`page_summary`

Pack: wikimedia-rest · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikimedia-rest/mcp

“What is X” / “who is X” / “tell me about X” / “Wikipedia summary of X” / “biography of X” / “history of X” — fetches the Wikipedia article extract (title, description, thumbnail, lead-paragraph extract) for any topic, person, place, event, or concept. Use whenever an agent needs a quick encyclopedic reference. Defaults to en.wikipedia.org; pass project/lang for other Wikimedia projects or languages. Example: page_summary({ title: “Albert Einstein” }).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`title`	string	yes	Wikipedia article title, e.g. “Albert Einstein”, “Python (programming language)”, “World War II”.
`project`	string	no	Wikimedia project. Default “wikipedia”. Other: “wiktionary”, “wikiquote”, “wikibooks”, etc.
`lang`	string	no	Language code. Default “en”. Examples: “es”, “fr”, “de”, “ja”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "title": "Albert Einstein"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikimedia-rest/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"page_summary","arguments":{"title":"Albert Einstein"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('page_summary', {
  "title": "Albert Einstein"
});

More examples

{
  "title": "Python (programming language)",
  "lang": "en",
  "project": "wikipedia"
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Page summary card from Wikimedia REST API"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wikimedia-rest": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikimedia-rest/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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