wikipedia-mcp-server

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Tools

Six tools for working with Wikipedia across all language editions:

Tool	Description
wikipedia_search	Full-text search across Wikipedia, returning ranked results with plain-text snippets and page IDs.
wikipedia_get_summary	Lead-section summary for any article — plain text, Wikidata QID, description, thumbnail URL, and page type.
wikipedia_get_article	Full article or a targeted section as clean plain text, with section markers preserved.
wikipedia_get_sections	Table of contents with section_index values for targeted section reads.
wikipedia_search_nearby	Geotagged Wikipedia articles within a radius of a WGS 84 coordinate, sorted by distance.
wikipedia_get_languages	All language editions available for an article, with titles and URLs.

wikipedia_search

Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query.

• Returns ranked results with plain-text snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts
• Use when the exact article title is unknown or to discover multiple articles on a topic
• Supports all Wikipedia language editions via the language parameter

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wikipedia_get_summary

Fetch the lead-section summary for a Wikipedia article.

• Returns the 2–4 paragraph intro, Wikidata QID for cross-referencing, short description, and thumbnail URL
• Surfaces page_type: "disambiguation" — a signal to follow up with wikipedia_search using a more specific query
• Redirect pages followed automatically
• Right tool for 90% of encyclopedic lookups

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wikipedia_get_article

Fetch article content as clean plain text.

• Without section_index: returns the full article (40–100 KB for major articles) with == Section == markers
• With section_index (from wikipedia_get_sections): returns just that section (1–10 KB)
• Section path uses wikitext stripping via wtf_wikipedia

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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
• section_index is the integer to pass to wikipedia_get_article for targeted reads
• Call this before wikipedia_get_article when only a specific section is needed

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wikipedia_search_nearby

Find Wikipedia articles about places near a geographic coordinate.

• Results sorted ascending by distance in meters
• Only articles with geographic coordinates in their Wikidata record are returned
• Radius capped at 10,000 meters; up to 50 results per call

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wikipedia_get_languages

List language editions available for a Wikipedia article.