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io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server

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

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Uptime

100.0%

5 direct probes · 30d

Response

1254ms

last probe

Tools

callable

Resources

readable

Prompts

available

Primary URL

https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Score: 100/100

Handshake verified by our own probe.

why this score

pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50

The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.

pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30

7 tools, 1 resources, 0 prompts returned.

pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10

8 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.

pass Describes itself 10/10

99 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 7

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 IDs, and word counts — the description is…

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, and as little as a tenth of the lead — al…

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 article exceeds the size budget, a compact …

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 entry is the lead section, index 0, tit…

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, Wikidata QIDs, page IDs, coordinates, and …

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 research and for discovering the correct…

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. wikipedia_get_article drops footnote marke…

Resources · 1

wikipedia-guide

Gates and identifier chains for the wikipedia_* tools. Covers switching language editions without reusing titles, disambiguation pages the article tools don't flag, section numbers versus section_inde…

skill://wikipedia-guide/SKILL.md

Skills · 1

wikipedia-guide

skill://wikipedia-guide/SKILL.md

1 file

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}