Wikipedia

Queries Wikipedia Commons for public-domain images and retrieves detailed metadata for attribution and licensing.

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Documentation & install

Readme and setup notes from the catalogue, plus a client-ready config you can copy for your MCP host.

Installation

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.

Configuration

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dazeb-wikipedia-mcp-image-crawler": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/wikipedia-mcp-image-crawler/build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

You have a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets you search Wikipedia Commons for images and retrieve rich metadata. It focuses on public-domain and freely usable images, with tools to search by query and to fetch detailed info about each image, including licenses and authors. This makes it easy to build workflows that attribution-friendly image collections.

How to use

You interact with the server through an MCP client. Start by using the image search tool to find images that match a query, then use the image information tool to retrieve full metadata for any image you select. This enables you to assemble and attribute image sets from Wikipedia Commons with confidence about licenses and authors.

How to install

Prerequisites you need before installing:

Node.js 18 or higher
npm or pnpm (package managers)

Step by step installation flow

Clone the project to your local environment
Install dependencies using your preferred package manager
Build the MCP server so it is ready to run

Configuration and running the MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "name": "wikipedia_mcp",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/wikipedia-mcp-image-crawler/build/index.js"],
      "disabled": false,
      "env": []
    }
  }
}

Using the server tools

Image Search tool — find images that match a query and return image URLs, dimensions, MIME types, and sizes. Access this tool by name wiki_image_search with arguments such as a query and a limit.

Image Information tool — fetch detailed metadata for a specific image, including license and author, and get the full-resolution image URLs. Access this tool by name wiki_image_info with the image title.

Expected environment details

This MCP server run configuration does not require additional environment variables beyond those shown in the start snippet. If you add environment variables later, you should list them under a global environment section for the MCP client and mirror them in the server configuration.

Development and troubleshooting

To run in watch mode during development, you can use the project’s development workflow to auto-rebuild as you modify source files.

If you need debugging, use the MCP Inspector tooling which provides a URL you can open in your browser to inspect the MCP server interactions.

Available tools

wiki_image_search

Search for images on Wikipedia Commons by query with a configurable limit; returns image URLs, dimensions, MIME types, and sizes.

wiki_image_info

Fetches detailed metadata for a specific image, including license and author, and returns full-resolution image URLs and descriptions.