# openwebui-mcp-server

> MCP server for managing Open WebUI - users, groups, models, knowledge bases, and more

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/openwebui-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.2.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: admin, ai, llm, mcp, open-webui
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:openwebui-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Open WebUI MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes Open WebUI's admin APIs as tools, allowing AI assistants to manage users, groups, models, knowledge bases, and more.

## Features

- **User Management**: List, get, update roles, delete users
- **Group Management**: Create, update, add/remove members, delete groups
- **Model Management**: Create custom models, update system prompts, manage parameters
- **Knowledge Base Management**: Create, list, delete knowledge bases
- **Chat Management**: List, view, delete chats
- **Tool & Function Discovery**: List available tools and functions
- **Permission-Aware**: All operations respect the logged-in user's permissions

## Security

**Important**: This server passes through the user's authentication token to Open WebUI. This means:

- Admin operations require admin API keys
- Regular users can only access their own resources
- All permission checks are enforced by Open WebUI's API

## Installation

**Package not yet publicly published to [pypi.org](https://pypi.org/project/openwebui-mcp-server/)**
Use a local development version (see [Development](#development))
```bash
pip install openwebui-mcp-server
```
Or with uv:
```bash
uv pip install openwebui-mcp-server
```

## Configuration

Set the required environment variable:

```bash
export WEBUI_URL=https://your-openwebui-instance.com
```

Optionally, set a default API key (can be overridden per-request):

```bash
export WEBUI_API_KEY=your-api-key
```

## Usage

### With Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (`~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openwebui": {
      "command": "openwebui-mcp",
      "env": {
        "WEBUI_URL": "https://your-openwebui-instance.com",
        "WEBUI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### With Open WebUI (via MCPO)

1. Start the server in HTTP mode:

```bash
export WEBUI_URL=https://your-openwebui-instance.com
export MCP_TRANSPORT=http
export MCP_H…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.905, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/openwebui-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:27:01.873Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/openwebui-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/openwebui-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:openwebui-mcp-server