About MCP Mediawiki
MCP server for public or private MediaWiki sites, intended for users who search, maintain, or administer wiki content. It provides operations for pages, categories, files, users, and site information, including both read and write actions.
Key features
- 01Search and read wiki pages
- 02Create, edit, delete, or move pages
- 03Browse categories and recent changes
- 04Inspect users and contributions
- 05List files and retrieve file metadata
- 06Read site settings and namespaces
Use cases
- 01Find and review wiki content
- 02Update or reorganize wiki pages
- 03Review category membership and recent edits
- 04Retrieve wiki file details
MCP support
Exposes MediaWiki search and wiki-management tools to MCP clients, including page, category, user, file, and site-information operations. Write operations can use account credentials.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEmcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
Secure MCP server for MediaWiki wikis. Search, read, create, edit, and manage wiki pages, categories, files, and more. Works with any MediaWiki instance — public or private.
Installation
uvx (recommended)
uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
pip
pip install mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
Container
podman run -e MEDIAWIKI_URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ \
quay.io/crunchtools/mcp-mediawiki
Usage with Claude Code
Read-only (public wiki, no auth needed)
claude mcp add mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools \
--env MEDIAWIKI_URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ \
-- uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
With authentication (for write operations)
claude mcp add mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools \
--env MEDIAWIKI_URL=https://your-wiki.com/w/ \
--env MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME=BotUser \
--env MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD=BotPassword \
-- uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
HTTP transport (systemd / container)
podman run -d --name mcp-mediawiki \
-p 127.0.0.1:8016:8016 \
-e MEDIAWIKI_URL=https://your-wiki.com/w/ \
quay.io/crunchtools/mcp-mediawiki \
--transport streamable-http --host 0.0.0.0
Claude Code config:
{"type": "http", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8016/mcp"}
Environment Variables
| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
MEDIAWIKI_URL | Yes | Wiki base URL (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/w/) |
MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME | No | Bot/user account for write operations |
MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD | No | Bot/user password |
MEDIAWIKI_HTTP_USER | No | HTTP Basic Auth username (.htaccess) |
MEDIAWIKI_HTTP_PASS | No | HTTP Basic Auth password |
Tools (19)
| Category | Tool | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | search | Full-text search across wiki |
| Pages | get_page | Get page wikitext content |
| Pages | get_page_html | Parse page to HTML |
| Pages | list_pages | List pages with prefix filter |
| Pages | create_page | Create a new page |
| Pages | edit_page | Edit an existing page |
| Pages | delete_page | Delete a page |
| Pages | move_page | Move/rename a page |
| Categories | list_categories | List all categories |
| Categories | get_category_members | Get pages in a category |
| Categories | get_page_categories | Get categories for a page |
| Recent Changes | list_recent_changes | List recent edits |
| Parsing | parse_wikitext | Parse raw wikitext to HTML |
| Site Info | get_site_info | Get wiki config and version |
| Site Info | list_namespaces | List wiki namespaces |
| Users | get_user_info | Get user details |
| Users | list_user_contributions | List user edits |
| Files | get_file_info | Get file/image metadata |
| Files | list_files | List files on the wiki |
Development
# Install dev dependencies
uv sync --all-extras
# Quality gates
uv run ruff check src tests
uv run mypy src
uv run pytest -v
gourmand --full .
podman build -f Containerfile .
License
AGPL-3.0-or-later
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