mediawiki-mcp-server MCP Server

A MCP server that provides seamless interaction with Wikipedia's API. This tool allows you to search and retrieve Wikipedia content with LLMs 🤖!

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What is the mediawiki-mcp-server MCP Server?

mediawiki-mcp-server source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “A MCP server that provides seamless interaction with Wikipedia's API. This tool allows you to search and retrieve Wikipedia content with LLMs 🤖!”

Installation

The documented pypi package is mediawiki-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares HTTP_PROXY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

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

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
query	Search term (preferably short and focused)
limit	Maximum number of results to return (default: 5)
title	The exact title of the Wikipedia page to retrieve

How to install the mediawiki-mcp-server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mediawiki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mediawiki-mcp-server",
        "--base-url",
        "https://example.com/"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HTTP_PROXY": "http://example.com:port"
      }
    }
  }
}

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