MCP Wiki Reader
by Ayesha0300
A simple MCP tool for extracting and converting Wikipedia article content to Markdown using a FastMCP server. It's built with `uv` for fast and modern Python package management.
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What is MCP Wiki Reader?
The MCP Wiki Reader is an MCP tool designed to fetch Wikipedia articles, parse their content, and convert the HTML to Markdown format. It utilizes a FastMCP server for operation.
How to use MCP Wiki Reader?
- Install the required dependencies using
uv pip install -r requirements.txt. 2. Start the MCP server by runningmcp dev src/mcp_wiki/server.py. 3. Access the server athttp://127.0.0.1:6274. 4. Use theread_wikipedia_articlemethod, providing a Wikipedia article URL as input (e.g.,read_wikipedia_article("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)")).
Key features of MCP Wiki Reader
Fetch Wikipedia article via URL
Parse content using BeautifulSoup
Convert HTML to Markdown
Robust error handling
Use cases of MCP Wiki Reader
Automated content extraction from Wikipedia
Creating Markdown documentation from Wikipedia articles
Integrating Wikipedia content into other applications
Building knowledge bases
FAQ from MCP Wiki Reader
What is MCP?
What is MCP?
MCP refers to a framework used in this project, likely involving FastMCP and McpError.
What is uv?
What is uv?
uv is a fast Python package manager used for installing dependencies.
How do I install dependencies?
How do I install dependencies?
Use the command uv pip install -r requirements.txt.
How do I start the server?
How do I start the server?
Run the command mcp dev src/mcp_wiki/server.py.
What URL does the server run on?
What URL does the server run on?
The server typically runs on http://127.0.0.1:6274.