AI Assistant for MediaWiki
Instant answers from your wiki
What is the AI Assistant?
Users ask questions in plain language and get answers grounded in your wiki's content, instead of guessing search terms or manually navigating categories.
Every answer includes links to the source pages, so users can verify the information and explore further. The AI only uses content the current user has access to, keeping confidential pages confidential.
The chatbot is available on every page of the wiki and works in any language, even when the wiki content is in another.
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.
Works with Structured Knowledge
Structured data turns your wiki into a knowledge base you can query. The AI Assistant works with these extensions to turn it into one your team can talk to.
Semantic MediaWiki
Annotate wiki pages with typed properties and query across them. The most widely used structured data extension for MediaWiki.
Wikibase
The knowledge graph platform behind Wikidata. Linked data and open standards for research, cultural heritage, and enterprise.
A modern take on structured knowledge for MediaWiki. Flexible schemas, typed relations, and a queryable graph. Launching soon.
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.
Need Something Custom?
We build custom AI solutions for MediaWiki: specialized chatbots, automated 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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