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OfficialSource ValidatedRead-onlyProprietaryUpdated August 2026

DeepWiki MCP

Read generated documentation and ask source-grounded questions about public GitHub repositories through DeepWiki.

InstallOfficial documentation

Quick verdict

It gives an agent structured, repository-specific documentation and question answering through a no-auth endpoint with a far smaller permission surface than a general code-host connector.

  • MaintainerCognition (Devin / DeepWiki) (official)
  • Security scopeRead-only
  • Transportsstreamable-http
  • Install channelremote · https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp
  • EvidenceSource Validated
  • LicenseProprietary · Proprietary hosted service

Cognition's free hosted interface to DeepWiki documentation for public GitHub repositories. It exposes a narrow read-only surface — list a wiki's structure, read generated pages, ask questions about a repository — without giving an agent access to a private code host or a local checkout. It is a different service from the authenticated Devin MCP endpoint that covers private repositories.

MCP security best practices

Install DeepWiki MCP

http https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp

Config entry (mcpServers)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepwiki": {
      "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cognition-operated endpoint, no authentication. A legacy /sse path is still documented but is being deprecated. There is no official self-hosted implementation, and community repositories that proxy or scrape DeepWiki are different implementations, not this service.

Credentials

No credentials required.

Verified configurations

Not run by us yet. This profile is Source Validated: the install channel, config entry, credentials and license were checked against the source and upstream metadata, but no configuration has been installed, discovered and executed in a recorded environment. When one is, it appears here with the eight scope dimensions below.

Best for

Exploring an unfamiliar public repository when generated architecture notes and source-linked answers beat raw code search.

Why use it

It gives an agent structured, repository-specific documentation and question answering through a no-auth endpoint with a far smaller permission surface than a general code-host connector.

Tradeoffs

Answers come from DeepWiki's generated index, so they can be incomplete or stale relative to the repository's current state. Repository identifiers and questions are sent to a proprietary hosted service, only public repositories are covered, and no official self-hosted implementation exists. Because the endpoint is remote with no package and no code host, the build's upstream snapshot cannot observe its lifecycle — freshness here rests on review dates alone.

Upstream state

no upstream snapshot. Lifecycle is derived from a committed upstream snapshot at build time, never authored by hand.

Editorial review

Reviewed byOpenSourcesAI EditorialLast updatedAugust 2026SourcesOfficial DeepWiki MCP documentation — endpoint, transports, the three public-repository tools; DeepWiki MCP server landing page; Cognition platform terms of service — access rights and restrictions for the hosted service

Grade B — Source Validated. Re-review is due by 2027-02-15. Config entries, credential names and package status can change upstream; verify against the official documentation before granting an agent access.

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