Can Claude Code use Wikipedia?
Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology
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Remote Wikipedia servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trends MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | — | A |
| Wikipedia Trends MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | — | B |
| Desearch Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | API key | 22 | B |
| Wikipedia MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 6 | B |
| Wikipedia Trends API Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | — | B |
| Dbpedia Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | — | B |
| Dataville Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 2 | B |
| Fly Where To? Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 8 | B |
| Wikipedia Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | — | B |
| A.U.G.U.R Foresight · Web & Research Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 15 | B |
| Faceabot Wikipedia Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 3 | B |
| Wikexa Knowledge Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 6 | B |
Local Wikipedia servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openzim MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | B |
| MediaWiki Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | C |
| Wikipedia MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| On This Day MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| Wikitrending MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| Wikipedia Pageviews MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| Academic Research MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | D |
How to add Wikipedia to Claude Code
- Remote server: run
claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. - Local server: run
claude mcp add <name> -- <command>with the install command from the server page. - Run
/mcpinside Claude Code to sign in.
Example for Trends MCP (from the table above):
claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcpMenus change, so check Anthropic's Claude Code MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Claude Code.
Is it safe to connect Wikipedia to Claude Code?
Check the publisher and trust grade first. Wikipedia doesn't run an official MCP server we can verify, so every server here comes from a third party and can see whatever your account can.
Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to Wikipedia?
See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/wikipedia/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/wikipedia/
Does Wikipedia have an official MCP server?
Not that we can verify: it isn't in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-27, and we haven't found a server hosted by Wikipedia itself. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/wikipedia/
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