Wikipedia MCP server

This MCP server gives your client the ability to access Wikipedia pages directly. It serves as a bridge between the MCP protocol and Wikipedia's content, allowing seamless integration of Wikipedia information into your applications.

Installation

To install the MCP Wikipedia server, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository or download the source code
2. Make sure you have Python installed on your system
3. Install the required dependencies using a package manager like pip or uv

Using pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

Using uv

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

To configure the MCP Wikipedia server in your client, add the following configuration to your client's settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia",
        "run",
        "python",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Note: You'll need to adjust the directory path to match where you've installed the MCP Wikipedia server on your system. The example uses %USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia which is appropriate for Windows systems.

Running the Server

The server will be automatically started by your MCP client based on the configuration above. The client will execute the specified command with the provided arguments when needed.

For manual testing, you can run the server directly:

python main.py

Using the Wikipedia MCP Server

Once configured, your client will be able to access Wikipedia content through the server. The specific commands and queries available will depend on your client implementation, but typically you can:

• Search for Wikipedia articles
• Retrieve article content
• Get summaries of topics
• Access information in various languages

Refer to your client's documentation for the specific syntax to access the Wikipedia functionality provided by this MCP server.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "wikipedia" '{"command":"uv","args":["--directory","%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia","run","python","main.py"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia",
                "run",
                "python",
                "main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wikipedia": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia",
                "run",
                "python",
                "main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect