Wikipedia MCP

The Wikipedia MCP server wraps the Wikipedia REST API to allow AI agents to search for encyclopedic facts, retrieve article summaries, section outlines, random articles, and full text extracts. It supports use cases like discovering sports event schedules, medal tables, and biographies without requiring authentication.

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Package and access

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What you can do with it

Search Wikipedia for encyclopedic facts and biographies
Retrieve article summaries and section structures
Discover random Wikipedia articles for learning
Get full text extracts including tables and rosters

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/wikipedia@0.2.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia 0.2.0

npm

@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia package definition

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-wikipedia@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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