Does DeepWiki MCP work with Claude Desktop?

Q: Does DeepWiki MCP work with Claude Desktop?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-22 (Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0), mcp-remote 0.15.2, plan: Not recorded for this run), DeepWiki MCP passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. DeepWiki MCP passed every step of our test in Claude Desktop on Oct 22, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 22, 2026

Plan tested onNot recorded for this run

App versionClaude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0)

Server packagemcp-remote 0.15.2

Connect timeconnected in 2.3s

Steps

install OK
connect OK
tools visible OK
agent task: read repo OKread a public repo without a token

Test note: server wrapped in harness/scripts/mcp_tee.py to record JSON-RPC; prompts typed via xdotool; tool Allow pop-ups approved by the operator for test servers only; model = app default

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

Versions tested

Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0) · mcp-remote 0.15.2 · connected in 2.3s · tested Oct 22, 2026

Server package tested: mcp-remote 0.15.2 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-22)

Direct and key dependencies as resolved: express 4.22.3 · open 10.2.0 · strict-url-sanitise 0.0.1 · undici 7.30.1

All 79 resolved dependencies

accepts==1.3.8
array-flatten==1.1.1
body-parser==1.20.9
bundle-name==4.1.1
bytes==3.1.2
call-bind-apply-helpers==1.0.2
call-bound==1.0.4
content-disposition==0.5.4
content-type==1.0.5
cookie==0.7.2
cookie-signature==1.0.7
debug==2.6.9
default-browser==5.5.1
default-browser-id==5.0.1
define-lazy-prop==3.0.0
depd==2.0.0
destroy==1.2.0
dunder-proto==1.0.1
ee-first==1.1.1
encodeurl==2.0.0
es-define-property==1.0.1
es-errors==1.3.0
es-object-atoms==1.1.2
escape-html==1.0.3
etag==1.8.1
express==4.22.3
finalhandler==1.3.2
forwarded==0.2.0
fresh==0.5.2
function-bind==1.1.2
get-intrinsic==1.3.0
get-proto==1.0.1
gopd==1.2.0
has-symbols==1.1.0
hasown==2.0.4
http-errors==2.0.1
iconv-lite==0.4.24
inherits==2.0.4
ipaddr.js==1.9.1
is-docker==3.0.0
is-inside-container==1.0.0
is-wsl==3.1.1
math-intrinsics==1.1.0
media-typer==0.3.0
merge-descriptors==1.0.3
methods==1.1.2
mime==1.6.0
mime-db==1.52.0
mime-types==2.1.35
ms==2.0.0, 2.1.3
negotiator==0.6.3
object-inspect==1.13.4
on-finished==2.4.2
open==10.2.0
parseurl==1.3.3
path-to-regexp==0.1.13
proxy-addr==2.0.8
qs==6.16.1
range-parser==1.2.1
raw-body==2.5.3
run-applescript==7.1.0
safe-buffer==5.2.1
safer-buffer==2.1.2
send==0.19.2
serve-static==1.16.3
setprototypeof==1.2.0
side-channel==1.1.1
side-channel-list==1.0.1
side-channel-map==1.0.1
side-channel-weakmap==1.0.2
statuses==2.0.2
strict-url-sanitise==0.0.1
toidentifier==1.0.1
type-is==1.6.18
undici==7.30.1
unpipe==1.0.0
utils-merge==1.0.1
vary==1.1.2
wsl-utils==0.1.0

Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "command": "npx",
 "args": [
  "-y",
  "mcp-remote",
  "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"
 ]
}

Connection check

initialize seen in tee log after app restart

Tools check

tools/list answered (tee log)

Agent task: read repo

2 calls reached the server
Agent’s answer (excerpt): The main title of the README is: Model Context Protocol servers

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in Claude Desktop

Copy-paste config for every app is on the DeepWiki MCP page. Not connecting? Claude Desktop MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).

All MCP servers tested in Claude Desktop