AI Assistant for MediaWiki
Instant answers from your wiki
What is the AI Assistant?
A chatbot widget for MediaWiki that answers questions based on your wiki's content, with source citations linking to the relevant pages.
AI Assistant adds a floating chatbot to every page of your wiki. Users type a question in natural language, and the AI searches your wiki, finds the most relevant pages, and generates an answer based on that content. Every answer includes numbered source citations so users can verify the information.
Use Cases
Users ask questions in plain language instead of navigating categories or guessing the right search terms.
Newcomers get up to speed by asking questions instead of reading through the entire wiki.
A support channel backed by your wiki, available 24/7.
Help users discover relevant pages they would not have found through traditional search.
Key Features
The AI only uses content the current user is allowed to see. Confidential pages stay confidential.
Every answer includes numbered references linking to the wiki pages it was drawn from.
Anthropic Claude or OpenAI ChatGPT, switchable with a single setting.
Configure appearance, system prompt, and user preferences through the admin panel.
Save, browse, and restore past conversations. Pick up where you left off.
Ask and get answers in your language, even when the wiki content is in another language.
Configuration
AI Assistant is configured through the admin panel. Wiki administrators can set up the AI provider, customize the widget's appearance, and control which parts of the wiki the AI searches. No configuration files needed.
Feature Comparison
How AI Assistant compares with other MediaWiki chatbot extensions.
| AI Assistant | Wanda | KZChatbot | AskAI | Chatbot | |
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| Automatic Content Retrieval AI finds relevant wiki pages on its own |
Manual | ||||
| Source Citations Answers link back to wiki pages |
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| Floating Chat Widget Available on every wiki page |
Special page | Special page | |||
| Permission-Aware Respects per-page read permissions |
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| Conversation History Save and restore past conversations |
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| Cross-Language Q&A Ask in one language, get answers from another |
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| Admin Panel Configuration Configure via GUI, no config files needed |
Get Started
AI Assistant is available on ProWiki, our managed MediaWiki hosting platform. Get in touch to enable it on your wiki or to discuss custom AI solutions for your organization.
We also offer custom AI development for MediaWiki: advanced chatbots, RAG pipelines, content generation, and integrations with your existing tools. AI Assistant can serve as a starting point that we extend to fit your needs.
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