wiki_search
Search Wikipedia articles to find information and answers for research or general knowledge queries, returning relevant results based on your search terms.
Instructions
Search Wikipedia for articles.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | ||
| limit | No |
Implementation Reference
- server.py:60-88 (handler)The main handler function for the 'wiki_search' tool. It uses the Wikipedia API to search for articles matching the query, up to the specified limit, and returns formatted results with titles, summaries, and URLs. Includes error handling.
@mcp.tool() async def wiki_search(query: str, limit: int = 3) -> str: """Search Wikipedia for articles.""" try: params = { "action": "query", "list": "search", "srsearch": query, "format": "json", "srlimit": limit } data = await make_api_request(WIKI_API_BASE, params=params) if not data or "query" not in data or not data["query"]["search"]: return "No Wikipedia articles found for your query." results = [] for item in data["query"]["search"]: title = item["title"] snippet = item["snippet"].replace("<span class=\"searchmatch\">", "").replace("</span>", "") url = f"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{urllib.parse.quote(title.replace(' ', '_'))}" results.append(f"Title: {title}\nSummary: {snippet}\nURL: {url}") return "\n\n".join(results) except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Error in wiki_search: {e}") return "Failed to search Wikipedia due to an internal error."