Wikipedia MCP Server

Wikipedia MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides capabilities to query Wikipedia. This server enables LLMs to get information from Wikipedia.

Available Tools

• search - Search keyword on Wikipedia.

  • Required arguments:
    • keyword (string): The search keyword
    • language (string): The language

• fetch - Fetch Wikipedia page content.

  • Required arguments:
    • id (integer): The pade ID
    • language (string): The language

Installation

Using uv (recommended)

When using `uv` no specific installation is needed. We will use `uvx` to directly run wikipedia-mcp.

Using PIP

Alternatively you can install wikipedia-mcp via pip:

pip install wikipedia-mcp-server

After installation, you can run it as a script using:

python -m wikipedia_mcp

Configurations

Using uvx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/progamesigner/wikipedia-mcp:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using pip installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "wikipedia_mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Build

Docker build:

docker build -t wikipedia-mcp .