Wikipedia

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: wikipedia.org

Commands

Command	Description
opencli wikipedia search	Search Wikipedia articles
opencli wikipedia summary	Get Wikipedia article summary
opencli wikipedia random	Random Wikipedia article
opencli wikipedia trending	Trending Wikipedia articles
opencli wikipedia page <title>	Full plain-text article extract (optional paragraph cap)

Usage Examples

# Search articles
opencli wikipedia search "quantum computing" --limit 10

# Get article summary
opencli wikipedia summary "Artificial intelligence"

# Get the full article body (plain text, no silent truncation)
opencli wikipedia page "Transformer (deep learning architecture)"

# Cap to first 3 paragraphs explicitly
opencli wikipedia page "Photosynthesis" --paragraphs 3

# Use with other languages
opencli wikipedia search "人工智能" --lang zh
opencli wikipedia page "人工智能" --lang zh --paragraphs 5

# JSON output
opencli wikipedia search "Rust" -f json

Notes

• summary returns the lead-section blurb truncated to 300 chars (legacy convention)
• page returns the complete plain-text article body. Pass --paragraphs N to opt into a cap; default 0 means full article — no silent truncation

Prerequisites

• No browser required — uses public Wikipedia API