# wikipedia-get-on-this-day

Fetch Wikipedia

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `wikipedia-get-on-this-day`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp/wikipedia-get-on-this-day

## Facts

- Tool: `wikipedia-get-on-this-day`
- Server: Meta Data Mcp (`pypi:meta-data-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y pypi:meta-data-mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/derekslinz/meta-data-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "wikipedia-get-on-this-day",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why wikipedia-get-on-this-day is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical information from Wikipedia without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk—the only potential concern would be if the fetched data were used maliciously downstream, but the tool itself performs no side effects.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'wikipedia-get-on-this-day' and description 'Fetch Wikipedia' indicate data retrieval with no modification."

## Use case

AI agents call wikipedia-get-on-this-day to retrieve information from Meta Data Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Meta Data Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "wikipedia-get-on-this-day": {}
  }
}
```

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