lookup_wikipedia
Get a Wikipedia article summary (first paragraph, image, related links). Use for research agents that need factual context. Example call: {"topic": "Model Context Protocol"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What lookup_wikipedia does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call lookup_wikipedia to retrieve information from GoCreative Agent API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
topic | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why lookup_wikipedia is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries publicly available Wikipedia data with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial implications. It is purely informational retrieval, fitting the 'Read' category. Severity is low because misuse would only surface incorrect or irrelevant information to an agent, with minimal blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'lookup_wikipedia' and description states 'Get a Wikipedia article summary (first paragraph, image, related links)' with explicit use case 'for research agents that need factual context.' The example call demonstrates a straightforward query for…
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The rule that runs lookup_wikipedia safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoCreative Agent API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For lookup_wikipedia, this is the rule to start with:
lookup_wikipedia is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect GoCreative Agent API, apply this rule, and every lookup_wikipedia call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about lookup_wikipedia
Get a Wikipedia article summary (first paragraph, image, related links). Use for research agents that need factual context. Example call: {"topic": "Model Context Protocol"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoCreative Agent API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
lookup_wikipedia accepts 1 parameter: topic. Required: topic. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GoCreative Agent API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for lookup_wikipedia: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches GoCreative Agent API. Nothing to install.
lookup_wikipedia is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the lookup_wikipedia rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for lookup_wikipedia. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
lookup_wikipedia is provided by the GoCreative Agent API MCP server (https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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