io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server · v0.2.6 · search-and-web
io.github.cyanheads/wikipedia-mcp-server is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 2678 ms and exposes 6 tools.
Search Wikipedia, read summaries and full text, target sections, find nearby pages, list languages.
Endpoint: https://wikipedia.caseyjhand.com/mcp (streamable-http)
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| Users (last 30 days) | 0 |
| Handshake | Healthy |
| Auth needed | None |
| Tool count | 6 |
| Latency | 2678 ms |
| Last checked (UTC) | 2026-10-15T03:25:51.647Z |
| Checked (UTC) | Status | Latency | Error |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15T03:25:51.647Z | Healthy | 2678 |
wikipedia_search_articles | Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query. Returns ranked results with plain-text titles, short descriptions, Wikidata QIDs, snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts — the description is usually enough to tell same-named articles apart without a summary call per result. When Wikipedia |
wikipedia_get_summary | Fetch the short article summary that answers "what is X?". The extract is a truncated fragment from the start of the lead section — usually a sentence or two, and as little as a tenth of the lead — alongside the Wikidata QID (wikibase_item) for cross-referencing with wikidata-mcp-server, a short des |
wikipedia_get_article | Fetch article content as clean plain text. Without section_index: returns the full article with == Section == markers preserved for structure — or, when the article exceeds the size budget, a compact section outline (truncated: true) that points to wikipedia_get_sections plus a section_index read in |
wikipedia_get_sections | Fetch the table of contents for a Wikipedia article. Returns section titles, heading levels, section numbering (e.g. "2.1"), and section_index values. The first entry is the lead section, index 0, titled Introduction — the text above the first heading, which Wikipedia's own table of contents omits. |
wikipedia_search_nearby | Find Wikipedia articles about places near a geographic coordinate. Returns articles sorted by distance from the query point, with titles, short descriptions, Wikidata QIDs, page IDs, coordinates, and distance in meters. Useful for "what is notable near X?" research workflows. Only articles carrying |
wikipedia_get_languages | List the language editions available for a Wikipedia article. Returns language codes, article titles in each language, and full URLs. Useful for cross-language research and for discovering the correct article title in a target language before fetching it. A popular article exists in hundreds of edit |