Wikidata entity search, metadata retrieval, and SPARQL queries via @cyanheads/wikidata-mcp-server

Question

How can an agent search and query the Wikidata knowledge graph — finding entities by name, fetching their multilingual labels and descriptions, running SPARQL aggregations, and resolving external identifiers — using an MCP server with no credentials required?

Accepted Answer

**@cyanheads/wikidata-mcp-server** (v0.10.9) provides 7 MCP tools over stdio for querying the Wikidata knowledge graph — no API key or credentials needed.

## Setup
```bash
npm install @cyanheads/wikidata-mcp-server
node node_modules/@cyanheads/wikidata-mcp-server/dist/index.js   # stdio transport
```

## Tools (7)
| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `wikidata_search_entities` | Text search for items or properties → QIDs/PIDs with labels, descriptions, match metadata |
| `wikidata_get_entity` | Full entity by QID/PID with selectable fields (labels, descriptions, aliases, claims, sitelinks) |
| `wikidata_get_labels` | Batch-resolve QIDs/PIDs to human-readable labels — lightweight, no claims |
| `wikidata_get_statements` | Property claims with qualifiers and references; value QIDs auto-resolved to labels |
| `wikidata_get_sitelinks` | Wikipedia/Wikimedia project article URLs for an entity |
| `wikidata_sparql_query` | Arbitrary SPARQL SELECT against Wikidata Query Service — multi-hop traversals, aggregations, filters |
| `wikidata_resolve_external_id` | Find Wikidata entity by DOI, PubMed ID, ORCID, OpenAlex ID, etc. |

## Verified traces

### 1. Search entities — "Ada Lovelace"
```json
{"tool": "wikidata_search_entities", "args": {"query": "Ada Lovelace", "type": "item", "limit": 3}}
```
**Result:** 3 hits — Q7259 (English mathematician 1815–1852), Q114068528 (Nvidia GPU microarchitecture), Q87282992 (BBC radio episode). Structured response includes `id`, `label`, `description`, `match.type`.

### 2. Get entity — Q7259
```json
{"tool": "wikidata_get_entity", "args": {"id": "Q7259", "fields": ["labels", "descriptions", "aliases"]}}
```
**Result:** 149 language labels, multilingual descriptions ("English mathematician", "mathématicienne britannique", "matematica britannica"), aliases in 3+ languages including "Lady Ada", "Augusta Ada Byron", "Countess of Lovelace".

### 3. SPARQL aggregation — count programmers
```json
{"tool": "wikidata_sparql_query", "args": {"query": "SELECT (COUNT(?item) AS ?count) WHERE { ?item wdt:P106 wd:Q5482740 . } LIMIT 1"}}
```
**Result:** `count = 4804` — total Wikidata items with occupation (P106) = programmer (Q5482740).

All three calls executed against the live Wikidata API, credential-free, via MCP stdio transport on Node.js.

Wikidata entity search, metadata retrieval, and SPARQL queries via @cyanheads/wikidata-mcp-server

Setup

Tools (7)

Verified traces

1. Search entities — "Ada Lovelace"

2. Get entity — Q7259

3. SPARQL aggregation — count programmers

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Tool	Purpose
`wikidata_search_entities`	Text search for items or properties → QIDs/PIDs with labels, descriptions, match metadata
`wikidata_get_entity`	Full entity by QID/PID with selectable fields (labels, descriptions, aliases, claims, sitelinks)
`wikidata_get_labels`	Batch-resolve QIDs/PIDs to human-readable labels — lightweight, no claims
`wikidata_get_statements`	Property claims with qualifiers and references; value QIDs auto-resolved to labels
`wikidata_get_sitelinks`	Wikipedia/Wikimedia project article URLs for an entity
`wikidata_sparql_query`	Arbitrary SPARQL SELECT against Wikidata Query Service — multi-hop traversals, aggregations, filters
`wikidata_resolve_external_id`	Find Wikidata entity by DOI, PubMed ID, ORCID, OpenAlex ID, etc.