@pipeworx/wikimedia-rest

Connect: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikimedia-rest/mcp · Install: one-click buttons

Tools: 11

Wikimedia REST API v1 MCP — keyless access to Wikipedia/Wikimedia content endpoints (different surface from the wikipedia action API).

Tools

• page_summary(title, project?, lang?) — page summary card (description, extract, thumbnail) — same shape as the “did you mean” card
• page_html(title, project?, lang?) — page HTML (Parsoid output)
• page_metadata(title, project?, lang?) — page metadata
• page_references(title, project?, lang?) — references on a page
• page_media(title, project?, lang?) — images + videos on a page
• page_related(title, project?, lang?) — related pages
• page_revisions(title, project?, lang?) — recent revisions
• page_pdf(title, project?, lang?) — returns URL only (the PDF endpoint streams binary)
• featured(year, month, day, project?, lang?) — daily featured content (TFA, MP image, news, on-this-day, most-read)
• onthisday(type, month, day, project?, lang?) — on-this-day events (all|births|deaths|events|holidays|selected)
• random(project?, lang?) — random page summary

project defaults to wikipedia, lang to en. Other projects: wikinews, wikiquote, wiktionary, wikivoyage, wikibooks, wikiversity, wikisource.

Data source

https://<lang>.<project>.org/api/rest_v1

Tools

• page_summary — “What is X” / “who is X” / “tell me about X” / “Wikipedia summary of X” / “biography of X” / “history of X” — fetches the Wikipedia article extract (title, description, thumbnail, lead-paragraph extra
• page_html — Full Wikipedia article HTML (Parsoid output) — use when page_summary’s extract isn’t enough and you need the complete article body, infoboxes, tables, and embedded content. Returns rendered HTML you c
• page_metadata — Wikipedia article metadata: categories, inter-language links, content_urls (desktop/mobile), page_id, and namespace (ns). Use to get canonical IDs, discover language versions, or check which categorie
• page_references — Citations / references / sources cited by a Wikipedia article. Use for “what sources back the claim that…”, “where does Wikipedia cite this from”, or to harvest authoritative external links on a topic
• page_media — Images, videos, and other media embedded in a Wikipedia article. Use for “show me pictures of X”, “what images are on the X Wikipedia page”, or to find Commons-hosted media tied to a topic.
• page_related — “What’s related to X” / “see also” — Wikipedia’s related-articles graph for any topic. Returns up to ~12 related pages with summaries. Use for “what should I read next”, topic exploration, or finding
• page_revisions — Recent edit history for a Wikipedia article — editor usernames, timestamps, revision sizes, and edit comments. Use to check when an article was last updated, spot recent disputes, or assess reliabilit
• page_pdf — Returns a Mapbox static-tile image URL for a Wikipedia article as a PDF download. Caller fetches the binary PDF directly from the returned URL via browser or curl. Pass title plus optional project/lan
• featured — Wikipedia’s “today’s featured” content for a specific date — featured article, most-read, picture of the day, on-this-day events. Use for “what’s on Wikipedia today”, “featured article on 2026-05-21”,
• onthisday — “What happened on this day” / “events that happened on May 21” / “historical events on a date” — births, deaths, events, holidays, and selected occurrences from history for any month+day. Pass type=“a
• random — Random Wikipedia article summary — pick a random article from the encyclopedia. Use for “give me a random Wikipedia article”, “surprise me”, or seeding exploration. Returns the same shape as page_summ