wikipedia-mcp-server

Search Wikipedia articles by full-text query. Returns ranked results with plain-text titles, snippets (HTML stripped), page IDs, and word counts. Best when the exact article title is unknown or when multiple articles on a topic are needed. Pass a result title to wikipedia_get_summary, wikipedia_get_article, or wikipedia_get_sections for follow-up reads. Use offset to page beyond the first result page. Supports all Wikipedia language editions.

Fetch the lead-section summary for a Wikipedia article — the 2–4 paragraph intro that answers "what is X?". Returns plain-text extract, Wikidata QID (wikibase_item) for cross-referencing with wikidata-mcp-server, short description, and thumbnail URL. Redirect pages are followed automatically. When page_type is "disambiguation", the title matched a disambiguation page — call wikipedia_search with a more specific query to find the intended article. Prefer this over wikipedia_get_article unless full article depth is needed.

Fetch article content as clean plain text. Without section_index: returns the full article with == Section == markers preserved for structure — or, when the article exceeds the size budget, a compact section outline (truncated: true) that points to wikipedia_get_sections plus a section_index read instead of the full text. With section_index (from wikipedia_get_sections): returns that section and every subsection nested under it, each heading above its own body. Section-targeted reads are faster and smaller when only part of the article is needed. Data tables are omitted from both paths, so a section whose body is entirely a data table returns its heading and little else; tables used only for layout, such as multi-column lists, keep their content. Page furniture is omitted as well — maintenance banners, sister-project and library-resource boxes, portal bars, and spoken-article notices — while a hatnote naming a related article is kept. Redirect pages are followed automatically.

Fetch the table of contents for a Wikipedia article. Returns section titles, heading levels, section numbering (e.g. "2.1"), and section_index values. Pass a section_index to wikipedia_get_article to retrieve just that section. Useful for enumerating article structure before doing a targeted section read. Redirect pages are followed automatically.

Find Wikipedia articles about places near a geographic coordinate. Returns articles sorted by distance from the query point, with titles, page IDs, coordinates, and distance in meters. Useful for "what is notable near X?" research workflows. Only articles with geographic coordinates in their Wikidata record are returned — not all articles about locations are geotagged.

List the language editions available for a Wikipedia article. Returns language codes, article titles in each language, and full URLs. Useful for cross-language research and for discovering the correct article title in a target language before fetching it. Redirect pages are followed automatically, and source_title reports the resolved article the links belong to. The language parameter specifies which edition to query from.