Wikipedia MCP Server

@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. Its README documents 6 tools, including wikipedia_search, wikipedia_get_summary, wikipedia_get_article.

People connecting documentation tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-07-30 · ★ 2 · #68 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Wikipedia MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-wikipedia-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Wikipedia MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including wikipedia_search, wikipedia_get_summary, wikipedia_get_article, wikipedia_get_sections, wikipedia_search_nearby.

The 6 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what wikipedia-mcp-server lets an agent do.

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.

Latest releases

v0.1.16 · 2026-07-30

furniture-box section-read cleanup · Section reads drop sister-project, library-resource, and portal-bar boxes rendered as a <div>, which the metadata-class check previously matched only on <table> (#34)…

v0.1.15 · 2026-07-30

parser-HTML section reads · Section reads render the parser's HTML instead of wikitext - headings interleave with their subsections and inline templates survive (#28) · Layout tables (role="presentation") are kept…

v0.1.14 · 2026-07-30

sitematrix edition registry, redirect resolution, geosearch bounds · Replace the hand-maintained 227-code edition allowlist with a live registry built from the MediaWiki action=sitematrix endpoint (#26)…

04 · Who maintains Wikipedia MCP Server

wikipedia-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 125 MCP servers from cyanheads - 124 actively maintained, 1,730 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server
category: documentation - ranked #68 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-30)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-05-25 · 14 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

06 · Wikipedia MCP Server FAQ

Is Wikipedia MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-07-30 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Wikipedia MCP Server do?

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including wikipedia_search, wikipedia_get_summary, wikipedia_get_article, wikipedia_get_sections, wikipedia_search_nearby.

How do I install Wikipedia MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server`. The README documents 2 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Wikipedia MCP Server run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Wikipedia MCP Server

Alternatives to Wikipedia MCP Server

Maintained documentation servers if Wikipedia MCP Server isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Wikipedia MCP Server doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

More documentation MCP servers · Local RAG (damoqiongqiu) · second-brain MCP · Akb · Google Docs · Twitterapi Docs MCP

More TypeScript MCP servers · Workflows MCP Server · Worldbank MCP Server · Teamcity · LLM Advisor · see all