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Wikipedia Mcp Server

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server · v0.3.1

Search and read Wikipedia articles and sections, list cited references, nearby pages, and languages.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-mcp-server https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools 7 found in our last check

  • wikipedia_search_articles

    Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query. Returns ranked results with plain-text titles, short descriptions, Wikidata QIDs, snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts — the description is usually enough to tell same-named articles apart without a summary call per re…

  • wikipedia_get_summary

    Fetch the short article summary that answers "what is X?". The extract is a truncated fragment from the start of the lead section — usually a sentence or two, and as little as a tenth of the lead — alongside the Wikidata QID (wikibase_item) for cross-referencing with wikidata-mc…

  • wikipedia_get_article

    Fetch article content as clean plain text. Without section_index: returns the full article with == Section == markers preserved for structure — or, when the article exceeds the size budget, a compact section outline (truncated: true) that points to wikipedia_get_sections plus a…

  • wikipedia_get_sections

    Fetch the table of contents for a Wikipedia article. Returns section titles, heading levels, section numbering (e.g. "2.1"), and section_index values. The first entry is the lead section, index 0, titled Introduction — the text above the first heading, which Wikipedia's own tabl…

  • wikipedia_search_nearby

    Find Wikipedia articles about places near a geographic coordinate. Returns articles sorted by distance from the query point, with titles, short descriptions, Wikidata QIDs, page IDs, coordinates, and distance in meters. Useful for "what is notable near X?" research workflows. On…

  • wikipedia_get_languages

    List the language editions available for a Wikipedia article. Returns language codes, article titles in each language, and full URLs. Useful for cross-language research and for discovering the correct article title in a target language before fetching it. A popular article exist…

  • wikipedia_get_references

    List the footnotes an article cites — its reference lists, in document order — with each footnote's text, external links (archive copies included), and DOIs. wikipedia_get_article drops footnote markers and reference lists, so use this for the sources behind a claim. label is th…

Details

Endpointhttps://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, streamable-http)
First published11 Nov 2026
Last updated11 Nov 2026
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