diff --git a/src/meilisearch_mcp/__version__.py b/src/meilisearch_mcp/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d18726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meilisearch_mcp/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/src/meilisearch_mcp/client.py b/src/meilisearch_mcp/client.py
index 7f175a4..c7c5b5a 100644
--- a/src/meilisearch_mcp/client.py
+++ b/src/meilisearch_mcp/client.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from .keys import KeyManager
 from .logging import MCPLogger
 from .monitoring import MonitoringManager
+from .__version__ import __version__
 
 logger = MCPLogger()
 
@@ -20,7 +21,10 @@ def __init__(
         """Initialize Meilisearch client"""
         self.url = url
         self.api_key = api_key
-        self.client = Client(url, api_key)
+        # Add custom user agent to identify this as Meilisearch MCP
+        self.client = Client(
+            url, api_key, client_agents=("meilisearch-mcp", f"v{__version__}")
+        )
         self.indexes = IndexManager(self.client)
         self.documents = DocumentManager(self.client)
         self.settings = SettingsManager(self.client)
diff --git a/tests/test_user_agent.py b/tests/test_user_agent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e701a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_user_agent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+from src.meilisearch_mcp.client import MeilisearchClient
+from src.meilisearch_mcp.__version__ import __version__
+
+
+def test_meilisearch_client_sets_custom_user_agent():
+    """Test that MeilisearchClient initializes with custom user agent"""
+    with patch("src.meilisearch_mcp.client.Client") as mock_client:
+        # Create a MeilisearchClient instance
+        client = MeilisearchClient(url="http://localhost:7700", api_key="test_key")
+
+        # Verify that Client was called with the correct parameters
+        mock_client.assert_called_once_with(
+            "http://localhost:7700",
+            "test_key",
+            client_agents=("meilisearch-mcp", f"v{__version__}"),
+        )
+
+
+def test_user_agent_includes_correct_version():
+    """Test that the user agent includes the correct version from __version__.py"""
+    with patch("src.meilisearch_mcp.client.Client") as mock_client:
+        client = MeilisearchClient()
+
+        # Extract the client_agents parameter from the call
+        call_args = mock_client.call_args
+        client_agents = call_args[1]["client_agents"]
+
+        # Verify format and version
+        assert client_agents[0] == "meilisearch-mcp"
+        assert client_agents[1] == "v0.5.0"
+        assert client_agents[1] == f"v{__version__}"