diff --git a/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc b/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
index 1bca93d77dc..5e872af0eda 100644
--- a/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
+++ b/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
@@ -471,3 +471,21 @@ rocksdb::Status JsonMetadata::Decode(Slice *input) {
 
   return rocksdb::Status::OK();
 }
+
+void SearchMetadata::Encode(std::string *dst) const {
+  Metadata::Encode(dst);
+
+  PutFixed8(dst, uint8_t(on_data_type));
+}
+
+rocksdb::Status SearchMetadata::Decode(Slice *input) {
+  if (auto s = Metadata::Decode(input); !s.ok()) {
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  if (!GetFixed8(input, reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(&on_data_type))) {
+    return rocksdb::Status::InvalidArgument(kErrMetadataTooShort);
+  }
+
+  return rocksdb::Status::OK();
+}
diff --git a/src/storage/redis_metadata.h b/src/storage/redis_metadata.h
index ce1026443af..dac2d0e16bb 100644
--- a/src/storage/redis_metadata.h
+++ b/src/storage/redis_metadata.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum RedisType : uint8_t {
   kRedisStream = 8,
   kRedisBloomFilter = 9,
   kRedisJson = 10,
+  kRedisSearch = 11,
 };
 
 struct RedisTypes {
@@ -313,3 +314,18 @@ class JsonMetadata : public Metadata {
   void Encode(std::string *dst) const override;
   rocksdb::Status Decode(Slice *input) override;
 };
+
+enum class SearchOnDataType : uint8_t {
+  HASH = kRedisHash,
+  JSON = kRedisJson,
+};
+
+class SearchMetadata : public Metadata {
+ public:
+  SearchOnDataType on_data_type;
+
+  explicit SearchMetadata(bool generate_version = true) : Metadata(kRedisSearch, generate_version) {}
+
+  void Encode(std::string *dst) const override;
+  rocksdb::Status Decode(Slice *input) override;
+};
diff --git a/src/types/redis_search_encoding.h b/src/types/redis_search_encoding.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..303a8414ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/redis_search_encoding.h
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <encoding.h>
+#include <storage/redis_metadata.h>
+
+namespace redis {
+
+inline constexpr auto kErrorInsufficientLength = "insufficient length while decoding metadata";
+
+enum class SearchSubkeyType : uint8_t {
+  // search global metadata
+  PREFIXES = 1,
+
+  // field metadata for different types
+  TAG_FIELD_META = 64 + 1,
+
+  // field indexing for different types
+  TAG_FIELD = 128 + 1,
+};
+
+inline std::string ConstructSearchPrefixesSubkey() { return {(char)SearchSubkeyType::PREFIXES}; }
+
+struct SearchPrefixesMetadata {
+  std::vector<std::string> prefixes;
+
+  void Encode(std::string *dst) const {
+    for (const auto &prefix : prefixes) {
+      PutFixed32(dst, prefix.size());
+      dst->append(prefix);
+    }
+  }
+
+  rocksdb::Status Decode(Slice *input) {
+    uint32_t size = 0;
+
+    while (GetFixed32(input, &size)) {
+      if (input->size() < size) return rocksdb::Status::Corruption(kErrorInsufficientLength);
+      prefixes.emplace_back(input->data(), size);
+      input->remove_prefix(size);
+    }
+
+    return rocksdb::Status::OK();
+  }
+};
+
+inline std::string ConstructTagFieldMetadataSubkey(std::string_view field_name) {
+  std::string res = {(char)SearchSubkeyType::TAG_FIELD_META};
+  res.append(field_name);
+  return res;
+}
+
+struct SearchTagFieldMetadata {
+  char separator;
+  bool case_sensitive;
+
+  void Encode(std::string *dst) const {
+    PutFixed8(dst, separator);
+    PutFixed8(dst, case_sensitive);
+  }
+
+  rocksdb::Status Decode(Slice *input) {
+    if (input->size() < 8 + 8) {
+      return rocksdb::Status::Corruption(kErrorInsufficientLength);
+    }
+
+    GetFixed8(input, (uint8_t *)&separator);
+    GetFixed8(input, (uint8_t *)&case_sensitive);
+    return rocksdb::Status::OK();
+  }
+};
+
+inline std::string ConstructTagFieldSubkey(std::string_view field_name, std::string_view tag, std::string_view key) {
+  std::string res = {(char)SearchSubkeyType::TAG_FIELD};
+  PutFixed32(&res, field_name.size());
+  res.append(field_name);
+  PutFixed32(&res, tag.size());
+  res.append(tag);
+  PutFixed32(&res, key.size());
+  res.append(key);
+  return res;
+}
+
+}  // namespace redis