mediawiki-mcp-server

The MediaWiki MCP Server enables Large Language Model (LLM) clients to interact with any MediaWiki wiki through various API functions:

Read wiki pages: Retrieve page content with options for source/rendered HTML, license, and revision info
View page history: Access revision history in segments with filtering options
Search wiki content: Find specific terms in page titles and content with configurable result limits
Get file information: Access details and download links for files in various formats
Create new pages: Generate wiki pages with specified content and comments (requires OAuth 2.0)
Update existing pages: Replace content in existing pages (requires OAuth 2.0)
Set target wiki: Define which wiki instance to interact with in the current session

MediaWiki MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables Large Language Model (LLM) clients to interact with any MediaWiki wiki.

Feature

Tools

🔐 Requires OAuth 2.0 token in configuration: Obtained via Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration/propose/oauth2 provided by the OAuth extension. Select "This consumer is for use only by UserName"

Name	Description
`create-page` 🔐	Create a new wiki page.
`get-file`	Returns the standard file object for a file page.
`get-page`	Returns the standard page object for a wiki page.
`get-page-history`	Returns information about the latest revisions to a wiki page.
`search-page`	Search wiki page titles and contents for the provided search terms.
`set-wiki`	Set the wiki to use for the current session.
`update-page` 🔐	Update an existing wiki page.

Environment variables

Name	Description	Default
`CONFIG`	Path to your configuration file	`config.json`
`MCP_TRANSPORT`	Type of MCP server transport (`stdio` or `http`)	`stdio`
`PORT`	Port used for StreamableHTTP transport	`3000`

Installation

To install MediaWiki MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @ProfessionalWiki/mediawiki-mcp-server --client claude

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

code --add-mcp '{"name":"mediawiki-mcp-server","command":"npx","args":["@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"]}'

Go to Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new MCP Server. Name to your liking, use command type with the command npx @professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server. You can also verify config or add command like arguments via clicking Edit.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Follow the Claude Code MCP docs.

Run the below command, optionally with -e flags to specify environment variables.

claude mcp add mediawiki-mcp-server npx @professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest

You should end up with something like the below in your .claude.json config:

"mcpServers": {
  "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
    ],
    "env": {
      "WIKI_SERVER": "your.example.wiki",
      "OAUTH_TOKEN": ""
    }
  }
},

Development

🐋 Develop with Docker: Replace the npm run part of the command with make (e.g. make dev).

MCP Inspector

To start the development server and the MCP Inspector:

npm run dev

The command will build and start the MCP Proxy server locally at 6277 and the MCP Inspector client UI at http://localhost:6274.

Test with MCP clients

To enable your MCP client to use this MediaWiki MCP Server for local development:

Register the MCP server in your client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop). An example config is provided at mcp.json.
Run the watch command so that the source will be compiled whenever there is a change:
npm run watch

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue for bugs, feature requests, or suggestions.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.

mediawiki-mcp-server