MediaWiki MCP Server

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

Feature

Tools

Name	Description	Permissions
add-wiki	Adds a new wiki as an MCP resource from a URL.	-
create-page 🔐	Create a new wiki page.	Create, edit, and move pages
delete-page 🔐	Delete a wiki page.	Delete pages, revisions, and log entries
get-category-members	Gets all members in the category	-
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.	-
get-revision	Returns the standard revision object for a page.	-
remove-wiki	Removes a wiki resource.	-
search-page	Search wiki page titles and contents for the provided search terms.	-
search-page-by-prefix	Perform a prefix search for page titles.	-
set-wiki	Sets the wiki resource to use for the current session.	-
undelete-page 🔐	Undelete a wiki page.	Delete pages, revisions, and log entries
update-page 🔐	Update an existing wiki page.	Edit existing pages
upload-file 🔐	Uploads a file to the wiki from the local disk.	Upload new files
upload-file-from-url 🔐	Uploads a file to the wiki from a web URL.	Upload, replace, and move files

Resources

mcp://wikis/{wikiKey}

• Credentials (e.g., token, username, password) are never exposed in resource content.
• After add-wiki/remove-wiki, the server sends notifications/resources/list_changed so clients refresh.

<details><summary>Example list result</summary>

{
  "resources": [
    {
      "uri": "mcp://wikis/en.wikipedia.org",
      "name": "wikis/en.wikipedia.org",
      "title": "Wikipedia",
      "description": "Wiki \"Wikipedia\" hosted at https://en.wikipedia.org"
    }
  ]
}

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<details><summary>Example read result</summary>

{
  "contents": [
    {
      "uri": "mcp://wikis/en.wikipedia.org",
      "mimeType": "application/json",
      "text": "{ \"sitename\":\"Wikipedia\",\"server\":\"https://en.wikipedia.org\",\"articlepath\":\"/wiki\",\"scriptpath\":\"/w\",\"private\":false }"
    }
  ]
}

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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

Configuration

Note: Config is only required when interacting with a private wiki or using authenticated tools.

Create a config.json file to configure wiki connections. Use the config.example.json as a starting point.

Basic structure

{
  "defaultWiki": "en.wikipedia.org",
  "wikis": {
    "en.wikipedia.org": {
      "sitename": "Wikipedia",
      "server": "https://en.wikipedia.org",
      "articlepath": "/wiki",
      "scriptpath": "/w",
      "token": null,
      "username": null,
      "password": null,
      "private": false
    }
  }
}

Configuration fields

Field	Description
defaultWiki	The default wiki identifier to use (matches a key in wikis)
wikis	Object containing wiki configurations, keyed by domain/identifier

Wiki configuration fields

Field	Required	Description
sitename	Yes	Display name for the wiki
server	Yes	Base URL of the wiki (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org)
articlepath	Yes	Path pattern for articles (typically /wiki)
scriptpath	Yes	Path to MediaWiki scripts (typically /w)
token	No	OAuth2 access token for authenticated operations (preferred)
username	No	Bot username (fallback when OAuth2 is not available)
password	No	Bot password (fallback when OAuth2 is not available)
private	No	Whether the wiki requires authentication to read (default: false)

Authentication setup

For tools marked with 🔐, authentication is required.

Preferred method: OAuth2 Token

1. Navigate to Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration/propose/oauth2 on your wiki
2. Select "This consumer is for use only by [YourUsername]"
3. Grant the necessary permissions
4. After approval, you'll receive:
   • Client ID
   • Client Secret
   • Access Token
5. Add the token to your wiki configuration in config.json

Note: OAuth2 requires the OAuth extension to be installed on the wiki.

Fallback method: Username & Password

If OAuth2 is not available on your wiki, you can use bot credentials (from Special:BotPasswords ) instead of the OAuth2 token.

Installation

<details><summary><b>Install via Smithery</b></summary>

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

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

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<details> <summary><b>Install in Claude Desktop</b></summary>

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONFIG": "path/to/config.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

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<details><summary><b>Install in VS Code</b></summary>

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

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<details> <summary><b>Install in Cursor</b></summary>

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"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONFIG": "path/to/config.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

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<details> <summary><b>Install in Windsurf</b></summary>

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@professional-wiki/mediawiki-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONFIG": "path/to/config.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

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<details> <summary><b>Install in Claude Code</b></summary>

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": {
      "CONFIG": "path/to/config.json"
    }
  }
},

</details>

Development

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

MCP Inspector

Test and debug the MCP server without a MCP client and LLM.

To start the development server and the MCP Inspector together:

npm run inspector

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

MCPJam Inspector

Test and debug the MCP server, with a built-in MCP client and support for different LLMs.

To start the development server and the MCP Inspector together:

npm run mcpjam

Test with MCP clients

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

1. Install the MCP server on your MCP client.

2. Change the command and args values as shown in the mcp.json file (or mcp.docker.json if you prefer to run the MCP server in Docker).

3. Run the dev command so that the source will be compiled whenever there is a change:

   npm run dev
   

Release process

To release a new version:

<details> <summary><b>1. Use npm version to create a release</b></summary>

# For patch release (0.1.1 → 0.1.2)
npm version patch

# For minor release (0.1.1 → 0.2.0)
npm version minor

# For major release (0.1.1 → 1.0.0)
npm version major

# Or specify exact version
npm version 0.2.0

This command automatically:

• Updates package.json and package-lock.json
• Syncs the version in server.json, mcpb/manifest.json, Dockerfile (via the version script)
• Creates a git commit
• Creates a git tag (e.g., v0.2.0) </details>

<details> <summary><b>2. Push to GitHub</b></summary>

git push origin master --follow-tags

The release GitHub workflow will trigger automatically:

• Build a MCP bundle .mcpb and publish to GitHub
• Build and publish to NPM
• Publish to the MCP Registry </details>

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 MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.