Wikipedia MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that retrieves information from Wikipedia to provide context to LLMs. Built by Ravikumar E, a Cybersecurity Analyst and Full-stack Developer specializing in Python development and AI integration.

Features

• Search Wikipedia articles
• Retrieve article summaries
• Get full article content
• Extract article sections
• Find links within articles

Installation

Using pipx (Recommended)

# Install pipx if you don't have it
sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath

# Install the Wikipedia MCP server
pipx install git+https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp.git

Using a virtual environment

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv

# Activate the virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate

# Install the package
pip install git+https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp.git

Usage

Running the server

# If installed with pipx
wikipedia-mcp

# If installed in a virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate
wikipedia-mcp

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "wikipedia-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Location of the configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Example Prompts

Once the server is running and configured with Claude Desktop, you can use prompts like:

• "Tell me about quantum computing using the Wikipedia information."
• "Summarize the history of artificial intelligence based on Wikipedia."
• "What does Wikipedia say about climate change?"

Development

The server is built using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Python SDK and the Wikipedia API. It provides several resources and tools for interacting with Wikipedia content.

Local Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp.git
cd wikipedia-mcp

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install the package in development mode
pip install -e .

# Run the server
wikipedia-mcp

Connect with Me

• 🌐 Portfolio: ravikumar-dev.me
• 📝 Blog: Medium
• 💼 LinkedIn: in/ravi-kumar-e
• 🐦 Twitter: @Ravikumar_d3v

License

MIT