xby-wikimedia-search-images

When an AI assistant needs to gather a set of related images for visual comparison or reference, manually querying Wikimedia Commons is tedious and hard to structure. This plugin removes that friction by wrapping Commons image search into a single MCP tool call that returns fully structured metadata with ready-to-use download URLs, eliminating repeated scraping and parsing.

Two tools do the heavy lifting. wikimedia_search_images accepts a keyword and returns each match with its title, description, author, license, and a direct download URL; when a thumbnail composite is requested, the results are stitched into one side-by-side preview image so the model can compare visuals within a single conversation turn. set_xby_apikey handles one-time credential setup by persisting the API key automatically, so it survives restarts without re-configuration.

It is well suited for developers building multimodal agents, automated asset-collection pipelines, or visual Q&A systems that need on-demand access to the millions of openly licensed images on Wikimedia Commons. One keyword turns that vast catalog into model-ready context.