Wikipedia MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Wikipedia API interactions.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the Wikipedia MCP Server?

Wikipedia MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the scotthelm/wikipedia-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Wikipedia API interactions”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is @shelm/wikipedia-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Wikipedia MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@shelm/wikipedia-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.