Extension:AI Assistant
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Artificial intelligence, Data extraction, User interface |
| Description | AI chatbot answering based on wiki content |
| Author(s) | Professional Wiki |
| Maintainer(s) | Professional Wiki |
| MediaWiki | 1.43+ |
| Licence | proprietary |
| Download | Commercial |
| Example | Maps wiki |
The AI Assistant adds an AI chatbot widget to your MediaWiki pages. Get instant answers from your wiki with this permission-aware chatbot featuring source citations, cross-language support, conversation history, document support, and extensive customization. See the AI Assistant documentation for more information.
Features
[edit]- Source citations: every answer lists the wiki pages it is based on.
- Permission-aware retrieval: answers draw only on pages the current user can read.
- Document support: the text of uploaded PDF and Office files is retrieved and cited like wiki pages.
- Cross-language answers: questions can be asked in a different language than the wiki content is written in.
- Conversation history: conversations can be saved, browsed, and resumed.
- Thinking mode: an optional mode that reasons longer on harder questions.
- Retrieval API: enables other AI tools to efficiently ground answers in your wiki content.
Configuration
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The assistant is configured through an admin panel rather than configuration files: wiki administrators choose the LLM provider and model (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Apertus, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including self-hosted models), select the embeddings provider separately, and toggle features such as thinking mode, source citations, and conversation history. Both retrieval and generation can run entirely on self-hosted or EU-based infrastructure.
Retrieval pipeline and API
[edit]Content is found through a multi-step retrieval pipeline built on vector search and integrated with MediaWiki, including its permission model. The pipeline is also exposed over an HTTP API: applications can fetch the wiki content most relevant to a prompt, or ask a question and receive a complete cited answer, using the same pipeline as the widget.
Availability
[edit]AI Assistant is a commercial extension by Professional Wiki. It is included with their MediaWiki hosting, and can be deployed on self-hosted MediaWiki installations.
 | This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: |