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maintenanceEnables LLMs to search for keywords and fetch full page content from Wikipedia across various languages. It provides direct access to Wikipedia information through search and fetch tools.
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mcp-server-wikipedia
by surendranb
This server provides a progressive retrieval strategy for Wikipedia, minimizing token usage by allowing LLMs to search, summarize, and selectively fetch sections. The tools include:
search_articles(query, limit=5): Search Wikipedia and return top matching pages with snippets.
get_summaries(titles): Fetch compact summaries for one or more page titles.
get_toc(title): Retrieve a structured table of contents with section indices, titles, and anchors.
get_section(title, section): Fetch a specific section by index or exact title.
get_page(title): Retrieve the full plain-text content of a page.
These tools can be chained (search → summaries → toc → section) to reduce token usage by up to 80% compared to fetching entire pages. It integrates as an MCP server with clients like Claude Desktop.
Provides tools for searching Wikipedia articles, getting summaries, inspecting table of contents, and retrieving specific sections or full pages using a progressive retrieval strategy to minimize token usage.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-server-wikipediaSearch for light reactions and summarize top result"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Wikipedia MCP Server 📚
Surgical, token-efficient Wikipedia knowledge retrieval MCP server for AI agents with deterministic summary, search, and full-article projection.
🌐 Live Documentation & Web Portal: https://wikipedia.builditwithai.xyz
⚡ Quickstart
# 1-Line Universal Installer (Auto-configures Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, Antigravity, VS Code, Zed, Windsurf)
curl -fsSL "https://wikipedia.builditwithai.xyz/install" | bash
# Or run directly via your preferred runtime:
uvx mcp-server-wikipedia
npx -y mcp-server-wikipediaRelated MCP server: Wikipedia MCP Server
🤖 Client Setup
A. Claude Code (CLI)
claude mcp add wikipedia -- uvx mcp-server-wikipediaB. Cursor & Google Antigravity (mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikipedia": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-wikipedia"]
}
}
}C. Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikipedia": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-wikipedia"]
}
}
}D. VS Code (Cline / Roo Code / Continue)
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikipedia": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-server-wikipedia"]
}
}
}🛠️ Tools & Capabilities
Tool Name | Parameters | Description | Return Type |
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| Fetches concise, factual lead summary of any Wikipedia page. |
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| Fetches complete article body formatted in clean, structured Markdown. |
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| Searches Wikipedia articles with autocomplete and relevance ranking. |
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| Retrieves a specific section by header name, saving context window space. |
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| Extracts outgoing cross-reference links from an article. |
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| Lists taxonomic categories and classifications for a page. |
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| Dynamically loads research playbooks from GitHub. |
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| (none) | Lists all available Wikipedia research skills. |
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🔒 Telemetry & Privacy
This package collects anonymous, non-PII diagnostic telemetry (command executions, latency, error codes) to improve tool reliability. No article search terms, personal data, source code, or environment variables are ever collected or stored.
You can opt out anytime by setting either of the following environment variables:
export DO_NOT_TRACK=1
# or
export MCP_TELEMETRY_OPT_OUT=1📄 License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
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