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.
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.
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Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/marketplace.json -
Install the plugin
/plugin install wikinews-mcp-plugin@wikinews -
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.
Three steps: one click adds the MCP, a one-time sign-in connects it, and a short prompt adds the skill.
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Add the MCP to Cursor
Click the button. Cursor opens an install card with the wikinews server pre-filled — click Install.
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Authentication
In Cursor's MCP list, click Authentication next to wikinews. Your browser opens the sign-in page — sign in with your email, then return to Cursor.
Done when the server turns green.
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Install the skill
Copy this prompt and paste it into Cursor's Agent. It downloads the skill into ~/.cursor/skills/.
Install the wikinews-research skill (an open Agent Skill) into Cursor. Run these directly — do not write scripts: curl -fsSL https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/skills.zip -o /tmp/wikinews-skills.zip unzip -o /tmp/wikinews-skills.zip -d ~/.cursor/skills/ Then reload the Agent and confirm the wikinews-research skill is available.
Three steps: copy the prompt, paste it into Codex, and complete a one-time sign-in. Codex does the rest.
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Copy the prompt
Set up the Wikinews MCP in Codex so I can search the Wikinews archive. Do it all yourself — the only thing I need to do is complete a one-time browser sign-in. Keep it simple: run the commands directly and read their output. Do not write scripts or test files. 1. Register the MCP server (remote, streamable HTTP): codex mcp add wikinews --url https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp 2. Install the wikinews-research skill (an open Agent Skill) into Codex's skills folder: curl -fsSL https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/skills.zip -o /tmp/wikinews-skills.zip unzip -o /tmp/wikinews-skills.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/ 3. Sign in — a one-time OAuth with your email (access lasts 30 days). Connecting opens a browser and waits on http://localhost:<port>/callback. Handle as much as you can yourself: • First check whether a browser can open here ($DISPLAY / $WAYLAND_DISPLAY, not inside SSH, an open / xdg-open / wslview command). The connect command waits for the callback and reports success or timeout — use that to know whether sign-in completed. • Browser opens and completes → just tell me it's done. • No browser here (SSH / container) → give me the sign-in URL to open myself; if the loopback can't be reached, ask me to paste back the full localhost redirect URL so you can finish. • Ask me what I see only when you genuinely can't tell. 4. Verify with Codex's own commands (not a script): run `codex mcp list` and confirm wikinews shows as connected, and that the ask_wikinews and get_wikinews_article tools are available. Finally, tell me: the commands you ran, how sign-in went, and that the tools are ready.
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Paste it into Codex
Codex registers the MCP server and installs the wikinews-research skill for you.
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Authentication
When the browser opens, sign in with your email, then return to Codex. Done when Codex reports wikinews connected.
Three steps: copy the prompt, paste it into Antigravity CLI, and complete a one-time sign-in. Antigravity CLI does the rest.
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Copy the prompt
Set up the Wikinews MCP in Antigravity CLI so I can search the Wikinews archive. Do it all yourself — the only thing I need to do is complete a one-time browser sign-in. Keep it simple: run the commands directly and read their output. Do not write scripts or test files. 1. Install the Wikinews plugin. It bundles the MCP server config (mcp_config.json) and the wikinews-research skill, so this one install does both: curl -fsSL https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/plugin.zip -o /tmp/wikinews-plugin.zip rm -rf /tmp/wikinews-mcp-plugin && mkdir -p /tmp/wikinews-mcp-plugin unzip -o /tmp/wikinews-plugin.zip -d /tmp/wikinews-mcp-plugin agy plugin install /tmp/wikinews-mcp-plugin 2. Confirm with `agy plugin list` that wikinews-mcp-plugin is active and shows the wikinews-research skill. If the plugin isn't picked up, tell me to restart agy, then check again. 3. Sign in — a one-time OAuth with your email (access lasts 30 days). The wikinews server needs authentication before its tools work. Tell me to run /mcp, pick wikinews and choose Authenticate; a browser opens for sign-in. If the flow shows an authorization code instead of finishing on its own, tell me to paste that code back where /mcp asks for it. 4. Verify: /mcp should show wikinews as connected with the ask_wikinews and get_wikinews_article tools. Finally, tell me: the commands you ran, how sign-in went, and that the tools are ready.
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Paste it into Antigravity CLI
Antigravity CLI installs the plugin — the MCP server config and the wikinews-research skill in one go.
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Authentication
Run /mcp, pick wikinews and choose Authenticate. Your browser opens the sign-in page — sign in with your email, then return to Antigravity CLI. Done when /mcp shows the server connected.
https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp
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
Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "wikinews": { "url": "https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp" } } }
One command in the terminal.
codex mcp add wikinews --url https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp
Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json (the field is serverUrl), then run /mcp to sign in:
{ "mcpServers": { "wikinews": { "serverUrl": "https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp" } } }
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, with this URL:
https://wikinews.mcp.miso.ai/mcp
Settings → Connectors (enable Developer mode) → Create, with this URL:
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.