What is MediaWiki-MCP-Server?
MediaWiki-MCP-Server is a MCP server by ProfessionalWiki that read, search and edit any MediaWiki wiki, including Wikipedia and Fandom, with multi-wiki support and Semantic MediaWiki, Cargo, Wikibase and NeoWiki queries. It is listed under Knowledge & memory and has 137 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | ProfessionalWiki |
| Repository | ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server |
| Popularity | 137 GitHub stars |
| Category | Knowledge & memory |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #517 of 4,418 MCP servers; #51 in Knowledge & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-15 |
| Stars this week | +2 |
| Runs | Locally and in the cloud |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is MediaWiki-MCP-Server safe to install?
MediaWiki-MCP-Server scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install MediaWiki-MCP-Server?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add mediawiki-mcp-server -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http mediawiki-mcp-server <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs MediaWiki-MCP-Server for you:
Add the "MediaWiki-MCP-Server" MCP server from https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.