Wallabag MCP

MCP server for wallabag read-it-later entries, tags, and annotations.

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wallabag-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wallabag-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

wallabag MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for wallabag, the open-source read-it-later service.

This server gives AI assistants a structured interface for common wallabag workflows:

Verify connectivity and authentication with a tiny read-only health check
List, filter, and page through saved articles
Fetch entry metadata or full extracted content
Save new URLs
Archive/unarchive and star/unstar entries
Reload/refetch article extraction
Delete entries
List and add tags
List, create, and delete annotations

Why this exists

wallabag is widely used in self-hosted setups, but its API is OAuth-based and awkward for general LLM tools. This MCP server wraps the important entry, tag, and annotation operations with an AI-friendly surface and documented parameters.

Installation

bash

pipx install git+https://github.com/rusty4444/wallabag-mcp.git

Or from a checkout:

bash

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Configuration

The server reads configuration from environment variables:

Variable	Required	Description
`WALLABAG_BASE_URL`	Yes	Base URL of your wallabag instance, e.g. `https://app.wallabag.it`
`WALLABAG_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Optional	Existing OAuth access token; if set, password grant is skipped
`WALLABAG_CLIENT_ID`	Required unless access token is set	OAuth client id from wallabag's developer client page
`WALLABAG_CLIENT_SECRET`	Required unless access token is set	OAuth client secret
`WALLABAG_USERNAME`	Required unless access token is set	wallabag username
`WALLABAG_PASSWORD`	Required unless access token is set	wallabag password
`WALLABAG_TIMEOUT`	No	HTTP timeout in seconds, default `20`

Create a wallabag API client from your wallabag instance under Developer / API clients. wallabag's official docs show the password grant against /oauth/v2/token.

MCP client config

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wallabag": {
      "command": "wallabag-mcp",
      "env": {
        "WALLABAG_BASE_URL": "https://wallabag.example.com",
        "WALLABAG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "WALLABAG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "WALLABAG_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "WALLABAG_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Purpose
`wallabag_health_check`	Verify connectivity and authentication with a tiny read-only request
`wallabag_list_entries`	List entries with pagination and filters
`wallabag_get_entry`	Fetch one entry, optionally including extracted content
`wallabag_add_entry`	Save a URL into wallabag
`wallabag_update_entry`	Update title, URL, archive/starred state, or tags
`wallabag_archive_entry`	Mark an entry archived/read
`wallabag_unarchive_entry`	Mark an entry unarchived/unread
`wallabag_star_entry`	Star/favourite an entry
`wallabag_unstar_entry`	Remove starred/favourite state
`wallabag_reload_entry`	Ask wallabag to refetch/reparse the original URL
`wallabag_delete_entry`	Delete an entry
`wallabag_list_tags`	List known tags
`wallabag_add_tags_to_entry`	Add comma-separated tags to an entry
`wallabag_delete_tag`	Delete a tag globally
`wallabag_list_annotations`	List annotations for an entry
`wallabag_create_annotation`	Create an annotation on quoted article text
`wallabag_delete_annotation`	Delete an annotation

Development and validation

bash

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e '.[dev]'
ruff check .
pytest
python scripts/live_docs_test.py

live_docs_test.py validates wallabag's public API documentation and the hosted API docs page without needing account credentials. Mutation and authenticated request behaviours are covered with mocked HTTP tests.

Safety

Write-capable tools mutate your read-it-later library. Keep OAuth secrets in environment variables or a secret manager, never in source control.

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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

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Documentation Overview

wallabag MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for wallabag, the open-source read-it-later service.

This server gives AI assistants a structured interface for common wallabag workflows:

Verify connectivity and authentication with a tiny read-only health check
List, filter, and page through saved articles
Fetch entry metadata or full extracted content
Save new URLs
Archive/unarchive and star/unstar entries
Reload/refetch article extraction
Delete entries
List and add tags
List, create, and delete annotations

Why this exists

Installation

bash

pipx install git+https://github.com/rusty4444/wallabag-mcp.git

Or from a checkout:

bash

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Configuration

The server reads configuration from environment variables:

Variable	Required	Description
`WALLABAG_BASE_URL`	Yes	Base URL of your wallabag instance, e.g. `https://app.wallabag.it`
`WALLABAG_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Optional	Existing OAuth access token; if set, password grant is skipped
`WALLABAG_CLIENT_ID`	Required unless access token is set	OAuth client id from wallabag's developer client page
`WALLABAG_CLIENT_SECRET`	Required unless access token is set	OAuth client secret
`WALLABAG_USERNAME`	Required unless access token is set	wallabag username
`WALLABAG_PASSWORD`	Required unless access token is set	wallabag password
`WALLABAG_TIMEOUT`	No	HTTP timeout in seconds, default `20`

Create a wallabag API client from your wallabag instance under Developer / API clients. wallabag's official docs show the password grant against /oauth/v2/token.

MCP client config

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wallabag": {
      "command": "wallabag-mcp",
      "env": {
        "WALLABAG_BASE_URL": "https://wallabag.example.com",
        "WALLABAG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "WALLABAG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "WALLABAG_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "WALLABAG_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Purpose
`wallabag_health_check`	Verify connectivity and authentication with a tiny read-only request
`wallabag_list_entries`	List entries with pagination and filters
`wallabag_get_entry`	Fetch one entry, optionally including extracted content
`wallabag_add_entry`	Save a URL into wallabag
`wallabag_update_entry`	Update title, URL, archive/starred state, or tags
`wallabag_archive_entry`	Mark an entry archived/read
`wallabag_unarchive_entry`	Mark an entry unarchived/unread
`wallabag_star_entry`	Star/favourite an entry
`wallabag_unstar_entry`	Remove starred/favourite state
`wallabag_reload_entry`	Ask wallabag to refetch/reparse the original URL
`wallabag_delete_entry`	Delete an entry
`wallabag_list_tags`	List known tags
`wallabag_add_tags_to_entry`	Add comma-separated tags to an entry
`wallabag_delete_tag`	Delete a tag globally
`wallabag_list_annotations`	List annotations for an entry
`wallabag_create_annotation`	Create an annotation on quoted article text
`wallabag_delete_annotation`	Delete an annotation

Development and validation

bash

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e '.[dev]'
ruff check .
pytest
python scripts/live_docs_test.py

Safety

Write-capable tools mutate your read-it-later library. Keep OAuth secrets in environment variables or a secret manager, never in source control.