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MediaWiki MCP Server

io.github.olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server

What is the MediaWiki MCP server?

Search, read, and edit any MediaWiki wiki. Works with Wikipedia, Fandom, and more.

How to install MediaWiki

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • MEDIAWIKI_URL
    required

    MediaWiki API endpoint URL (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php)

  • MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME

    Bot username for authenticated operations (format: WikiUser@BotName)

  • MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD
    secret

    Bot password for authenticated operations

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server:1.32.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEDIAWIKI_URL": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_URL>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server:1.32.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEDIAWIKI_URL": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_URL>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server:1.32.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEDIAWIKI_URL": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_URL>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server:1.32.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEDIAWIKI_URL": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_URL>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME>",
        "MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add mediawiki-mcp-server --env MEDIAWIKI_URL=<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_URL> --env MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME=<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_USERNAME> --env MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD=<YOUR_MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/olgasafonova/mediawiki-mcp-server:1.32.1

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