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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Wikipedia search and content retrieval capabilities.

Tools

  1. fetch_wikipedia_info

    Search Wikipedia for a topic and return the title, summary, and URL of the best match.

  2. list_wikipedia_sections

    Get a list of all section titles from a Wikipedia article.

  3. get_section_content

    Retrieve the content of a specific section from a Wikipedia article.

Wikipedia MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Wikipedia search and content retrieval capabilities. This server allows AI assistants and other MCP clients to search Wikipedia, retrieve article summaries, list article sections, and get specific section content.

Features

This MCP server exposes the following tools:

1. fetch_wikipedia_info

Search Wikipedia for a topic and return the title, summary, and URL of the best match.

Parameters:

  • query (string): The search term or topic to look up

Returns:

  • title: The title of the Wikipedia article
  • summary: A brief summary of the article
  • url: The URL to the Wikipedia page
  • error: Error message if the search fails or is ambiguous

2. list_wikipedia_sections

Get a list of all section titles from a Wikipedia article.

Parameters:

  • topic (string): The Wikipedia article title

Returns:

  • sections: Array of section titles from the article
  • error: Error message if the article cannot be found

3. get_section_content

Retrieve the content of a specific section from a Wikipedia article.

Parameters:

  • topic (string): The Wikipedia article title
  • section_title (string): The specific section to retrieve

Returns:

  • content: The text content of the specified section
  • error: Error message if the article or section cannot be found

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/heIsThePirate/first-mcp-server.git
cd first-mcp-server
  1. Install the required dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Run the MCP server:

python mcp_server.py

The server will start and listen for MCP protocol messages via stdio transport.

Requirements

  • Python 3.7+
  • wikipedia==1.4.0
  • mcp>=1.0.0

Error Handling

The server handles common Wikipedia API errors:

  • DisambiguationError: When a search term matches multiple articles, returns suggestions
  • PageError: When a page cannot be loaded
  • General exceptions: Gracefully handled with descriptive error messages

Example Use Cases

  • Research assistance by searching and summarizing Wikipedia articles
  • Content exploration by browsing article sections
  • Educational tools that need access to encyclopedic information
  • AI assistants that need to provide factual information from Wikipedia

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.