Deepwiki MCP Server
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A MCP Server that gives you latest docs and data from the web
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- Domain safety: only processes URLs from deepwiki.com.
- HTML sanitization: strips headers, footers, navigation, scripts, and ads.
- Link rewriting: adjusts links to work in Markdown.
- Multiple output formats: single aggregated document or structured pages.
- Fast crawling with adjustable concurrency and depth.
- NLP support for searching by library name.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Deepwiki MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Configure it in your MCP client (e.g., Cursor) by adding mcp-deepwiki to .cursor/mcp.json with the command npx -y mcp-deepwiki@latest. Then use prompts like deepwiki fetch <query>, use deepwiki <url>, or call the registered deepwiki_fetch tool with parameters url (required), mode (aggregate or pages), and maxDepth (optional, default 10).
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"deepwiki mcp server": {
"nowledge": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"build",
"-t",
"mcp-deepwiki",
"."
]
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"nowledge": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"build",
"-t",
"mcp-deepwiki",
"."
]
}
}
Deepwiki MCP Server
This is an unofficial Deepwiki MCP Server
It takes a Deepwiki URL via MCP, crawls all relevant pages, converts them to Markdown, and returns either one document or a list by page.
Features
- π Domain Safety: Only processes URLs from deepwiki.com
- π§Ή HTML Sanitization: Strips headers, footers, navigation, scripts, and ads
- π Link Rewriting: Adjusts links to work in Markdown
- π Multiple Output Formats: Get one document or structured pages
- π Performance: Fast crawling with adjustable concurrency and depth
- NLP: It's to search just for the library name
Usage
Prompts you can use:
deepwiki fetch how can i use gpt-image-1 with "vercel ai" sdk
deepwiki fetch how can i create new blocks in shadcn?
deepwiki fetch i want to understand how X works
Fetch complete Documentation (Default)
use deepwiki https://deepwiki.com/shadcn-ui/ui
use deepwiki multiple pages https://deepwiki.com/shadcn-ui/ui
Single Page
use deepwiki fetch single page https://deepwiki.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/2.2-theme-system
Get by shortform
use deepwiki fetch tailwindlabs/tailwindcss
deepwiki fetch library
deepwiki fetch url
deepwiki fetch <name>/<repo>
deepwiki multiple pages ...
deepwiki single page url ...
Cursor
Add this to .cursor/mcp.json file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-deepwiki": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-deepwiki@latest"]
}
}
}

MCP Tool Integration
The package registers a tool named deepwiki_fetch that you can use with any MCP-compatible client:
{
"action": "deepwiki_fetch",
"params": {
"url": "https://deepwiki.com/user/repo",
"mode": "aggregate",
"maxDepth": "1"
}
}
Parameters
- url (required): The starting URL of the Deepwiki repository
- mode (optional): Output mode, either "aggregate" for a single Markdown document (default) or "pages" for structured page data
- maxDepth (optional): Maximum depth of pages to crawl (default: 10)
Response Format
Success Response (Aggregate Mode)
{
"status": "ok",
"data": "# Page Title\n\nPage content...\n\n---\n\n# Another Page\n\nMore content...",
"totalPages": 5,
"totalBytes": 25000,
"elapsedMs": 1200
}
Success Response (Pages Mode)
{
"status": "ok",
"data": [
{
"path": "index",
"markdown": "# Home Page\n\nWelcome to the repository."
},
{
"path": "section/page1",
"markdown": "# First Page\n\nThis is the first page content."
}
],
"totalPages": 2,
"totalBytes": 12000,
"elapsedMs": 800
}
Error Response
{
"status": "error",
"code": "DOMAIN_NOT_ALLOWED",
"message": "Only deepwiki.com domains are allowed"
}
Partial Success Response
{
"status": "partial",
"data": "# Page Title\n\nPage content...",
"errors": [
{
"url": "https://deepwiki.com/user/repo/page2",
"reason": "HTTP error: 404"
}
],
"totalPages": 1,
"totalBytes": 5000,
"elapsedMs": 950
}
Progress Events
When using the tool, you'll receive progress events during crawling:
Fetched https://deepwiki.com/user/repo: 12500 bytes in 450ms (status: 200)
Fetched https://deepwiki.com/user/repo/page1: 8750 bytes in 320ms (status: 200)
Fetched https://deepwiki.com/user/repo/page2: 6200 bytes in 280ms (status: 200)
Local Development - Installation
Local Usage
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-deepwiki": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["./bin/cli.mjs"]
}
}
}
From Source
```bash
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