Wikipedia MCP

Local · stdio

A community server for Wikipedia: an agent searches for articles by query and gets their content or a short summary without manually parsing HTML. Works with no key or signup — it uses the public Wikipedia API. A minimal toolset built for quick fact-checking and reference lookups mid-conversation. There's no official MCP from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Why this server

No key, no account limits — the public Wikipedia API is open to everyone
Summary mode saves context — no need to pull a whole article for one fact
Simple and predictable — minimal tools, minimal configuration
Wikipedia text only — no access to sister projects (Wiktionary, Commons)

Usage examples

Prompt: Give me a short summary of Grigori Perelman for an article footnote

Result: The agent called search_articles by name, then get_summary, returning a condensed 3–4-sentence summary.

Prompt: Check company X's founding date against its Wikipedia article

Result: The agent called search_articles, then get_article for the full text and found the founding date in the "History" section.

Local server

This MCP runs locally on the user's machine (stdio), so availability isn't tracked — rely on reviews and the rating instead.

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