MCP · Wikinews archive

Wikinews,
inside your AI assistant

Connect once and your assistant can search 20,000+ Wikinews articles — grounded answers with sources, in Claude, Cursor, Codex and more.

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Install the plugin

The MCP and the wikinews-research skill — pick your client

Two commands add the MCP server and the wikinews-research skill, then a one-time sign-in.

  1. Add the marketplace
    /plugin marketplace add https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/marketplace.json
  2. Install the plugin
    /plugin install wikinews-mcp-plugin@wikinews
  3. Authentication

    Run /mcp, pick wikinews and choose Authenticate. Your browser opens the sign-in page — sign in with your email, then return to Claude Code. Done when the server shows connected.

Or just connect the MCP

Only want the tools? Add the MCP server to your client

One command in the terminal.

claude mcp add --transport http wikinews https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp

Questions

The short answers an assistant (or you) might need before connecting

Which AI clients can I use this with?

Any client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Antigravity CLI and ChatGPT. The install guide above has one tab per client; the MCP endpoint is https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

Yes, it is free. You sign in once with your email through the browser (OAuth); the session lasts 30 days. No API key is needed.

What does the archive cover?

Wikinews reporting from 2004 to the present, about 20,000 articles. Coverage is densest for 2005–2010 and thinner after that, so always search before answering and cite the article you used.

What is the wikinews-research skill?

An open Agent Skill (a SKILL.md folder) that teaches your assistant how to search this archive well: search first, read the full article before quoting, and always cite. The Claude Code plugin and the Antigravity plugin install it with the MCP; other clients get it from /skills.zip.

Is this an official Wikinews service?

No. It is a product demo by Miso. Content comes from Wikinews under the CC BY 2.5 licence; Miso is not affiliated with Wikinews or the Wikimedia Foundation.