| name | Wikipedia |
| description | Search Wikipedia and fetch article summaries or extracts. |
| requires | {"bins":[],"env":[]} |
Wikipedia
Look up encyclopedia articles. Backed by the wikipedia extension hitting the
public MediaWiki + REST APIs. No key.
Use when
- "Who / what is X?" — factual lookup with a canonical source
- "Summarize the Wikipedia article on Y"
- "Search Wikipedia for Z"
- Grounding for long-form answers before calling
summarize
Do not use when
- Real-time / breaking news — use
brave-search
- Non-encyclopedic web content — use
fetch-url
Tools
status — default language
search — query + optional limit (≤20), lang
summary — REST summary (one paragraph + page URL + thumbnail)
extract — plaintext intro (sentences, default 10; 0 = full article)
Language
Default via WIKIPEDIA_LANG env (fallback en). Override per-call with lang.
Common: en, es, fr, de, pt.