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MCP server

The wikipedia-mcp binary is an MCP server that communicates over stdio, so an AI client spawns it as a subprocess. No HTTP server, port, or auth is required.

You can also start the MCP server via the CLI binary: wikipedia --mcp.

Configuration

Add it to your client's MCP server list (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Continue, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "/path/to/bin/wikipedia-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

• wikipedia_search — search articles (args: query, optional limit, lang)
• wikipedia_get_page — full article content (args: title, optional lang)
• wikipedia_get_summary — article summary (args: title, optional lang)
• wikipedia_random — random article (optional lang)

All tools accept an optional lang parameter (default en).

Environment variables