diff --git a/app/api/ai-search/route.ts b/app/api/ai-search/route.ts
index b41cc555..b68a3095 100644
--- a/app/api/ai-search/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/ai-search/route.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
 import { generateText } from 'ai';
 import { createOpenAI } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
-// @ts-ignore
+// @ts-expect-error - Local version of @mintel/payload-ai/tools/mcpAdapter might not have types published yet
 import { createMcpTools } from '@mintel/payload-ai/tools/mcpAdapter';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ ${teamContextStr}
     try {
       const { tools } = await createMcpTools({
         name: 'kabelfachmann',
-        url: mcpUrl
+        url: mcpUrl,
       });
       mcpTools = tools;
     } catch (e) {
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ ${teamContextStr}
         content: typeof m.content === 'string' ? m.content : JSON.stringify(m.content),
       })),
       tools: mcpTools,
-      // @ts-ignore
-      maxSteps: 3, // Allow the model to call the tool and then respond
+      // @ts-expect-error - maxSteps might be missing in some versions of generateText types
+      maxSteps: 5,
       temperature: 0.3,
       maxTokens: MAX_RESPONSE_TOKENS,
     });