mcp-wikipedia-onthisdaytoday-server

OnThisDayToday MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides historical events that happened on the current day from Wikipedia's "On This Day" feed.

Features

🗓️ Fetches historical events for the current date
🌍 Supports multiple languages (English, German, Italian, French, etc.)
🎲 Option to get a single random event
📚 Clean, formatted output with HTML tags removed
⚡ Fast API responses using Wikipedia's official API

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Installation

You can run this server directly with npx (no need to install globally):

npx mcp-wikipedia-onthisdaytoday-server

Or, to install locally:

npm install mcp-wikipedia-onthisdaytoday-server

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Configuration

To use this server with MCP, add the following to your config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "onthisdaytoday": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-wikipedia-onthisdaytoday-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

This approach uses npx to automatically download and run your published package, making it much easier for others to use your tool!