wiki_search
Search Wikipedia articles to retrieve information on specific topics using a query parameter, supporting multiple languages for comprehensive research.
Instructions
Alias of wiki.search
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | Yes | ||
| lang | No |
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/scholar.ts:4-15 (handler)Core implementation of wikiSearch function that queries Wikipedia's REST API for title search results.
export async function wikiSearch(q: string, lang = 'vi', top = 5) { const url = `https://${lang}.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/search/title?q=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&limit=${top}`; const res = await fetchWithLimits(url, 8000, 1024*1024); if (!res.body) return []; const data = JSON.parse(res.body.toString('utf-8')); return (data.pages || []).map((p: any) => ({ title: p.title, url: `https://${lang}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${encodeURIComponent(p.key)}`, snippet: p.description || '', source: 'wikipedia' })); } - src/server.ts:201-207 (registration)Registration of the 'wiki_search' tool in the MCP server, which wraps the wikiSearch handler.
server.tool('wiki_search', 'Alias of wiki.search', wikiSearchShape, OPEN, async ({ q, lang }) => { const res = await wikiSearch(q, lang || 'vi'); return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(res) }] }; } ); - src/server.ts:193-193 (schema)Zod schema defining input parameters for wiki_search tool (q required, lang optional).
const wikiSearchShape = { q: z.string(), lang: z.string().optional() }; - src/server.ts:194-200 (registration)Primary registration of 'wiki.search' tool, of which wiki_search is an alias.
server.tool('wiki.search', 'Wikipedia title search (public API).', wikiSearchShape, OPEN, async ({ q, lang }) => { const res = await wikiSearch(q, lang || 'vi'); return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(res) }] }; } );