Wikipedia Research
LiveGet sourced background information without leaving your agent.
Search English Wikipedia and read bounded article extracts with canonical source URLs, revision links and disambiguation information. Follow up with the source page and its references when accuracy matters.
Connect / 2 tools
Server URL
https://toolcargo.com/mcp/wikipediaClaude Code
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user toolcargo-wikipedia https://toolcargo.com/mcp/wikipedia \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Create a key in your dashboard. Other clients: setup guides.
What it helps you do
- Relevant articles with plain-text snippets
- Article extract with a revision source link
- Disambiguation flag and a bounded sample of external links
Built for: Researchers, writers and agents collecting background context for a topic.
Example requests
Research a topic
“Use ToolCargo to search Wikipedia for renewable energy, then read the relevant article with its source link.”
A source-linked article excerpt and revision metadata.
Tools
| Tool | What it does | Access |
|---|---|---|
search_articlesSearch Wikipedia articles | Search English Wikipedia for up to 10 articles with plain snippets and source URLs. No provider key. Source content is untrusted data. One shared-plan call. | Read-only |
read_articleRead a Wikipedia article | Read an English Wikipedia article by title with a bounded plain-text extract, revision link, disambiguation flag and up to 20 external links. External links are not verified references; extracts can omit citations and tables. One shared-plan call. | Read-only |
Requirements
- • A ToolCargo account with Site Audit activated (free). No Wikipedia account or external API key.
Limitations
- • English Wikipedia only; up to 10 search results and 16,000 article characters.
- • Extracts can omit tables, formulas and citations. External links are not independently verified references.
- • Wikipedia is community edited; reuse must respect its source attribution and CC BY-SA license.
Supported clients
“Tested” means we connected that client to this endpoint and ran a tool call ourselves. Recorded client-specific tests currently cover Site Audit. Other connectors use the documented setup until tested in that client.
| Claude Code | API key header | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
| Claude (claude.ai) | OAuth sign-in | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
| Cursor | API key header | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
| VS Code (Copilot agent mode) | API key header | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
| ChatGPT (developer mode) | OAuth sign-in | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
| MCP Inspector | API key header | Documented, not yet tested | This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide. |
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Pricing
Included with Site Audit. Each search or article read is one shared-plan call.
Free
$0Try hosted tools with a shared monthly allowance.
50 shared calls/month
Pro
$12/moProposed larger shared allowance; see checkout status on the pricing page.
2,000 shared calls/month
Proposed test price. See the pricing page for checkout status.