Edgepedia MCP MCP server

The Edgepedia MCP server provides agents with read-only access to the Edgepedia encyclopedia, containing over 300,000 articles. It exposes two primary tools: 'search' to find articles by subject name or topic, and 'fetch' to retrieve full article content in Markdown format along with required citation credits. This allows AI agents to query factual information and retrieve detailed text without requiring API keys or user sign-up.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by EdgeChat

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search for encyclopedia articles by subject name
Retrieve full article content in Markdown format
Access topic trees and sub-topic article lists
Fetch random articles for data exploration

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search
fetch

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http edgepedia-mcp https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add edgepedia-mcp --url https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable edgepedia-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edgepedia-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edgepedia-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start edgepedia-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "edgepedia-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http edgepedia-mcp https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edgepedia-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edgepedia-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.edgechat.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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