wikipedia_search

MCP tool from Wikipedia MCP Server by cyanheads

Full-text search across Wikipedia, returning ranked results with plain-text snippets and page IDs.

How to use it

wikipedia_search is exposed by the Wikipedia MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the wikipedia_search tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Wikipedia MCP Server

$docker run --rm -p 3010:3010 wikipedia-mcp-server

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Other tools in Wikipedia MCP Server (6)

section_index

is the integer to pass to wikipediagetarticle for targeted reads

wikipedia_get_article

Full article or a targeted section as clean plain text, with section markers preserved.

wikipedia_get_languages

All language editions available for an article, with titles and URLs.

wikipedia_get_sections

Table of contents with sectionindex values for targeted section reads.

wikipedia_get_summary

Lead-section summary for any article — plain text, Wikidata QID, description, thumbnail URL, and page type.

wikipedia_search_nearby

Geotagged Wikipedia articles within a radius of a WGS 84 coordinate, sorted by distance.