diff --git a/support-services/docker-compose.yml b/support-services/docker-compose.yml
index 6debc3c808..4ec22fde91 100644
--- a/support-services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/support-services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ services:
       retries: 10
     volumes:
       - elasticsearch_data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    ports:
+      - "9200:9200"
 
   kibana:
     image: kibana:7.11.1
diff --git a/tools/package.json b/tools/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dbc1ca591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/tools/register-es-pipelines.js b/tools/register-es-pipelines.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d559aa988b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/register-es-pipelines.js
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import { program } from 'commander'
+
+program
+  .name('register-es-pipelines')
+  .description(
+    'Lets you register ElasticSearch pipelines to improve the search experience in GeoNetwork-UI. Trigger a reindexation of the catalog after using.'
+  )
+program
+  .command('register')
+  .description('Register pipelines')
+  .option('--host <value>', 'ElasticSearch host', 'http://localhost:9200/')
+  .option(
+    '--records-index <value>',
+    'Name of the index used by GeoNetwork for records',
+    'gn-records'
+  )
+  .action((options) => {
+    const esUrl = options.host
+    const recordsIndex = options.recordsIndex
+    registerPipelines(esUrl, recordsIndex)
+  })
+program
+  .command('clear')
+  .description('Clear all registered pipelines')
+  .option(
+    '--host <value>',
+    'ElasticSearch host, default is http://localhost:9090/',
+    'http://localhost:9200/'
+  )
+  .action((options) => {
+    const esUrl = options.host || 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    clearPipelines(esUrl)
+  })
+
+program.parse(process.argv)
+
+const VERSION = 100 // increment on changes
+
+const GEONETWORK_UI_PIPELINE = {
+  description: 'GeoNetwork-UI pipeline',
+  version: VERSION,
+  processors: [
+    {
+      // compute the metadata quality score
+      script: {
+        lang: 'painless',
+        source: `
+int total=8;
+int ok=0;
+if(ctx.resourceTitleObject != null && ctx.resourceTitleObject.default != null && ctx.resourceTitleObject.default != '') {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.resourceAbstractObject != null && ctx.resourceAbstractObject.default != null && ctx.resourceAbstractObject.default != '') {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.contact != null && ctx.contact.length > 0 && ctx.contact[0].organisation != null && ctx.contact[0].organisation != '') {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.contact != null && ctx.contact.length > 0 && ctx.contact[0].email != null && ctx.contact[0].email != '') {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.cl_topic != null && ctx.cl_topic.length > 0) {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.tag != null && ctx.tag.length > 0) {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.cl_maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency != null && ctx.cl_maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency.length > 0) {
+  ok++
+}
+if(ctx.MD_LegalConstraintsUseLimitationObject != null && ctx.MD_LegalConstraintsUseLimitationObject.length > 0) {
+  ok++
+}
+ctx.qualityScore = ok * 100 / total;`,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      // generate human-readable data formats
+      script: {
+        lang: 'painless',
+        source: `
+if (!ctx.containsKey('format')) return;
+if (ctx.format == null) return;
+ctx.originalFormat = ctx.format;
+for(int i = ctx.format.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+  String format = ctx.format[i].toLowerCase();
+  if (format.contains('shp') || format.contains('shapefile')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'ESRI Shapefile'
+  } else if (format.contains('ogc:w') || format.contains('esri:rest') || format.contains('tms')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'Service'
+  } else if (format.contains('pdf')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'PDF'
+  } else if (format.contains('png') || format.contains('jpg') || format.contains('jpeg') || format.contains('bmp')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'Image'
+  } else if (format.contains('excel') || format.contains('xls') || format.contains('vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet') || format.contains('vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'Excel'
+  } else if (format.contains('geopackage') || format.contains('gpkg')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'Geopackage'
+  } else if (format.contains('postgis')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'PostGIS'
+  } else if (format.contains('gml')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'GML'
+  } else if (format.contains('kml')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'KML'
+  } else if (format.contains('xml')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'XML'
+  } else if (format.contains('html')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'HTML'
+  } else if (format.contains('geo+json') || format.contains('geojson')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'GeoJSON'
+  } else if (format.contains('json')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'JSON'
+  } else if (format.contains('csv')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'CSV'
+  } else if (format.contains('rtf')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'RTF'
+  } else if (format.contains('text')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'Text'
+  } else if (format.contains('zip')) {
+    ctx.format[i] = 'ZIP'
+  } else if (format != null) {
+    ctx.format.remove(i);
+    // uncomment this to show unrecognized formats
+    // ctx.format[i] = 'unknown: ' + ctx.format[i];
+  }
+}`,
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+}
+
+async function registerPipeline(esHost, name, payload) {
+  console.log(`adding ${name} pipeline...`)
+
+  await fetch(`${esHost}_ingest/pipeline/${name}`, {
+    method: 'PUT',
+    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+    .then((resp) => resp.json())
+    .then((result) => {
+      if (result.acknowledged !== true) {
+        console.error(result)
+        throw new Error('something went wrong')
+      }
+    })
+
+  console.log(`${name} pipeline was successfully registered!`)
+}
+
+async function clearPipeline(esHost, name) {
+  console.log(`clearing ${name} pipeline...`)
+
+  await fetch(`${esHost}_ingest/pipeline/${name}`, {
+    method: 'DELETE',
+  })
+    .then((resp) => resp.json())
+    .then((result) => {
+      if (result.acknowledged !== true) {
+        console.error(result)
+        throw new Error('something went wrong')
+      }
+    })
+
+  console.log(`${name} pipeline was successfully cleaned!`)
+}
+
+async function setDefaultPipeline(esHost, recordsIndex, name) {
+  console.log(`setting ${name} as default pipeline...`)
+
+  await fetch(`${esHost}${recordsIndex}/_settings`, {
+    method: 'PUT',
+    body: JSON.stringify({ 'index.default_pipeline': name }),
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+    .then((resp) => resp.json())
+    .then((result) => {
+      if (result.acknowledged !== true) {
+        console.error(result)
+        throw new Error('something went wrong')
+      }
+    })
+
+  console.log(`${name} pipeline was successfully set as default!`)
+}
+
+async function registerPipelines(esHost, recordsIndex) {
+  console.log('querying currently registered pipelines...')
+
+  const pipelines = await fetch(`${esHost}_ingest/pipeline`).then((resp) =>
+    resp.json()
+  )
+
+  const names = Object.keys(pipelines)
+  names.forEach((name) => {
+    console.log(`
+ > ${name}`)
+    console.log(`   ${pipelines[name].description}`)
+  })
+
+  console.log('')
+  await registerPipeline(esHost, 'geonetwork-ui', GEONETWORK_UI_PIPELINE)
+
+  console.log('')
+  await setDefaultPipeline(esHost, recordsIndex, 'geonetwork-ui')
+}
+
+async function clearPipelines(esHost) {
+  const pipelines = await fetch(`${esHost}_ingest/pipeline`).then((resp) =>
+    resp.json()
+  )
+
+  if (!('geonetwork-ui' in pipelines)) {
+    console.log('No geonetwork-ui pipelines found, exiting')
+    return
+  }
+
+  await clearPipeline(esHost, 'geonetwork-ui')
+}