by Rudra-ravi
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that retrieves information from Wikipedia to provide context to LLMs.
# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcpA Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that retrieves information from Wikipedia to provide context to Large Language Models (LLMs). This tool helps AI assistants access factual information from Wikipedia to ground their responses in reliable sources.
<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp"> <img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp/badge" alt="Wikipedia Server MCP server" /> </a>The Wikipedia MCP server provides real-time access to Wikipedia information through a standardized Model Context Protocol interface. This allows LLMs to retrieve accurate and up-to-date information directly from Wikipedia to enhance their responses.
--language-lwikipedia-mcp --language ta--country US, --country China, or --country TW instead of language codes. Automatically maps to appropriate Wikipedia language variants.zh-hans for Simplified Chinese, zh-tw for Traditional Chinese), Serbian scripts (sr-latn, sr-cyrl), and other regional variants.The best way to install for Claude Desktop usage is with pipx, which installs the command globally:
# Install pipx if you don't have it
pip install pipx
pipx ensurepath
# Install the Wikipedia MCP server
pipx install wikipedia-mcp
This ensures the wikipedia-mcp command is available in Claude Desktop's PATH.
To install wikipedia-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx ...