Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
Version 0.1.4 - Added a requirement for OpenClaw to always disclose when information is retrieved via this skill, promoting transparency and proper attribution. - Instructed to include a Wikipedia link or an explicit statement identifying Wikipedia as the source in all outputs. - Added guidance to notify users if a newer version of the wikipedia Python module is available, including details on current and latest versions. - Emphasized these transparency measures to improve user awareness and encourage regular updates for enhanced functionality and security.
What This Skill Does
Searches English Wikipedia, retrieves page content, and returns structured summaries including title, summary text, and URL. Uses the Python `wikipedia` module. Developed on Ubuntu; the developer requests feedback on cross-platform behavior.
The `wikipedia` Python module handles search ranking, disambiguation errors, and structured output automatically, removing the need to parse raw MediaWiki API responses.
When to use it
- Looking up a historical figure's biography
- Getting a quick summary of a scientific or technical concept
- Finding a Wikipedia URL to include in a document or report
- Resolving ambiguous search terms by listing related Wikipedia pages
- Retrieving English Wikipedia content for translation into another language
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Who was Alan Turing?
- 1Sets Wikipedia language to English
- 2Searches Wikipedia for 'Alan Turing' with results limited to 3
- 3Selects the most relevant page title from results
- 4Retrieves the page summary and URL
- 5Returns structured data with title, summary, and source URL
{"title": "Alan Turing", "summary": "Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician...", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing"}