{
 "categories": [
  "wiki",
  "documents",
  "collaboration"
 ],
 "deployment": "on-prem",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "The manual page says MediaWiki is free server-based wiki software and that Wikipedia is built on it.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The page title and product name are MediaWiki.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The mediawiki.org copyright page names the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. as the publisher of the site. The what-is page distinguishes MediaWiki the software from Wikipedia and Wikimedia.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Copyright",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The manual says MediaWiki is licensed under the GNU General Public License and is free software.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "The manual says MediaWiki is server software that uses PHP and a database such as MySQL. The operator installs it.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "The page is the MediaWiki Action API, represented by the api.php endpoint, and says it is a web service for authentication, page operations, and search.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The documented interface is the Action API at api.php, with actions such as query, parse, login, and edit modules listed on the page.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The page says MediaWiki 1.35 and later includes a REST API and points to API:REST API. That REST reference was not opened in full.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "The login module is described as log in and get authentication cookies. Logout clears session data.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "For authenticated CORS, the page says to use a session provider that is safe against cross-site request forgery, such as OAuth. It says standard cookie sessions do not support that mode.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The page says the Action API allows access to some wiki features. Modules include page moves, imports, and search. It is not a claim that every Special page is an API.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as the current Action API overview. The URL API:Main_page redirects to this page.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0]",
   "note": "Professional Wiki's README lists page read and write tools, file uploads, and OAuth helpers. GitHub reported owner ProfessionalWiki, MIT, archived false, and a push on 2026-10-15. The organization is not Wikimedia.",
   "source": "https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Professional Wiki's product page says the server lets an AI client read, search, create, and edit MediaWiki pages through the wiki API as the signed-in user. No Wikimedia statement of absence was opened, so the verdict stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://professional.wiki/en/mediawiki-mcp-server",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "The manual says dedicated extensions can add capabilities such as structured data. MediaWiki is PHP software.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The format parameter includes json.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "The format parameter includes xml.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "The import module imports a page from another wiki or from an XML file.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "A documented per-wiki Action API with cookie login, an OAuth CORS path, and JSON is useful production machinery. Per-wiki rights, the partial feature statement, and the unread REST reference keep the score at 7.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "One maintained third-party server with page read and write tools is the 3-4 band. Score 4.",
   "source": "https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Action API overview.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current what-is manual, including the GPL statement.",
   "source": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Professional Wiki's MediaWiki MCP server README.",
   "source": "https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Professional Wiki's product page for the MediaWiki MCP server.",
   "source": "https://professional.wiki/en/mediawiki-mcp-server",
   "tier": "community"
  }
 ],
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  "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
  "volatility": "medium",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki"
   },
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server"
   },
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://professional.wiki/en/mediawiki-mcp-server"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki",
 "id": "mediawiki",
 "license": "open-source",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "login-cookie",
    "oauth"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "action",
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json",
    "xml"
   ],
   "import": [
    "xml"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "php-extensions"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [],
     "repo": "https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/MediaWiki-MCP-Server"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. MediaWiki is server software with a web interface. The documented machine path is the Action API on each wiki. This record is the MediaWiki software, not Wikipedia as a publication and not Confluence.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "MediaWiki",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "confluence"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Wikimedia Foundation",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 4,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "search": {
   "description": "Each MediaWiki site exposes api.php with cookie login and an OAuth CORS path. A Professional Wiki MCP server is third-party.",
   "title": "MediaWiki is automatable through its Action API"
  },
  "summary": "MediaWiki is automatable today through the Action API on each wiki. The endpoint is api.php, for example https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php. The default format parameter is jsonfm, and json and xml are documented formats. The login module logs in and returns authentication cookies. For authenticated cross-origin calls, the API documents a CSRF-safe session provider such as OAuth. Ordinary cookie sessions do not support that authenticated CORS mode. The Action API page says it allows access to some wiki features, including authentication, page operations, and search. MediaWiki 1.35 and later also includes a REST API, which this pass did not open page by page. Import from another wiki or from XML is an Action API module. Professional Wiki publishes mediawiki-mcp-server, a maintained third-party server for reading and editing pages, uploading files, and OAuth helpers. Writes follow the wiki user's rights. This pass did not find a Wikimedia page that says Wikimedia ships no first-party MCP server, so first-party ownership stays unknown. Zapier, Make, Power Automate, and n8n were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. The Action API scores 7. The third-party MCP server scores 4. The API is the best path because it is part of MediaWiki and does not require a separate server.\n"
 }
}