Guild Wars 1

Read-only Model Context Protocol server for Guild Wars 1 public sources and opt-in local install inventory.

Sources

• Guild Wars Wiki: https://wiki.guildwars.com/api.php
• PvXwiki: https://gwpvx.fandom.com/api.php
• GW1 Builds: https://gw1builds.com/api/builds
• YouTube public RSS feeds for official and creator channels
• r/GuildWars public Atom search
• Local Guild Wars install or VMware Fusion bundle metadata, only when explicit roots are provided

Install

This is a stdio MCP server distributed from GitHub. Replace <owner> with the GitHub owner or organization that hosts this repository.

Codex

codex mcp add guildwars1 -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp
codex mcp list

With opt-in local inventory:

codex mcp add guildwars1 \
  --env GW1_LOCAL_ROOTS="/path/to/Guild Wars/or VM.vmwarevm" \
  -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user guildwars1 -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp
claude mcp list

With opt-in local inventory:

claude mcp add --scope user guildwars1 \
  -e GW1_LOCAL_ROOTS="/path/to/Guild Wars/or VM.vmwarevm" \
  -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guildwars1": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

With opt-in local inventory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guildwars1": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GW1_LOCAL_ROOTS": "/path/to/Guild Wars/or VM.vmwarevm"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after changing the file.

Grok

grok mcp add --scope user guildwars1 -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp
grok mcp list
grok mcp doctor

With opt-in local inventory:

grok mcp add --scope user guildwars1 \
  -e GW1_LOCAL_ROOTS="/path/to/Guild Wars/or VM.vmwarevm" \
  -- npx -y github:<owner>/guildwars1-mcp

Start a new Codex, Claude, or Grok session after adding the server. Existing sessions may not pick up newly configured MCP servers.

From a checkout:

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

Tools

• gw1_sources - list configured public and local source surfaces.
• gw1_wiki_search - search Guild Wars Wiki, PvXwiki, or both.
• gw1_wiki_page - fetch a wiki page with extracted text, links, categories, and revision metadata.
• gw1_wiki_recent_changes - read recent public changes from a wiki source.
• gw1_game_updates - parse recent Guild Wars game-update sections from Guild Wars Wiki.
• gw1_builds_search - search GW1 Builds public API and/or PvXwiki.
• gw1_template_code_analyze - validate, decode, and legality-check Guild Wars template/build codes (professions, attributes, skill names, build rules).
• gw1_template_encode - build an importable template code from professions, attributes, and skill names, with a legality report (one elite, three PvE-only max, single allegiance, 200 attribute-point budget).
• gw1_subreddit_search - search r/GuildWars public Atom results.
• gw1_youtube_sources - list curated official and creator YouTube feeds.
• gw1_youtube_videos - fetch recent public YouTube videos from curated feeds.
• gw1_content_search - search across wiki, PvXwiki, GW1 Builds, YouTube, and r/GuildWars.
• gw1_local_inventory - scan explicit local roots for Guild Wars or VMware Fusion metadata.

Resources

• gw1://sources - public source registry.
• gw1://wiki-sources - MediaWiki source registry.
• gw1://youtube-sources - official and creator YouTube source registry.

Update Pipeline

Most content is fetched fresh at tool-call time from public APIs and feeds. The repo also includes a scheduled Source Smoke GitHub Actions workflow that runs live checks against the public source surfaces. It does not commit scraped data or publish artifacts; it catches dead feeds, API shape changes, and source breakage so the curated registry can be updated intentionally.

Local Inventory

Local inventory is opt-in. The server never scans default locations, home directories, VMware folders, or game installs by itself.

Use explicit roots:

GW1_LOCAL_ROOTS="/path/to/Guild Wars:/path/to/Some VM.vmwarevm" guildwars1-mcp

Or pass roots to the gw1_local_inventory tool.

The scanner can detect:

• Gw.exe
• Gw.dat metadata only
• Templates folders and plausible template codes in .txt files
• .vmwarevm, .vmx, and .vmdk metadata

It does not mount virtual disks, parse Gw.dat, follow symlink escapes, or write scan output. Paths are redacted by default unless a caller explicitly opts out.

Development

npm install
npm run typecheck
npm test
npm run build
npm run smoke:sources

Notes

This project is not affiliated with ArenaNet, NCSoft, Guild Wars Wiki, PvXwiki, GW1 Builds, Reddit, or VMware. It fetches public, read-only data and returns source URLs so agents can attribute claims back to the original source.