Wikidata · Capability

Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions

Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions. 1 operations. Lead operation: Wikidata Get a Description for an Item. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Wikidata business surface.

Run with Naftiko WikidataDescriptions

What You Can Do

GET
Getitemdescription — Wikidata Get a Description for an Item
/v1/entities/items/{item-id}/descriptions/{language-code}

MCP Tools

wikidata-get-description-item

Wikidata Get a Description for an Item

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

mediawiki-descriptions.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions
  description: 'Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions. 1 operations. Lead operation: Wikidata Get a Description
    for an Item. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Wikidata business surface.'
  tags:
  - Wikidata
  - Descriptions
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    WIKIDATA_API_KEY: WIKIDATA_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: mediawiki-descriptions
    baseUri: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0
    description: Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: entities-items-item_id-descriptions-language_code
      path: /entities/items/{item_id}/descriptions/{language_code}
      operations:
      - name: getitemdescription
        method: GET
        description: Wikidata Get a Description for an Item
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: bearer
      token: '{{env.WIKIDATA_API_KEY}}'
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: mediawiki-descriptions-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed
      operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/entities/items/{item-id}/descriptions/{language-code}
      name: entities-items-item-id-descriptions-language-code
      description: REST surface for entities-items-item_id-descriptions-language_code.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getitemdescription
        description: Wikidata Get a Description for an Item
        call: mediawiki-descriptions.getitemdescription
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: mediawiki-descriptions-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API — Descriptions. One tool per consumed operation, routed
      inline through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: wikidata-get-description-item
      description: Wikidata Get a Description for an Item
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: mediawiki-descriptions.getitemdescription
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.