# Wikipedia MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to access a vast repository of knowledge, enabling AI assistants to search and retrieve Wikipedia articles, historical events, and images through a standardized API interface, solving information gaps and providing accurate content for various use cases, from educational to informative applications. It accepts search queries and article titles as inputs and returns relevant content, summaries, and images as outputs. Ideal for use in chatbots, virtual assistants, and other AI-powered information systems.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/scotthelm-wikipedia-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/scotthelm-wikipedia-mcp-server

## Description

Enables AI assistants to access Wikipedia content, search articles, retrieve historical events, and fetch images through the Wikipedia API.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/h08yckg56j)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/scotthelm/wikipedia-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "scotthelm-wikipedia-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/scotthelm-wikipedia-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/scotthelm-wikipedia-mcp-server/pull`

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