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

Project documentation lists wikipedia_search for the Wikipedia MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Wikipedia MCP Server

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

FULL WIKIPEDIA MCP SERVER LISTING

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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.