Wikipedia data API

6 endpoints for Wikipedia: summary, search, article, media, page categories, category members. One API key, one JSON schema, as MCP tools or REST.

Endpoints

Call any of them over MCP with call_endpoint and its path, or over REST.

Endpoint	Returns	Credits	Cache
summaryGET /v1/wikipedia/summary	One encyclopedia article summary with its short description and canonical URL.	1	2 min
searchGET /v1/wikipedia/search	Wikipedia articles matching a query, with a text snippet.	1	2 min
articleGET /v1/wikipedia/article	Plain-text article body, longer than a summary and free of markup.	1	2 min
mediaGET /v1/wikipedia/media	Images and media files used on an encyclopedia article, lead image first.	1	2 min
page/categoriesGET /v1/wikipedia/page/categories	The Wikipedia categories one article belongs to, with how many pages each category holds.	1	2 min
category/membersGET /v1/wikipedia/category/members	The pages, subcategories or files inside one Wikipedia category.	1	2 min

Connect your agent over MCP

Remote MCP server: https://data.openkrill.app/mcp with your key in the x-api-key header.

Claude Code · Run in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http krilldata \
  https://data.openkrill.app/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor · Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "url": "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}