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Selection to Wikipedia

Highlight a name or topic, right-click, and get the Wikipedia summary for it in a clean panel.

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Selection to Wikipedia: a workflow with 6 steps, starting with Right-click a selection and ending with Show the summary.

  1. Right-click a selection (Context Menu — open its doc page)Note: Adds this workflow to the right-click menu whenever you have text selected.
  2. Get selected text (In-page action — open its doc page)Note: Reads the full text you highlighted on the page. The context-menu event only carries a short, truncated copy, so this node gets the complete selection reliably.
  3. Build the Wikipedia URL (Code — open its doc page)Note: Python: turns your selection into a Wikipedia page title and builds the summary API link. The last line is the result.
  4. Look up Wikipedia (Http Request — open its doc page)Note: Calls the free Wikipedia REST summary API — no credentials required.
  5. Pick the summary (Pick Field — open its doc page)Note: Pulls the summary paragraph out of the Wikipedia response.
  6. Show the summary (Display Markdown — open its doc page)Note: Displays the Wikipedia title and summary right where you're working.

Overview

Highlight a name or topic, right-click, and get the Wikipedia summary for it in a clean panel.

Good for

getting quick background on a name, place, or topic while you read.

How it works

  1. Right-click a selection

    Adds this workflow to the right-click menu whenever you have text selected.

  2. Get selected text

    Reads the full text you highlighted on the page. The context-menu event only carries a short, truncated copy, so this node gets the complete selection reliably.

  3. Build the Wikipedia URL

    Python: turns your selection into a Wikipedia page title and builds the summary API link. The last line is the result.

  4. Look up Wikipedia

    Calls the free Wikipedia REST summary API — no credentials required.

  5. Pick the summary

    Pulls the summary paragraph out of the Wikipedia response.

  6. Show the summary

    Displays the Wikipedia title and summary right where you're working.

Setup

  1. Install / enable the awflow browser extension.

Before anything installs

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Before you install, you see what this template can access and where it connects. Once it's installed, it asks before contacting a new website or using a connected app, and you can change any step.

Versions

  1. v2

    Initial release.

  2. v1

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