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MediaWiki MCP server

Let your AI search, read, and edit any wiki, like Wikipedia or your company wiki, for you.

This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to a wiki. A wiki is a website where pages are written and edited together, like Wikipedia or the internal wiki your company uses. If you read or update wiki pages often, this saves you a lot of clicking around.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to a MediaWiki wiki, so it can look things up or make changes there when you ask. You just type a normal question, and the helper does the work behind the scenes.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something about a wiki, like what a page says or which pages are out of date. The AI passes your request to this helper. The helper talks to the wiki through its normal web address and fetches or changes what you asked for. Then the AI shows you the answer in plain language in your chat. If you have permission to edit, it can also make changes like renaming a page or fixing text.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “What does our wiki say about onboarding?”, the MediaWiki MCP server connects it to Wiki, and you get back answer in your chat.

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What you can do with it

Search a wiki for any topic and get a summary
Read one page or several pages at once
Check a page for broken links
Find pages that have not been updated in a while
See who edited what and when
Rename a page or replace text on it (needs login)
Upload a file or image to the wiki (needs login)
Convert a Markdown file into wiki formatting

Try asking your AI

“What does our wiki say about onboarding?”
“Show me the Getting Started page.”
“Are there broken links on the Docs page?”
“Which pages haven't been updated in 90 days?”
“Rename Old Guide to Updated Guide.”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in your chat: summaries, page text, lists of pages, lists of broken links, or a list of recent edits. When it makes a change, it tells you what it changed. You can also ask for the raw details if you want to copy them somewhere.

Before you start

What you need

The web address of your wiki, usually ending in /api.php
A bot password if you want to edit or read a private wiki (the wiki settings give you one)
The desktop app or tool you use for your AI, like Claude Desktop or Cursor

Good to know

If you connect it with editing rights, it can change or rename pages on your wiki, so double-check before you say yes.

Install it with your AI

Add MediaWiki MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check MediaWiki MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.