What is Wikipedia Mcp

Wikipedia_MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to provide structured access to Wikipedia content, facilitating integration with AI workflows and developer environments.

Use cases

Use cases include building AI agents that can answer questions using Wikipedia data, creating educational applications that provide summaries of topics, and developing tools for content analysis and research.

How to use

To use Wikipedia_MCP, clone the repository, set up a Python virtual environment, install the required packages, and run the server. Alternatively, you can build and run it using Docker.

Key features

Key features include searching for Wikipedia pages, retrieving summaries and full content, extracting links, images, references, and categories, detecting disambiguation options, and checking page existence.

Where to use

Wikipedia_MCP can be used in various fields such as AI development, research, educational tools, and applications that require structured access to Wikipedia data.

Wikipedia MCP Server

This project provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes structured access to Wikipedia content. It uses the FastMCP framework to define tools for use in AI workflows, agents, or developer environments like Claude and VS Code.

✅ Features

• 🔍 Search for Wikipedia pages
• 📄 Retrieve page summary, full content, and HTML
• 🔗 Extract links, images, references, and categories
• 📌 Detect disambiguation options
• 📌 Check if a page exists
• ⚡ Built on FastMCP — plug into any agent system

🛠 Installation (Local)

git clone https://github.com/yourname/wikipedia-mcp-server.git

cd wikipedia-mcp-server

python3 -m venv .venv

source .venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python wikipedia_mcp_server.py

🛠 Installation (Docker)

🐳 Docker Setup

Build the container:

docker build -t wikipedia-mcp .

Run the server:

docker run -it --rm wikipedia-mcp

🛠 Usage

🧠 Available Tools

📁 File Structure

.
├── wikipedia_mcp_server.py
├── requirements.txt
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md

💻 VS Code / Claude MCP Integration

Add this to your .vscode/settings.json or Claude configuration to launch this server using MCP:

✅ For Local Python Execution

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "wikipedia": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "python3",
        "args": [
          "/absolute/path/to/wikipedia_mcp_server.py"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

🐳 For Docker Execution

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "wikipedia": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "-i",
          "--mount",
          "type=bind,src=${workspaceFolder},dst=/workspace",
          "wikipedia-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}