Wikipedia MCP Server

by Rudra-ravi

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549 downloads

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that retrieves information from Wikipedia to provide context to LLMs.

Details

Author: Rudra-ravi
GitHub stars: 269
Downloads: 549
Categories: Search, Other, Knowledge Base, AI

- Search Wikipedia articles matching specific queries
- Retrieve full article content, summaries, and sections
- Extract links and related topics from articles
- Multi‑language support via language codes or country names
- Optional caching of API responses for performance
- Multiple MCP transport protocols: stdio, HTTP, streamable‑HTTP
- Optional bearer‑token or JWT authentication for network transports
- Google ADK compatibility with strict function calling schemas

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below

Plugin Name Wikipedia MCP Server

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Install via pipx (pipx install wikipedia-mcp), pip, or from source. Run the server with wikipedia-mcp and optionally specify transport (--transport stdio, http, streamable-http, or sse), language or country (--language, --country), caching (--enable-cache), access tokens (--access-token), and authentication mode (--auth-mode static or --auth-mode jwt). Configure Claude Desktop by adding a command entry in claude_desktop_config.json.

`search`

`readArticle`

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia mcp server": {
            "wikipedia-mcp": {
                "command": "pipx",
                "args": [
                    "ensurepath"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
        "command": "pipx",
        "args": [
            "ensurepath"
        ]
    }
}

Wikipedia MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that retrieves information from Wikipedia to provide context to Large Language Models (LLMs). This tool helps AI assistants access factual information from Wikipedia to ground their responses in reliable sources.

Overview

The Wikipedia MCP server provides real-time access to Wikipedia information through a standardized Model Context Protocol interface. This allows LLMs to retrieve accurate and up-to-date information directly from Wikipedia to enhance their responses.

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Features

- Search Wikipedia: Find articles matching specific queries with enhanced diagnostics
- Retrieve Article Content: Get full article text with all information
- Article Summaries: Get concise summaries of articles
- Section Extraction: Retrieve specific sections from articles
- Link Discovery: Find links within articles to related topics
- Related Topics: Discover topics related to a specific article
- Multi-language Support: Access Wikipedia in different languages by specifying the --language or -l argument when running the server (e.g., wikipedia-mcp --language ta for Tamil).
- Country/Locale Support: Use intuitive country codes like --country US, --country China, or --country TW instead of language codes. Automatically maps to appropriate Wikipedia language variants.
- Language Variant Support: Support for language variants such as Chinese traditional/simplified (e.g., zh-hans for Simplified Chinese, zh-tw for Traditional Chinese), Serbian scripts (sr-latn, sr-cyrl), and other regional variants.
- Optional caching: Cache API responses for improved performance using --enable-cache
- Modern MCP Transport Support: Supports stdio, http, and streamable-http (with legacy sse compatibility).
- Optional MCP Transport Auth: Secure network transports with --auth-mode static or --auth-mode jwt.
- Google ADK Compatibility: Fully compatible with Google ADK agents and other AI frameworks that use strict function calling schemas

Installation

Using pipx (Recommended for Claude Desktop)

The best way to install for Claude Desktop usage is with pipx, which installs the command globally:

```bash

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