Wikimedia MCP Server
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An MCP server for interacting with Wikimedia APIs. Access Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project content programmatically.
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- privetin
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- Search full-text content across Wikimedia pages
- Search page titles with autocomplete suggestions
- Retrieve page content, title, URL, and metadata
- Find page versions in other languages
- Get featured articles, most read pages, and pictures of the day
- Get historical events, births, deaths, and holidays for any date
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Wikimedia MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install using the uv package manager (Python 3.12+). Configure the server in Claude Desktop’s claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers with the command uvx wikimedia (for published) or uv run wikimedia (for development). Once connected, call tools such as search_content, get_page, or get_featured with required parameters.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikimedia mcp server": {
"wikimedia": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"C:\\MCP\\server\\community\\wikimedia",
"run",
"wikimedia"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"wikimedia": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"C:\\MCP\\server\\community\\wikimedia",
"run",
"wikimedia"
]
}
}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
```python
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