search_api_instant 1.0.0-beta1

The first release on drupal.org. Search API Instant shows results while visitors type, from one or more Search API indexes, in a floating launcher, a block or a search page.

What it does

• Searches as configuration entities. Each search has its own engine, indexes, limits and launcher; the floating launcher shows the default search.
• Keyword engine on any Search API backend (database, Solr, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch), with partial-word title matching; several indexes per search are merged by rank.
• Semantic engine on AI Search indexes, fusing in literal matches from keyword indexes.
• Fallbacks: a search hands over to another while its index fills or when its server is down or fails.
• Access-checked and cache-safe results, field access in excerpts, and restricted searches with their own permission.
• Optional submodules for AI agents: Search API Instant tools (Tool API) and Search API Instant MCP (MCP Server), each with a search tool and an administrator's status tool.
• hook_search_api_instant_result_alter(), hook_search_api_instant_answer_alter() and hook_search_api_instant_status_alter(); engines are plugins; the search_api_instant.searcher service can be replaced or decorated.

Requirements

• Drupal 11.2 or later
• Search API 1.38 or later
• Optional: AI Search (semantic engine), Tool or MCP Server (agent tools)

About this beta

• The configuration schema and public APIs are not expected to change before 1.0.0; any change will come with an update path.
• Before this release the module was reviewed twice for security in the manner of the Drupal Security Team, and the findings were fixed. Security advisory coverage applies to stable releases, from 1.0.0.
• The semantic engine has been checked against AI Search 1.3; AI Search 2.0 has not been checked yet.

Upgrading from the earlier package

Sites that installed fivepaths/search_api_instant (1.0.0-alpha1 to alpha5) can switch to drupal/search_api_instant: the code and the update path are the same. Run drush updatedb and export the configuration afterwards.