wikipedia-mcp MCP server

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

What wikipedia-mcp does

Summarised from the project README; check the repository for the latest details.

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

How to install wikipedia-mcp MCP in Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "wikipedia-mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "wikipedia-mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "wikipedia-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to config generator – combine it with other servers, or get the Windsurf format.

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