diff --git a/website/scripts/index_search_content.js b/website/scripts/index_search_content.js
index f853b4ddf..b3f2f7cab 100644
--- a/website/scripts/index_search_content.js
+++ b/website/scripts/index_search_content.js
@@ -1,3 +1,95 @@
-const { indexDocsContent } = require('@hashicorp/react-search/tools')
+require('dotenv').config()
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const {
+  indexContent,
+  getDocsSearchObject,
+} = require('@hashicorp/react-search/tools')
+const resolveNavData = require('../components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/resolve-nav-data')
 
-indexDocsContent()
+// Run indexing
+indexContent({ getSearchObjects })
+
+async function getSearchObjects() {
+  // Resolve /docs, /guides, and /intro nav data, which
+  // corresponds to all the content we will actually render
+  // This avoids indexing non-rendered content, and partials.
+  // Fetch objects for `docs` content
+  async function fetchDocsObjects() {
+    const navFile = 'data/docs-nav-data.json'
+    const contentDir = 'content/docs'
+    const opts = { remotePluginsFile: 'data/docs-remote-plugins.json' }
+    const navData = await resolveNavData(navFile, contentDir, opts)
+    return await searchObjectsFromNavData(navData, 'docs')
+  }
+  // Fetch objects for `guides` content
+  async function fetchGuidesObjects() {
+    const navFile = 'data/guides-nav-data.json'
+    const contentDir = 'content/guides'
+    const navData = await resolveNavData(navFile, contentDir)
+    return await searchObjectsFromNavData(navData, 'guides')
+  }
+  // Fetch objects for `intro` content
+  async function fetchIntroObjects() {
+    const navFile = 'data/intro-nav-data.json'
+    const contentDir = 'content/intro'
+    const navData = await resolveNavData(navFile, contentDir)
+    return await searchObjectsFromNavData(navData, 'intro')
+  }
+  // Collect, flatten and return the collected search objects
+  const searchObjects = (
+    await Promise.all([
+      fetchDocsObjects(),
+      fetchGuidesObjects(),
+      fetchIntroObjects(),
+    ])
+  ).reduce((acc, array) => acc.concat(array), [])
+  return searchObjects
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given navData, return a flat array of search objects
+ * for each content file referenced in the navData nodes
+ * @param {Object[]} navData - an array of nav-data nodes, as detailed in [mktg-032](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kYvbyd6njHFSscoE1dtDNHQ3U8IzaMdcjOS0jg87rHg)
+ * @param {string} baseRoute - the base route where the navData will be rendered. For example, "docs".
+ * @returns {Object[]} - an array of searchObjects to pass to Algolia. Must include an objectID property. See https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/api-methods/add-objects/?client=javascript#examples.
+ */
+async function searchObjectsFromNavData(navData, baseRoute = '') {
+  const searchObjectsFromNodes = await Promise.all(
+    navData.map((n) => searchObjectsFromNavNode(n, baseRoute))
+  )
+  const flattenedSearchObjects = searchObjectsFromNodes.reduce(
+    (acc, searchObjects) => acc.concat(searchObjects),
+    []
+  )
+  return flattenedSearchObjects
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given a single navData node, return a flat array of search objects.
+ * For "leaf" nodes, this will yield an array with a single object.
+ * For "branch" nodes, this may yield an array with zero or more search objects.
+ * For all other nodes, this will yield an empty array.
+ * @param {object} node - a nav-data nodes, as detailed in [mktg-032](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kYvbyd6njHFSscoE1dtDNHQ3U8IzaMdcjOS0jg87rHg)
+ * @param {string} baseRoute - the base route where the navData will be rendered. For example, "docs".
+ * @returns {Object[]} - an array of searchObjects to pass to Algolia. Must include an objectID property. See https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/api-methods/add-objects/?client=javascript#examples.
+ */
+async function searchObjectsFromNavNode(node, baseRoute) {
+  // If this is a node, build a search object
+  if (node.path) {
+    //  Fetch the MDX file content
+    const fileString = node.filePath
+      ? fs.readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), node.filePath), 'utf8')
+      : node.remoteFile.fileString
+    const searchObject = await getDocsSearchObject(
+      path.join(baseRoute, node.path),
+      fileString
+    )
+    return searchObject
+  }
+  //  If this is a branch, recurse
+  if (node.routes) return await searchObjectsFromNavData(node.routes, baseRoute)
+  // Otherwise, return an empty array
+  // (for direct link nodes, divider nodes)
+  return []
+}