Mediawiki MCP Server

🚀 MediaWiki MCP Server

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

🚀 Quick Start

This MediaWiki MCP Server allows LLM clients to interact with MediaWiki wikis. Check out the features, installation steps, and development guide below.

✨ Features

Tools

⚠️ Important Note

Requires OAuth 2.0 token: Request from the Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration/propose/oauth2 page on the wiki.

Environment variables

📦 Installation

Install via Smithery

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

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

Install in Claude Desktop

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

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

Install in VS Code

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

Install in Cursor

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"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install in Windsurf

Follow the guide, use following configuration:

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

🔧 Technical Details

Develop with Docker

🐋 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.