What is the MediaWiki MCP server?
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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_URLrequiredMediaWiki API endpoint URL (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php)
MEDIAWIKI_USERNAMEBot username for authenticated operations (format: WikiUser@BotName)
MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORDsecretBot 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:1.32.1Related MCP servers
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