io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

Search Wikipedia, read summaries and full text, target sections, find nearby pages, list languages.

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Step 1

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Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-cyanheads-wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server does

Search Wikipedia, read summaries and full text, target sections, find nearby pages, list languages.

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Is io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server safe to use?: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server?: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server?: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server actively maintained?: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

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Tools

Six tools for working with Wikipedia across all language editions:

Tool

Description

wikipedia_search

Full-text search across Wikipedia, returning ranked results with plain-text snippets and page IDs.

wikipedia_get_summary

Lead-section summary for any article — plain text, Wikidata QID, description, thumbnail URL, and page type.

wikipedia_get_article

Full article or a targeted section as clean plain text, with section markers preserved.

wikipedia_get_sections

Table of contents with section_index values for targeted section reads.

wikipedia_search_nearby

Geotagged Wikipedia articles within a radius of a WGS 84 coordinate, sorted by distance.

wikipedia_get_languages

All language editions available for an article, with titles and URLs.

wikipedia_search

Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query.

Returns ranked results with plain-text snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts

Use when the exact article title is unknown or to discover multiple articles on a topic

Supports all Wikipedia language editions via the language parameter

wikipedia_get_summary

Fetch the lead-section summary for a Wikipedia article.

Returns the 2–4 paragraph intro, Wikidata QID for cross-referencing, short description, and thumbnail URL

Surfaces page_type: "disambiguation" — a signal to follow up with wikipedia_search using a more specific query

Redirect pages followed automatically

Right tool for 90% of encyclopedic lookups

wikipedia_get_article

Fetch article content as clean plain text.

Without section_index: returns the full article (40–100 KB for major articles) with == Section == markers

With `section_inde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server safe to use?

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server?

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server?

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server actively maintained?

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

@cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

Search Wikipedia articles, read summaries and full text, target sections, find nearby pages, and list language editions via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

6 Tools

Tools

Six tools for working with Wikipedia across all language editions:

Tool	Description
`wikipedia_search`	Full-text search across Wikipedia, returning ranked results with plain-text snippets and page IDs.
`wikipedia_get_summary`	Lead-section summary for any article — plain text, Wikidata QID, description, thumbnail URL, and page type.
`wikipedia_get_article`	Full article or a targeted section as clean plain text, with section markers preserved.
`wikipedia_get_sections`	Table of contents with `section_index` values for targeted section reads.
`wikipedia_search_nearby`	Geotagged Wikipedia articles within a radius of a WGS 84 coordinate, sorted by distance.
`wikipedia_get_languages`	All language editions available for an article, with titles and URLs.

`wikipedia_search`

Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query.

Returns ranked results with plain-text snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts
Use when the exact article title is unknown or to discover multiple articles on a topic
Supports all Wikipedia language editions via the language parameter

`wikipedia_get_summary`

Fetch the lead-section summary for a Wikipedia article.

Returns the 2–4 paragraph intro, Wikidata QID for cross-referencing, short description, and thumbnail URL
Surfaces page_type: "disambiguation" — a signal to follow up with wikipedia_search using a more specific query
Redirect pages followed automatically
Right tool for 90% of encyclopedic lookups

`wikipedia_get_article`

Fetch article content as clean plain text.

Without section_index: returns the full article (40–100 KB for major articles) with == Section == markers
With `section_inde

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