# tela

Links your self-hosted Tela workspace to AI assistants for browsing and editing pages. Helps agents search team documentation and store project notes.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 85
- Author: zcag
- License: AGPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/zcag/tela/tree/HEAD/mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/tela

## What it does

The server hooks AI assistants straight into a Tela wiki instance. Starting with version 0.7, the MCP interface runs directly inside the Tela backend at `/api/mcp` over Streamable HTTP. Hosts like Claude Code, Cursor, or Zed talk to this endpoint over HTTP by supplying a personal access token in an authorization header.

For platforms limited to stdio transport, the repository supplies the `tela-mcp` bridge package. It forwards traffic without local tools. Missing `TELA_BASE_URL` or `TELA_API_KEY` variables will cause the process to exit immediately prior to the handshake.

Backend endpoints expose actions such as `search`, `semantic_search`, `get_page`, and `create_page`. Resources follow the `tela://page/{id}` format. All read, write, and administrative access checks remain enforced on the server.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://telawiki.com/api/mcp`
- Environment variables: `TELA_BASE_URL`, `TELA_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http tela https://telawiki.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env TELA_BASE_URL=<TELA_BASE_URL> --env TELA_API_KEY=<TELA_API_KEY> --transport stdio mcp -- npx -y tela-mcp
```
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### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp --url https://telawiki.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp --env TELA_BASE_URL=<TELA_BASE_URL> --env TELA_API_KEY=<TELA_API_KEY> -- npx -y tela-mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp": {
            "url": "https://telawiki.com/api/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "tela-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TELA_BASE_URL": "<TELA_BASE_URL>",
                "TELA_API_KEY": "<TELA_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://telawiki.com/api/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "tela-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TELA_BASE_URL": "<TELA_BASE_URL>",
                "TELA_API_KEY": "<TELA_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http mcp https://telawiki.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e TELA_BASE_URL=<TELA_BASE_URL> -e TELA_API_KEY=<TELA_API_KEY> mcp npx -y tela-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- search team wiki articles using semantic search
- fetch Tela page content directly via resource URIs
- generate new knowledge base entries during coding sessions
- leave comments on existing documentation pages

## Example prompts
- Run semantic_search in Tela to locate our production deployment guide
- Fetch the document at tela://page/19 and summarize its architectural points
- Draft a new wiki page in Tela containing release notes for this sprint

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