Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor
        │  MCP over HTTPS
        ▼
   athena-mcp ──── search ──▶ Wiki.js (keyword) + Postgres (meaning)
        │          read ────▶ Wiki.js
        └────────  write ───▶ Wiki.js ──▶ athena-indexer ──▶ Postgres

git clone https://github.com/jannismilz/athena.git
cd athena
cp .env.example .env
$EDITOR .env          # fill in every CHANGE_ME, one per secret:
                      #   openssl rand -hex 32
docker compose up -d

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "athena": {
      "url": "https://athena-mcp.example.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $DASHBOARD_TOKEN" \
  https://wiki.example.com/dashboard/api/metrics?days=30

sudo ufw default deny incoming && sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw allow 22/tcp && sudo ufw allow 80/tcp && sudo ufw allow 443/tcp
sudo ufw enable

sudo useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash athena
sudo usermod -aG docker athena

/athena
├── app/     the git repository   replaceable, thrown away on every upgrade
└── data/    postgres, state,     irreplaceable, never touched by git
             uploads, backups

sudo mkdir -p /athena && sudo chown athena:athena /athena
cd /athena
git clone https://github.com/jannismilz/athena.git app
cd app
cp .env.example .env
chmod 600 .env        # it holds every secret

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=...
MCP_TOKEN=...
DASHBOARD_TOKEN=...
DASHBOARD_DB_PASSWORD=...
MCP_PUBLIC_URL=https://athena-mcp.example.com
WIKI_PUBLIC_URL=https://wiki.example.com

/athena/data
├── postgres/     the wiki, users, settings, uploads, activity log, vectors
├── wikijs/       Wiki.js config, cache, upload cache
├── mcp/          oauth-state.json, the tokens issued to AI clients
├── indexer/      index bookkeeping, rebuilt automatically if lost
├── embeddings/   the downloaded model
└── backups/      local dumps plus status.json

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name wiki.example.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://wikijs:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host              $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade           $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection        "upgrade";
        client_max_body_size 100M;
        proxy_read_timeout 120s;
    }

    location /dashboard/ {
        proxy_pass http://dashboard:8082/;
        proxy_set_header Host              $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name athena-mcp.example.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://mcp:8080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host              $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        # MCP streams responses. Without these, long tool calls appear to hang.
        proxy_set_header Connection "";
        proxy_buffering off;
        proxy_cache off;
        proxy_read_timeout 300s;
    }
}

ATHENA_DATA_DIR=../files          # Dokploy's persistent directory
ATHENA_EDGE_NETWORK=dokploy-network
ATHENA_EDGE_EXTERNAL=true

docker compose up -d && docker compose ps

curl -s https://athena-mcp.example.com/health

# Must reject unauthenticated calls:
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -X POST https://athena-mcp.example.com/mcp
# expected: 401

docker compose run --rm backup now            # take one now
docker compose run --rm backup restore list   # see what exists
docker compose logs -f backup                 # watch the schedule

BACKUP_REMOTE=crypt:
RCLONE_CONFIG_CRYPT_TYPE=crypt
RCLONE_CONFIG_CRYPT_REMOTE=s3:my-bucket/athena
RCLONE_CONFIG_CRYPT_PASSWORD=<rclone obscure ...>
RCLONE_CONFIG_CRYPT_PASSWORD2=<rclone obscure ...>

docker compose run --rm backup restore list
docker compose stop wikijs mcp indexer dashboard
docker compose run --rm backup restore run 2026-08-18T115529Z
docker compose start wikijs mcp indexer dashboard

docker compose exec dashboard env | grep -iE 'PASSWORD|TOKEN'

rm data/mcp/oauth-state.json && docker compose restart mcp

docker compose logs -f mcp
curl -s localhost:8081/stats | python3 -m json.tool

# Force a full reconciliation
docker compose exec -T indexer bun -e 'await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8081/sync",{method:"POST"})'

docker compose run --rm backup now
git pull && docker compose build && docker compose up -d

docker compose run --rm backup now             # on the OLD version
docker compose down
mv data/postgres data/postgres.old             # keep until you are happy
# edit the image tag in docker-compose.yml and the FROM line in
# docker/backup/Dockerfile to the same new major version
docker compose build backup
docker compose up -d postgres
docker compose run --rm backup restore run <stamp>   # once per database
docker compose up -d

bun install
bun test          # 145 tests
bun run check     # typecheck, lint, test