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wikitree-mcp

MCP server exposing WikiTree's genealogy API via the Code Mode architecture. Public profiles only — no authentication required.

Note: GitHub is a read-only mirror. Development happens on GitLab.

Architecture

This server uses 2 meta-tools (search + execute) with 10 operations in a server-side registry. The LLM discovers operations via search and runs them via execute.

Tool

Description

search

Discover available operations and their parameters

execute

Run a named operation against the WikiTree API

Operations

Operation

Category

Description

get_profile

read

Retrieve a person or free-space profile

get_person

read

Retrieve a person profile (person profiles only)

get_people

read

Fetch multiple profiles by keys or relationships

search_person

search

Search profiles by name, dates, location, gender

get_ancestors

analysis

Get ancestor tree (parents, grandparents, etc.)

get_descendants

analysis

Get descendant tree (children, grandchildren, etc.)

get_relatives

read

Get parents, children, siblings, spouses

get_bio

content

Retrieve biography text

get_photos

content

Get photos linked to a profile

get_categories

content

Retrieve associated categories

Related MCP server: Gramps MCP

Configuration

Environment Variable

Required

Default

Description

WIKITREE_APP_ID

No

Genealogy-MCP_wikitree-mcp

Your application identifier for the WikiTree API

WIKITREE_API_BASE_URL

No

https://api.wikitree.com/api.php

WikiTree API endpoint

WIKITREE_HTTP_TIMEOUT

No

10.0

HTTP request timeout in seconds

WIKITREE_MAX_RETRIES

No

3

Max retry attempts for transient failures

Setup: Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Using uv (local)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikitree": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/wikitree-mcp", "run", "wikitree-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "WIKITREE_APP_ID": "your-app-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikitree": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "WIKITREE_APP_ID=your-app-id", "wikitree-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Setup: Claude Code

Using uv (local)

claude mcp add wikitree -- uv --directory /path/to/wikitree-mcp run wikitree-mcp

Set the environment variable:

export WIKITREE_APP_ID=your-app-id

Using Docker

claude mcp add wikitree -- docker run -i --rm -e WIKITREE_APP_ID=your-app-id wikitree-mcp

Development

make install       # Install dependencies
make test          # Run tests with coverage (mocked, no network)
make test-live     # Run live tests against real WikiTree API
make ci            # Full CI pipeline (lint + typecheck + test + audit)
make format        # Auto-format code
make build         # Build wheel
make run           # Run with streamable-http on port 8000
make run-stdio     # Run with stdio transport

License

AGPL-3.0-only

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