WM
Wikipedia MCP
io.github.mrfentmen/wikipedia-mcp
Search Wikipedia, fetch article summaries, and get random articles from the Wikimedia REST API....
Yes, if you run it on your computer.This is a local server: your AI app launches it on your machine (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code). Browser-only apps like ChatGPT on the web can't run it.
Connect it
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikipedia-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mrfentmen/wikipedia-mcp@1.0.0"
]
}
}
}claude mcp add wikipedia-mcp -- npx -y @mrfentmen/wikipedia-mcp@1.0.0Alternatives in Search & Research
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