get_summary

MCP tool from Wikipedia MCP by Rudra-ravi

Get a concise summary of a Wikipedia article.

How to use it

get_summary is exposed by the Wikipedia MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get_summary tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Wikipedia MCP

$npx -y @smithery/cli install @Rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp --client claude

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Other tools in Wikipedia MCP (20)

List of coordinate objects with latitude, longitude, and metadata

(integer, optional): Number of key facts to extract (default: 5)

Any error message if retrieval failed

Whether the article exists

extract_key_facts

Extract key facts from a Wikipedia article, optionally focused on a specific topic within the article.

Get the full content of a Wikipedia article.

get_coordinates

Get the coordinates of a Wikipedia article.

Get the links contained within a Wikipedia article.

get_related_topics

Get topics related to a Wikipedia article based on links and categories.

Get the sections of a Wikipedia article.

(integer, optional): Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

(integer, optional): Maximum length of the summary (default: 250)

The page ID

(string): The search term

search_wikipedia

Search Wikipedia for articles matching a query.

(string): The title of the section to summarize

summarize_article_for_query

Get a summary of a Wikipedia article tailored to a specific query.

summarize_article_section

Get a summary of a specific section of a Wikipedia article.

(string): The title of the Wikipedia article

topic_within_article

(string, optional): A specific topic within the article to focus fact extraction