WikiCFP MCP

Read-only MCP server for WikiCFP, the community-curated academic conference database. Exposes conference search, full category browsing, and call-for-papers details as MCP tools.

Requirements

• Python 3.13+
• uv

Configuration

This is an MCP server. You register it in your coding agent's MCP configuration, then the agent can use its tools.

Most agents accept a similar configuration. For example, in Opencode you add it to the opencode.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "wikicfp-mcp": {
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/404Simon/wikicfp-mcp",
        "wikicfp-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "type": "local"
    }
  }
}

After this setup, the agent discovers the tools automatically and you can simply ask it things like:

"Find upcoming conferences on Green AI with deadlines after September."

Tools

search_conferences

Search WikiCFP for academic conferences matching a query.

Argument	Type	Description
query	string (required)	Search terms (e.g. "ai agent", "machine learning")
year	string (optional)	Year filter: t (this year, default), n (next year), a (all)
limit	number (optional)	Maximum number of conferences to return (default: 10)

Returns a list of conferences, each with name, description, dates (when), location (where), submission deadline, and the WikiCFP url:

[
  {
    "name": "Cyber-AI 2026",
    "description": "The 2nd IEEE 2026 International Conference on Cybersecurity and AI-Based Systems (Scopus)",
    "when": "Sep 22, 2026 - Sep 25, 2026",
    "where": "Bucharest, Romania",
    "deadline": "Jul 31, 2026",
    "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=191252&copyownerid=196290"
  }
]

conference_details

Fetch full call-for-papers details for a conference from its WikiCFP page URL (the url field returned by search_conferences).

Argument	Type	Description
url	string (required)	WikiCFP event page URL from search_conferences

Returns name, description, dates, location, official website, all deadlines, and categories:

{
  "name": "SMARTGREENS 2027",
  "description": "SMARTGREENS  2027 : 16th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems",
  "when": "Apr 16, 2027 - Apr 17, 2027",
  "where": "Rome, Italy",
  "website": "https://smartgreens.scitevents.org/",
  "submission_deadline": "Nov 17, 2026",
  "notification_due": "Jan 15, 2027",
  "final_version_due": "Jan 27, 2027",
  "categories": ["services", "grid computing", "green computing", "smart grid"]
}

list_categories

List all conference categories tracked by WikiCFP, ordered by the number of CFPs each.

Returns up to ~300 categories with name, browse URL, and CFP count:

[{"name": "artificial intelligence", "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=artificial intelligence", "count": 10667},
 {"name": "machine learning", "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=machine learning", "count": 6454},
 {"name": "green computing", "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=green computing", "count": 149}, ...]

conferences_by_category

List conferences in a WikiCFP category, one page at a time. This is the complete view of a category: every CFP in it is reachable by iterating page from 1 to total_pages (~20 per page), unlike keyword search which WikiCFP caps.

Argument	Type	Description
category	string (required)	Category name as returned by list_categories
page	number (optional)	Page number to return, 1-based (default: 1)

Returns page metadata (total_pages, total_cfps) plus the conferences on that page. Note that later pages include expired CFPs.

{
  "category": "green computing",
  "page": 1,
  "total_pages": 8,
  "total_cfps": 149,
  "conferences": [
    {
      "name": "SMARTGREENS 2027",
      "description": "16th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems",
      "when": "Apr 16, 2027 - Apr 17, 2027",
      "where": "Rome, Italy",
      "deadline": "Nov 17, 2026",
      "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=201733&copyownerid=45217"
    },
    {
      "name": "GREEN 2026",
      "description": "The Eleventh International Conference on Green Communications, Computing and Technologies",
      "when": "Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 29, 2026",
      "where": "Lisbon, Portugal",
      "deadline": "Jul 6, 2026",
      "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=199671&copyownerid=83510"
    }
  ]
}

find_conferences

Find upcoming conferences matching any of the given keywords.

Argument	Type	Description
keywords	string[] (required)	List of search terms; a conference matches if any term matches
year	string (optional)	Year filter: t (this year), n (next year), a (all, default)
min_deadline	string (optional)	Only keep conferences whose submission deadline is on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD or Mon D, YYYY)
limit	number (optional)	Maximum number of conferences to return (default: 50)

Searches WikiCFP for each keyword, merges and deduplicates the results, and keeps only conferences that have not ended yet. Results are sorted by submission deadline (soonest first). Conferences whose dates or deadlines are unknown (N/A, TBD) are always kept.

[{"name": "MIT AI Conference 2026",
  "description": "MIT AI Conference 2026- AI: The Age of Agency",
  "when": "Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 17, 2026", "where": "Computer History Museum Mountain View, C",
  "deadline": "Oct 17, 2026",
  "url": "http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=201388&copyownerid=199571"}, ...]