MCP server

Wikipedia

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 3,296 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.wikipedia-mcp-server]
url = "https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

{"servers":{"wikipedia-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add wikipedia-mcp-server https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"wikipedia-mcp-server","server_url":"https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"wikipedia-mcp-server","server_url":"https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• wikipedia_get_article ~955 tokens
  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 section_index read in
• wikipedia_get_languages ~479 tokens
  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 exists in hundreds of edit
• wikipedia_get_sections ~305 tokens
  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 table of contents omits.
• wikipedia_get_summary ~423 tokens
  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-mcp-server, a short des
• wikipedia_search_articles ~626 tokens
  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 result. When Wikipedia
• wikipedia_search_nearby ~508 tokens
  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. Only articles carrying

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