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DeepWiki MCP server
Lets an assistant read DeepWiki’s generated docs for public GitHub repositories and ask questions about them.
- Maintainer
- Cognition (official)
- Licence
- Not published (hosted service)
- Runs
- Remote (URL)
- Sign-in
- None
- Last activity
- 2026-10-14
- Source
- Official docs
Overview
What it does
DeepWiki MCP is a free remote server from Cognition, the company behind Devin. DeepWiki generates wiki-style documentation for public GitHub repositories, and the server gives assistants access to it. It has three tools: read_wiki_structure lists the documentation topics for a repository, read_wiki_contents returns the documentation itself, and ask_question answers a question about a repository with an AI-generated response grounded in its code.
It is handy when you need to understand an unfamiliar open-source project, find where something is implemented or check how a library works before using it. There is no sign-up and no key. Use the Streamable HTTP endpoint at /mcp; the older /sse endpoint is being deprecated. It covers public repositories only; for private ones the docs point to the separate Devin MCP server, which needs a Devin account.
Tools
What the assistant can do
- List documentation topics for a public GitHub repository
- Read the generated documentation for a repository
- Ask a question about a repository and get a grounded answer
Install
Install DeepWiki MCP server in your app
You need:
- An MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP
Run in your project. --scope local keeps the servers private to you in this project; use user for every project.
claude mcp add --scope local --transport http deepwiki https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp
- deepwiki: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask (run /mcp in Claude Code).
Project root. Commit it to share the servers with your team; each person sets the variables in their own shell.
{
"mcpServers": {
"deepwiki": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
}
}
}
- deepwiki: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask (run /mcp in Claude Code).
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config). Restart Claude after saving.
{
"mcpServers": {}
}
- deepwiki is a remote server: add it as a custom connector (Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors), with the URL https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp.
In your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project.
{
"mcpServers": {
"deepwiki": {
"url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
}
}
}
- deepwiki: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask.
In your workspace. VS Code asks for each secret the first time a server starts and stores it securely.
{
"servers": {
"deepwiki": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
}
}
}
- deepwiki: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask.
macOS/Linux: ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json. Read by the default Devin Local agent and by the legacy Cascade agent.
{
"mcpServers": {
"deepwiki": {
"url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
}
}
}
- deepwiki: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask.
Want it alongside other servers? Open DeepWiki MCP in the MCP config generator and add the rest; it writes one file per app. The snippets follow the setup in the server’s README, checked on 2026-10-14.
Before you install
- Questions and repository names are sent to Cognition’s hosted service.
- It only reads public repositories and cannot access your code, files or accounts; answers are AI-generated, so check them against the source.
- A remote server sees whatever the assistant sends it. Sign in with the narrowest access the service offers. See how to choose a safe server.
Why it’s listed
Why we list it
A free, key-less way to understand any public GitHub project, run by the company that builds DeepWiki.
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