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MCP Mediawiki
@crunchtoolsMCP server · External
Secure MCP server for MediaWiki wikis — search, pages, categories, and more
Freeno charge per call
Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.
What it does
- Reads
- Writes
- High impact
At most: moves money, runs code or commands, deletes data, or sends messages for you.
What it costs
FreeOdel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.
Runs locally over stdio
This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).
PyPImcp-mediawiki-crunchtoolsv0.1.2
Run
uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
MCP client config
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-mediawiki": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools"
]
}
}
}mcp-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)
bash
uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
pip
bash
pip install mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
Container
bash
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)
bash
claude mcp add mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools \
--env MEDIAWIKI_URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ \
-- uvx mcp-mediawiki-crunchtools
With authentication (for write operations)
bash
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)
bash
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:
json
{"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
bash
# 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
