How do I install the growilabs/growi-mcp-server MCP server?

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "growi-mcp-server": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "growilabs/growi-mcp-server"] } }

What does growilabs/growi-mcp-server do?

🎖️ 📇 ☁️ - Official MCP Server to integrate with GROWI APIs.

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@growi/mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI models to GROWI wiki content. Enables LLMs to search and retrieve information from your organization's knowledge base for accurate, context-aware responses. Supports connections to multiple GROWI apps.

Key Features

🔍 GROWI page search and retrieval
📝 Page management
🏷️ Tag management
📋 Comment management
🔗 Share link management

Supported GROWI Versions

GROWI v7.3.x or higher recommended
Some features are also available starting from GROWI v7.2.5 and later
GROWI API

Agent Skills

This repository also provides Agent Skills — reusable workflow definitions that AI coding agents can load to interact with GROWI more effectively.

Available Skills

growi-mcp-setup — Walks you through setting up the GROWI MCP server. After the skill is installed, it guides you from configuring UTCP Code-Mode through verifying the connection.
growi-smart-save — Save content to GROWI with intelligent path suggestions. The agent calls the suggest-path tool, presents destination candidates, and guides the user through page naming and visibility settings.

Quick Start (Recommended)

The fastest way to start using GROWI. Once you install the skill, the rest of the setup (connecting the MCP server, configuring UTCP Code-Mode, verifying connectivity) is guided by the AI agent.

1. Install the Skill

Install the skill for your agent.

Claude Desktop (Cowork)

Go to Customize > Personal Plugins (click the + icon)
Click Browse Plugins > select the Personal tab
Click the + icon next to Local Upload
Select Add marketplace from GitHub
Enter the repository URL and click Sync:

https://github.com/growilabs/growi-mcp-server

Claude Code

Add this repository as a plugin marketplace, then install the plugin:

/plugin marketplace add growilabs/growi-mcp-server
/plugin install mcp-client-skills

Gemini CLI

Install as a Gemini CLI extension (includes both MCP tools and skills):

gemini extensions install https://github.com/growilabs/growi-mcp-server

Update with:

gemini extensions update growi-mcp-server

Skills.sh (Vercel)

Works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and many other agents:

npx skills add growilabs/growi-mcp-server

Update with:

npx skills update

Manual Installation

Download skills directly from the repository and place them in your agent's skills directory:

Copy the desired skill directory from skills/ in this repository
Place it in your agent's skills directory:
- Claude Code: .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
- Gemini CLI: .gemini/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
- Other agents: .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

2. Restart Your Agent

After installation, restart (or reload) your agent so the skill is recognized.

3. Ask the AI to Set Up

Tell your agent "set up GROWI", and the growi-mcp-setup skill will start and guide you from the MCP server connection settings through verifying connectivity.

[!NOTE] If you want to configure the MCP server directly without the skill, see Use the MCP Server Directly.

Use the MCP Server Directly

You can also register the MCP server directly with your agent instead of using the skill. Use this for a minimal setup, or as a fallback when skill-based setup is not available.

Supports simultaneous connections to multiple GROWI apps. Each app is configured using numbered environment variables.

Single App Configuration Example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "growi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@growi/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GROWI_APP_NAME_1": "main",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_1": "https://your-growi-instance.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_1": "your_growi_api_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Multiple Apps Configuration Example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "growi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@growi/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GROWI_DEFAULT_APP_NAME": "staging",

        "GROWI_APP_NAME_1": "production",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_1": "https://wiki.example.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_1": "token_for_production",

        "GROWI_APP_NAME_2": "staging",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_2": "https://wiki-staging.example.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_2": "token_for_staging",

        "GROWI_APP_NAME_3": "development",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_3": "https://wiki-dev.example.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_3": "token_for_development"
      }
    }
  }
}

[!TIP] For skill-based setup (recommended), see Quick Start.

Available Tools (Features)

Page Management

searchPages - Search pages by keywords
createPage - Create a new page
updatePage - Update an existing page
deletePages - Delete pages (bulk operation supported)
duplicatePage - Duplicate a page (including child pages)
renamePage - Change page name and path
getPage - Get a page data
getPageInfo - Get detailed page information
getRecentPages - Get list of recently updated pages
getPageListingRoot - Get root page list
getPageListingChildren - Get child pages of specified page
pageListingInfo - Get summary information of page listings
publishPage / unpublishPage - Set page publish/unpublish status

Tag Management

getPageTag - Get tags of a page
updateTag - Update tags of a page
getTagList - Get list of tags
searchTags - Search tags

Comments & Discussions

getComments - Get comments of a page
addComment - Add a comment to a page
removeComment - Remove a comment from a page

Revision Management

listRevisions - Get page edit history
getRevision - Get details of a specific revision
listRevisionChanges - List the authenticated user's consecutive-edit runs across all pages (requires GROWI v7.5.6 or later)
getRevisionDiffs - Get unified diffs for a batch of revision pairs (requires GROWI v7.5.6 or later)

Share Links

createShareLink - Create a share link
getShareLinks - Get share links of a page
deleteShareLinks - Delete share links
deleteShareLinkById - Delete a specific share link

User Information

getUserRecentPages - Get recent pages of a specific user

Vault Commands

Besides serving MCP tools, the package provides commands for working with a local clone of a GROWI Vault (the wiki exposed as a read-only git endpoint). They exist so an agent can search the wiki as plain files — the growi-smart-save skill uses them for its high-accuracy destination search.

