Wikipedia MCP

Overview

The Wikipedia MCP server provides real-time access to Wikipedia information through a standardized Model Context Protocol interface. This allows LLMs to retrieve accurate and up-to-date information directly from Wikipedia to enhance their responses.

Features

• Search Wikipedia: Find articles matching specific queries
• Retrieve Article Content: Get full article text with all information
• Article Summaries: Get concise summaries of articles
• Section Extraction: Retrieve specific sections from articles
• Link Discovery: Find links within articles to related topics
• Related Topics: Discover topics related to a specific article
• Multi-language Support: Access Wikipedia in different languages by specifying the --language or -l argument when running the server.
• Country/Locale Support: Use intuitive country codes like --country US, --country China, or --country TW instead of language codes.
• Optional caching: Cache API responses for improved performance using --enable-cache
• Google ADK Compatibility: Fully compatible with Google ADK agents and other AI frameworks that use strict function calling schemas

Installation# Using pipx (Recommended for Claude Desktop)

The best way to install for Claude Desktop usage is with pipx, which installs the command globally:

pip install pipx
pipx ensurepath\n\n# Install the Wikipedia MCP server
pipx install wikipedia-mcp
```\n\n### Installing via Smithery
To install wikipedia-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp):
```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp --client claude
```\n\n### From PyPI (Alternative)
You can also install directly from PyPI:
```bash
pip install wikipedia-mcp
```\n\n### Using a virtual environment
```bash\n\n# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv\n\n# Activate the virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate\n\n# Install the package
pip install git+https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp.git
```\n\n### From source
```bash\n\n# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp.git
cd wikipedia-mcp\n\n# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv wikipedia-mcp-env
source wikipedia-mcp-env/bin/activate\n\n# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

Usage# Running the server

wikipedia-mcp\n\n# If installed in a virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate
wikipedia-mcp\n\n# Specify transport protocol (default: stdio)
wikipedia-mcp --transport stdio\n\n# For Claude Desktop
wikipedia-mcp --transport sse\n\n# For HTTP streaming\n\n# Specify language (default: en for English)
wikipedia-mcp --language ja\n\n# Example for Japanese
wikipedia-mcp --language zh-hans\n\n# Example for Simplified Chinese
wikipedia-mcp --language zh-tw\n\n# Example for Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
wikipedia-mcp --language sr-latn\n\n# Example for Serbian Latin script\n\n# Specify country/locale (alternative to language codes)
wikipedia-mcp --country US\n\n# English (United States)
wikipedia-mcp --country China\n\n# Chinese Simplified
wikipedia-mcp --country Taiwan\n\n# Chinese Traditional (Taiwan)
wikipedia-mcp --country Japan\n\n# Japanese
wikipedia-mcp --country Germany\n\n# German
wikipedia-mcp --country france\n\n# French (case insensitive)\n\n# List all supported countries
wikipedia-mcp --list-countries\n\n# Optional: Specify port for SSE (default 8000)
wikipedia-mcp --transport sse --port 8080\n\n# Optional: Enable caching
wikipedia-mcp --enable-cache\n\n# Combine options
wikipedia-mcp --country Taiwan --enable-cache --transport sse --port 8080

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.