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wikipedia-mcp

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Ground Claude's answers in Wikipedia — search, full articles, summaries, sections, links, coordinates — with multi-language and locale-aware variants.

wikipedia-mcp exposes 10+ tools over the Wikipedia API. Go beyond what Claude 'remembers' with authoritative, up-to-date article content, handle Chinese traditional/simplified variants, and use locale codes instead of language codes for clarity.

Por qué usarlo

Características clave

Demo en vivo

Cómo se ve en la práctica

wikipedia.replay ▶ listo
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Instalar

Elige tu cliente

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json  · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicia después de guardar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa el mismo esquema mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La configuración del proyecto prevalece sobre la global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Haz clic en el icono MCP Servers de la barra lateral de Cline y luego en "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Mismo formato que Claude Desktop. Reinicia Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json
{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "wikipedia",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue usa un array de objetos de servidor en lugar de un mapa.

~/.config/zed/settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "wikipedia-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Añádelo a context_servers. Zed recarga en caliente al guardar.

claude mcp add wikipedia -- uvx wikipedia-mcp

Un solo comando. Verifica con claude mcp list. Quita con claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos del mundo real: wikipedia-mcp

Cite Wikipedia instead of relying on model memory

👤 Anyone doing research-style Q&A ⏱ ~2 min beginner

Cuándo usarlo: The model's training cutoff is older than the facts you need (new events, refreshed biographies, updated stats).

Flujo
  1. Ask with citation requirement
    When did the 2026 Winter Olympics happen and where? Use the wikipedia MCP and cite the article.✓ Copiado
    → Answer + Wikipedia article title/URL

Resultado: Answers with a verifiable source, less hallucination.

Errores comunes
  • Wikipedia itself has errors / vandalism — For high-stakes facts, cross-check with a second source

Build a one-page dossier on a person or topic

👤 Journalists, prep-for-meeting folks ⏱ ~10 min beginner

Cuándo usarlo: You're meeting someone unfamiliar or writing about a new-to-you topic and want structured context fast.

Flujo
  1. Summary first
    Get a summary of [person/topic] from Wikipedia. Then list sections so I can pick which to deep-read.✓ Copiado
    → Summary + TOC
  2. Pull the key sections
    Give me full text of the 'Career' and 'Controversies' sections.✓ Copiado
    → Section text
  3. Related threads
    What related Wikipedia topics should I also skim?✓ Copiado
    → Related topic list with 1-line summaries

Resultado: 10-minute dossier better than ad-hoc googling.

Errores comunes
  • Wikipedia page doesn't exist for the person — Fall back to web search (firecrawl) for less-covered subjects
Combinar con: notion

Compare how a topic is covered across languages

👤 Researchers, translators, international ops ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You suspect the English and Chinese Wikipedia articles on a topic differ materially (they often do for geopolitical topics).

Flujo
  1. Pull both versions
    Get Wikipedia articles on [topic] in English and Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans).✓ Copiado
    → Two article bodies
  2. Diff the framing
    What facts are in one but not the other? How does each frame the controversy?✓ Copiado
    → Structured comparison

Resultado: Nuanced multi-perspective understanding.

Errores comunes
  • Translation quality varies — Ask Claude to quote original language too for contested phrasings

Combinaciones

Combínalo con otros MCPs para multiplicar por 10

wikipedia + notion

Build a 'places visited' Notion DB with Wikipedia summaries

For each row in my 'Trips' Notion DB, fetch the Wikipedia summary of the destination city and populate the 'About' column.✓ Copiado
wikipedia + google-map

Show a topic on a map

Get coordinates of these 10 battles from Wikipedia; render them on a static Google map.✓ Copiado

Herramientas

Lo que expone este MCP

HerramientaEntradasCuándo llamarCoste
search_wikipedia query: str, language?: str, limit?: int Find candidate articles free
get_article title: str, language?: str Need full content; use summary if 2-3 sentences suffice free
get_summary title, language? Quick context without full article cost free
get_sections title, language? Decide which sections to pull before pulling full article free
get_section title, section, language? Cheaper than full article when you know what you want free
get_links title, language? Discover related articles free
get_coordinates title Plot an article's place on a map free
get_related_topics title Research-mode expansion free

Coste y límites

Lo que cuesta ejecutarlo

Cuota de API
Wikipedia rate limits: ~200 requests/sec from an IP; add delays for long scripts
Tokens por llamada
Full articles 2k-15k tokens; summaries 200-500
Monetario
Free
Consejo
Always start with get_summary or get_sections — avoid pulling a whole get_article unless you need the full text.

Seguridad

Permisos, secretos, alcance

Almacenamiento de credenciales: Optional Wikimedia OAuth token for higher rate limits
Salida de datos: Outbound to Wikipedia's servers only

Resolución de problemas

Errores comunes y soluciones

403 Forbidden on heavy use

Anonymous rate limit hit. Provide a personal access token or slow down (add sleep).

Page not found

Titles are case-sensitive and disambiguation-specific. Use search_wikipedia first to get the canonical title.

Chinese article returns Traditional when I want Simplified

Pass language=zh-Hans or language=zh-Hant explicitly.

Alternativas

wikipedia-mcp vs otros

AlternativaCuándo usarlaContrapartida
DBpedia / Wikidata MCPYou want structured data (infobox fields) rather than proseBetter for querying facts; worse for reading
Direct Wikipedia API via fetch MCPYou need maximum controlYou parse the JSON yourself

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Recursos

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