io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

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Publisher-provided description

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

Summary by lookupd

Searches Wikipedia, reads article text and sections, lists references and language editions, and finds articles near coordinates.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-mcp-server https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

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

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

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

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add wikipedia-mcp-server --url https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

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

Codex, npm package (stdio)

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

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

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Tools (7 tools)

Publisher-provided text

• 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 I
• 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, a
• 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 art
• 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
• 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, Wi
• 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
• 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. wi

Changes

Newest first, as lookupd saw them

• 2026-11-11: version 0.3.0 → 0.3.1

Details

• Version: 0.3.1
• Transports: streamable-http, stdio
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 643 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:46.295Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T17:17:20.346Z
• Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

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