helpValue": "<duration>",
+          "dependsOn": [
+            "wait"
+          ],
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        }
+      },
+      "paginationFlags": {
+        "limit": {
+          "description": "Passed to the API.",
+          "helpValue": "<n>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "offset": {
+          "description": "Passed to the API.",
+          "helpValue": "<n>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "all": {
+          "description": "Fetch every page. Streams with ndjson, buffers into one array with json.",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "fromPaginationFlags": {
+        "limit": {
+          "description": "Passed to the API.",
+          "helpValue": "<n>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "from": {
+          "description": "Passed to the API: the uid the page starts at, going down.",
+          "helpValue": "<uid>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "all": {
+          "description": "Fetch every page. Streams with ndjson, buffers into one array with json.",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "bodyInputFlags": {
+        "file": {
+          "description": "Read the body from a file. `-` reads from stdin.",
+          "helpValue": "<path>",
+          "exclusive": [
+            "data"
+          ],
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "data": {
+          "description": "Inline JSON body.",
+          "helpValue": "<json>",
+          "input": [],
+          "multiple": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        }
+      },
+      "confirmFlags": {
+        "yes": {
+          "required": true,
+          "description": "Confirm the deletion. Nothing is sent to the API without it.",
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "isESM": true,
+      "relativePath": [
+        "dist",
+        "commands",
+        "facet-search.js"
+      ]
+    },
     "get:documents": {
       "aliases": [],
       "args": {},