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_articles, wikipedia_get_summary, wikipedia_get_article.

People who work with mediawiki, stdio and streamable http and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-23 · ★ 3 · #71 OF 221 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

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 --transport http https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-30

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 · remote - your agent's requests go to wikipedia.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

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_articles, 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_articles: - Full-text search across Wikipedia, returning ranked results with short descriptions, Wikidata QIDs, plain-text snippets, and page IDs, plus Wikipedia's spelling
wikipedia_get_summary: - Short summary for any article - plain text, Wikidata QID, description, thumbnail URL, page type, canonical URL, revision, and coordinates.
wikipedia_get_article: - Full article or a targeted section as clean plain text, with section markers preserved, the canonical URL, and the revision it was read from.
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, with short descriptions and Wikidata QIDs.
wikipedia_get_languages: - All language editions available for an article, with titles and URLs, or just the editions you ask for.

Latest releases

v0.2.5 · 2026-09-23

Retry transient Action API refusals · Action API refusals (ratelimited, readonly, CirrusSearch too-busy) arriving in an HTTP 200 envelope now retry with the same backoff a 503 gets, honoring Retry-After (#55) · Each…

v0.2.4 · 2026-09-23

Superscripts, code fences, tables, and citation fields · Every wikipedia_get_article read returns url and revision_id, and full reads also return last_modified, for citing the exact text read (#53)…

v0.2.3 · 2026-09-22

Search result descriptions and QIDs, spelling suggestions · wikipedia_search_articles and wikipedia_search_nearby results carry a short description and Wikidata QID per hit (#52) · wikipedia_search_articles surfaces…

04 · Who maintains Wikipedia MCP Server

wikipedia-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 137 MCP servers from cyanheads - 131 actively maintained, 1,856 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 #71 of 221 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-23)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-05-25 · 21 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 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-23 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_articles, 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 require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Wikipedia MCP Server

Alternatives to Wikipedia MCP Server

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Pairs well with

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