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# initialIndexSettings

> Settings for the index created during the first crawl.

* **Type**: `object`

The initial index settings are only applied during the first crawl of an index.
After this, these settings won't be re-applied.
This prevents you from overriding changes you made, for example, in the Algolia dashboard.

This setting is an object with index names as keys and their
[index settings](/doc/api-reference/api-parameters) as values.

## Examples

```js JavaScript icon=code theme={"system"}
{
  initialIndexSettings: {
    myIndexName: {
      searchableAttributes: ["title"],
    },
    mySecondIndexName: {
      searchableAttributes: ["title"],
    },
  },
}
```