Wikimedia MCP Server: Seamless Programmatic Access to Open Knowledge

Wikimedia MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Wikimedia APIs. Access Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project content programmatically with natural language queries.

Features

• Search Content : Full-text search across Wikimedia page content
• Search Titles : Search page titles with autocomplete suggestions
• Get Page : Retrieve page content, title, URL and metadata
• Language Versions : Find versions of a page in other languages
• Featured Content : Get featured articles, most read pages, and pictures of the day
• Historical Events : Get events, births, deaths, and holidays for any date

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• uv package manager
• MCP server framework

Security

• All user inputs are validated
• No sensitive data or credentials required
• Rate limiting handled by Wikimedia API
• Error messages don't expose internal details

Installation

Claude Desktop Configuration

On MacOS:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Development Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikimedia": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "C:\\MCP\\server\\community\\wikimedia",
        "run",
        "wikimedia"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Published Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikimedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikimedia"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_content

Full-text search across Wikimedia page content. Returns snippets matching the query.

• query (required): Search term
• limit (1-50, default 10): Number of results
• project (default "wikipedia"): Wikimedia project
• language (default "en"): Language code

search_titles

Search Wikimedia page titles starting with the query. Returns suggestions with descriptions.

• query (required): Search prefix
• limit (1-100, default 10): Number of results
• project (default "wikipedia"): Wikimedia project
• language (default "en"): Language code

get_page

Get Wikimedia page content, title, URL and last modified date.

• title (required): Page title
• project (default "wikipedia"): Wikimedia project
• language (default "en"): Language code

get_languages

Get versions of a Wikimedia page in other languages.

• title (required): Page title
• project (default "wikipedia"): Wikimedia project
• language (default "en"): Language code

get_featured

Get featured Wikimedia content for a date. Returns featured article, most read pages, and picture of the day.

• date (YYYY/MM/DD, default today): Date to get content for
• project ("wikipedia" only): Must be Wikipedia
• language (en/de/fr/es/ru/ja/zh): Supported languages

get_on_this_day

Get historical events from Wikimedia for a date.

• date (MM/DD, default today): Date to get events for
• type (default "all"): Event type - all/selected/births/deaths/holidays/events
• project ("wikipedia" only): Must be Wikipedia
• language (en/de/fr/es/ru/ja/zh): Supported languages

Example Usage

# Search for content about "artificial intelligence"
result = await client.call_tool("search_content", {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "limit": 5,
    "language": "en"
})

# Get today's featured content
result = await client.call_tool("get_featured", {
    "language": "en"
})

# Get historical events for January 1st
result = await client.call_tool("get_on_this_day", {
    "date": "01/01",
    "type": "all",
    "language": "en"
})

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.