# Clone the Vault on first run, refresh it afterwards, and print where it is
npx @growi/mcp-server vault-sync --app-name main [--dest <dir>] [--no-user]

# Print the clone directory without touching the network
npx @growi/mcp-server vault-path --app-name main

# Decode on-disk Vault file names into GROWI page paths
npx @growi/mcp-server vault-decode '旧%3A old page.md'

The instance is named by its app name, and its base URL and credential come from the same configuration the MCP server uses — including GROWI_HTTP_AUTH_* when the instance sits behind a reverse proxy — so no token is ever passed on the command line. Requires git 2.31+ (2.35+ for --no-user). Exit codes: 0 the clone is usable, 1 a usage or environment problem, 2 a git failure or an unusable clone.

Configuration Options

Environment Variables

Variable Name	Required	Description	Default Value
`GROWI_APP_NAME_{N}`	✅	GROWI app identifier name (N is an integer)	-
`GROWI_BASE_URL_{N}`	✅	Base URL of GROWI instance (N is an integer)	-
`GROWI_API_TOKEN_{N}`	✅	GROWI API access token (N is an integer)	-
`GROWI_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME_{N}`		Username for HTTP auth (Basic) in front of GROWI, e.g. a reverse proxy. Required together with the password.	-
`GROWI_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD_{N}`		Password for HTTP auth (Basic) in front of GROWI. Required together with the username.	-
`GROWI_DEFAULT_APP_NAME`		Default app name to use	First configured app

Multiple Apps Configuration Notes

Use integer values (1, 2, 3...) for each app configuration (sequential numbering is not required)
Combination of GROWI_APP_NAME_N, GROWI_BASE_URL_N, and GROWI_API_TOKEN_N is required
App names, base URLs, and API tokens must each be unique
If GROWI_DEFAULT_APP_NAME is omitted, the first configured app becomes the default
The app specified in GROWI_DEFAULT_APP_NAME will be used as the default app when the LLM does not explicitly include an app name in the prompt

HTTP Auth (Basic) for Proxied GROWI

When a GROWI instance sits behind HTTP authentication (e.g. a reverse proxy enforcing Basic auth), set both GROWI_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME_{N} and GROWI_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD_{N} for that app. You only provide a username and password; the Basic Authorization header is built for you.

Set both or neither — providing only one fails fast with a clear error.
When configured, the proxy credentials go in the Authorization header and the GROWI API token (GROWI_API_TOKEN_{N}) is sent via the X-GROWI-ACCESS-TOKEN header instead. Without it, the default Bearer token scheme is unchanged.
Only Basic auth is supported for now; Digest support is planned. The variable names are scheme-agnostic so they can be reused when Digest lands.

Developer Information

Requirements

Node.js 18 or higher
pnpm (recommended)
GROWI instance (for development and testing)

Getting Started

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/growilabs/growi-mcp-server.git
cd growi-mcp-server

Install dependencies

pnpm install

Set up environment variables

cp .env.example .env.local
# Edit .env.local to enter GROWI connection information

Start the development server

# Test with MCP CLI
pnpm dev:cli

# Develop with MCP Inspector
pnpm dev:inspect

Build and Test

# Build
pnpm build

# Lint
pnpm lint

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Run tests with coverage
pnpm test:coverage

# Run in production
pnpm start

MCP Server Configuration

Build

pnpm build

MCP Server Configuration (Single App)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "growi": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/username/projects/growi-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GROWI_APP_NAME_1": "main",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_1": "https://your-growi-instance.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_1": "your_growi_api_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP Server Configuration (Multiple Apps)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "growi": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/username/projects/growi-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GROWI_DEFAULT_APP_NAME": "production",

        "GROWI_APP_NAME_1": "production",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_1": "https://wiki.example.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_1": "production_token",

        "GROWI_APP_NAME_2": "staging",
        "GROWI_BASE_URL_2": "https://wiki-staging.example.com",
        "GROWI_API_TOKEN_2": "staging_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

[!NOTE] Set the absolute path to the built output in "args"

Troubleshooting

When unable to connect to GROWI

Check connectivity

curl -v http://app:3000/_api/v3/healthcheck

If the app hostname cannot be resolved, check the devcontainer network and verify it includes growi_devcontainer_default
- The .devcontainer/devcontainer.json file sets --network in runArgs, so rebuilding the container should apply this setting
- To add manually, run the following:
  - Run docker network command on the docker host machine
```
docker network connect growi_devcontainer_default growi-mcp-server-dev
```

Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome!

How to Contribute

Issue Reports: Bug reports and feature requests via GitHub Issues
Pull Requests:
- Fork and create a branch
- Implement changes
- Add tests (if applicable)
- Create a pull request

Development Guidelines

Coding Standards: Use Biome
Commit Messages: Follow Conventional Commits

License

This project is released under the MIT License.

growilabs/growi-mcp-server

Quick Install

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