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Search and read Wikipedia articles and sections, list cited references, nearby pages, and languages.

transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:7

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-mcp-server https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

wikipedia_search_articles

wikipedia search articles

wikipedia_get_summary

wikipedia get summary

wikipedia_get_article

wikipedia get article

wikipedia_get_sections

wikipedia get sections

wikipedia_search_nearby

wikipedia search nearby

wikipedia_get_languages

wikipedia get languages

wikipedia_get_references

wikipedia get references

All 7 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.