Wikimedia MCP Server

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

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No arguments

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

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No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_content

Full-text search across Wikimedia page content. Returns snippets matching the query. Parameters: query (required), limit (1-50), project (e.g., 'wikipedia'), language (e.g., 'en')

get_page

Get Wikimedia page content, title, URL and last modified date. Parameters: title (required), project (e.g., 'wikipedia'), language (e.g., 'en')

search_titles

Search Wikimedia page titles starting with the query. Returns suggestions with descriptions. Parameters: query (required), limit (1-100), project (e.g., 'wikipedia'), language (e.g., 'en')

get_languages

Get versions of a Wikimedia page in other languages. Parameters: title (required), project (e.g., 'wikipedia'), language (e.g., 'en')

get_featured

Get featured Wikimedia content for a date. Returns featured article, most read pages, and picture of the day. Parameters: date (YYYY/MM/DD, default today), project ('wikipedia' only), language (en/de/fr/es/ru/ja/zh)

get_on_this_day

Get historical events from Wikimedia for a date. Parameters: date (MM/DD, default today), type (all/selected/births/deaths/holidays/events), project ('wikipedia' only), language (en/de/fr/es/ru/ja/zh)