Wikipedia MCP Server

MCP server to give client the ability to access Wikipedia pages

Local serverstdio

What is the Wikipedia MCP Server?

Wikipedia is an MCP project maintained in the algonacci/mcp-wikipedia repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server to give client the ability to access Wikipedia pages”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

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": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-wikipedia",
        "run",
        "python",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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