Wikipedia Tools

Search Wikipedia and optionally add results to a knowledge base with WikipediaTools.

wikipedia_tools.py

"""
Wikipedia Tools
=============================

Demonstrates wikipedia tools.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.knowledge.knowledge import Knowledge
from agno.tools.wikipedia import WikipediaTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


# Example 1: Basic Wikipedia search (without knowledge base)
agent = Agent(tools=[WikipediaTools()])

# Example 2: Wikipedia with knowledge base integration
knowledge_base = Knowledge()
kb_agent = Agent(tools=[WikipediaTools(knowledge=knowledge_base)])

# Test the agents

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response(
        "Search Wikipedia for 'artificial intelligence'", markdown=True
    )
    kb_agent.print_response(
        "Find information about machine learning and add it to knowledge base",
        markdown=True,
    )

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno openai wikipedia
   
3. Export your OpenAI API key

   Mac/Linux

   export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

   Save the code above as wikipedia_tools.py, then run:

   python wikipedia_tools.py
   

Full source: cookbook/91_tools/wikipedia_tools.py