wikipedia

name	wikipedia
description	Search and read Wikipedia via x wkp — MediaWiki API, no API key, zero install; query, extract, suggest, and DDG route in one module. Load for wiki, wikipedia, encyclopedia lookup, article summary.
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wikipedia — skill0

Output is a plain-text extract (~first paragraph + infobox). Subcommand verb picks the shape — hop for search-then-summary, extract for known titles, search for candidates, suggest for did-you-mean. Default site is English Wikipedia; --lang / --api-url switch to other wikis.

Quick Start with x wkp

x wkp hop Python                      # search + first-result extract in one shot
x wkp extract OpenAI                  # summary of a known page
x wkp search "Linux kernel"           # list candidates when title is uncertain
x wkp suggest pythen                  # did-you-mean: correction hints before search

x wkp -h for all flags and subcommands.

Data and adjacent tools

Upstream: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php — MediaWiki action API. Sister projects (Wikidata, Wiktionary, Commons) are reachable the same way; point --api-url at the relevant subdomain.

For the questions that go one hop beyond a wikitext summary:

• x wkp : <query> / x wkp ddgo <query> — same x wkp module, routed via DuckDuckGo's Wikipedia index (handles ambiguous or colloquial queries better than title search)
• x ddgo <query> — general web search, useful when Wikipedia has no article but the topic exists on the open web
• See the knowledge skill for the broader x hn / x rfc / x se research toolkit
• x wkp open <page> — fall back to the browser when you actually need the rendered page (infoboxes, tables, images)