Wikipedia

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Search and retrieve Wikipedia articles — summaries, section structure, and random article discovery

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_wikipedia required: query

Search Wikipedia articles by keyword. Returns title, snippet, page ID, and word count for each result.

Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string Search query
limit opt number Number of results to return (1-50, default 10)
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get_article_summary required: title

Get a summary for a Wikipedia article by title. Returns the introduction extract, description, thumbnail URL, and content URLs.

Parameters
Name Type Description
title req string Wikipedia article title (e.g., "Albert Einstein")
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get_article_sections required: title

Get the section structure (table of contents) of a Wikipedia article by title.

Parameters
Name Type Description
title req string Wikipedia article title (e.g., "World War II")
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get_random_articles

Get random Wikipedia articles. Returns title, extract, and page ID for each article.

Parameters
Name Type Description
count opt number Number of random articles to fetch (1-10, default 5)
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikipedia/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wikipedia/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_wikipedia","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_wikipedia", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search and retrieve wikipedia articles — summaries, section structure, and random article discovery");