wikipedia-mcp MCP — Casos de uso, Instalar & Demo ao vivo

Por que usar

Principais recursos

10+ tools: search, article, summary, sections, links, coordinates, related topics
Multi-language with regional variants (zh-Hant, zh-Hans, sr-Latn, etc.)
Optional caching for repeat queries
Country/locale codes accepted alongside language codes
stdio, HTTP, streamable-HTTP transports

Demo ao vivo

Como fica na prática

wikipedia.replay ▶ pronto

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Instalar

Escolha seu 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
    }
  }
}

Abra Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicie após salvar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa o mesmo esquema mcpServers que o Claude Desktop. Config de projeto vence a global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Clique no ícone MCP Servers na barra lateral do Cline, depois "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Mesmo formato do Claude Desktop. Reinicie o Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "wikipedia",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wikipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

O Continue usa um array de objetos de servidor em vez de um map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "wikipedia-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Adicione em context_servers. Zed recarrega automaticamente ao salvar.

claude mcp add wikipedia -- uvx wikipedia-mcp

Uma linha só. Verifique com claude mcp list. Remova com claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos do mundo real: wikipedia-mcp

Cite Wikipedia instead of relying on model memory

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

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

Fluxo

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.

Armadilhas

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

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

Fluxo

Summary first

Get a summary of [person/topic] from Wikipedia. Then list sections so I can pick which to deep-read.✓ Copiado

→ Summary + TOC
Pull the key sections

Give me full text of the 'Career' and 'Controversies' sections.✓ Copiado

→ Section text
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.

Armadilhas

Wikipedia page doesn't exist for the person — Fall back to web search (firecrawl) for less-covered subjects

Combine com: notion

Compare how a topic is covered across languages

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

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

Fluxo

Pull both versions

Get Wikipedia articles on [topic] in English and Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans).✓ Copiado

→ Two article bodies
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.

Armadilhas

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

Combinações

Combine com outros MCPs para 10× de alavancagem

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

Ferramentas

O que este MCP expõe

Ferramenta	Entradas	Quando chamar	Custo
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

Custo e limites

O que custa rodar

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

Segurança

Permissões, segredos, alcance

Armazenamento de credenciais: Optional Wikimedia OAuth token for higher rate limits

Saída de dados: Outbound to Wikipedia's servers only

Wikipedia is crowd-edited — always treat as a starting point, not final source for contested facts.
Anonymous requests are throttled more aggressively; authenticate if you hit limits.

Solução de problemas

Erros comuns e correções

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. outros

Alternativa	Quando usar	Troca
DBpedia / Wikidata MCP	You want structured data (infobox fields) rather than prose	Better for querying facts; worse for reading
Direct Wikipedia API via fetch MCP	You need maximum control	You parse the JSON yourself

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Recursos

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