MCP Server to read Wikipedia Article

Test using MCP Inspector

1. Install venv and package dependencies:

uv sync

2. Activate your virtual environment:

source .venv/bin/activate

3. Run your server in development mode:

mcp dev src/mcp_wiki/server.py

4. Go to http://localhost:5173 in your browser to open the MCP Inspector UI.

5. In the UI, you can click "Connect" to initialize your MCP server. Then click on "Tools" tab > "List Tools" and you should see the read_wikipedia_article tool. Then you can try to call the read_wikipedia_article tool with URL set to "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" and click "Run Tool".

Testing the CLI

1. Install your project locally:

uv pip install .

2. Check the executable in your virtual environment:

ls .venv/bin/  # Verify your CLI is available

3. Test the CLI:

mcp-wiki --help

You should see output similar to:

❯ mcp-wiki --help
usage: mcp-wiki [-h]

Gives you the ability to read Wikipedia articles and convert them to Markdown.

options:
 -h, --help  show this help message and exit