MCP Server with Wikipedia Article Tool

by codingaslu

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About

A lightweight implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Server-Sent Events. Features a Wikipedia article parser that converts content to Markdown format. Demonstrates client-server MCP communication over HTTP.

Explore

- MCP server implementation using FastMCP
- Server-Sent Events (SSE) for client-server communication
- Wikipedia article fetching tool
- Conversion of HTML content to Markdown

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

  1. Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
  2. Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
  3. Configure the plugin with the settings below
    Plugin Name MCP Server with Wikipedia Article Tool
    Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

    Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.

  4. Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

From the repository

- Python 3.8+
- Dependencies listed in requirements.txt
- uv (Python package manager)

uv pip install -r requirements.txt
```

This is an HTTP SSE-based MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that features a tool for fetching and converting Wikipedia articles to Markdown.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp server with wikipedia article tool": {
            "http-sse-mcp-starter": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "pip",
                    "install",
                    "-r",
                    "requirements.txt"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "http-sse-mcp-starter": {
        "command": "uv",
        "args": [
            "pip",
            "install",
            "-r",
            "requirements.txt"
        ]
    }
}
This is an HTTP SSE-based MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that features a tool for fetching and converting Wikipedia articles to Markdown.

Features

- MCP server implementation using FastMCP - Server-Sent Events (SSE) for client-server communication - Wikipedia article fetching tool - Conversion of HTML content to Markdown

Requirements

- Python 3.8+ - Dependencies listed in requirements.txt - uv (Python package manager)

Installation

```bash
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