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Find the shortest chain of in-text links from one Edgepedia article to another (at most 6 hops), with the sentence that makes each hop; pass two ids as `search` returns them.

tostring, required

The target article, named the same ways.

fromstring, required

The starting article's id (such as "koala"), its ep… id, or its title.

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connect

Find the shortest chain of in-text links from one Edgepedia article to another (at most 6 hops), with the sentence that makes each hop; pass two ids as `search` returns them.

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Argument	Type	Description
to*	string	The target article, named the same ways.
from*	string	The starting article's id (such as "koala"), its ep… id, or its title.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "from",
    "to"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "to": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The target article, named the same ways."
    },
    "from": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The starting article's id (such as \"koala\"), its ep… id, or its title."
    }
  }
}

fetch

Read an encyclopedia article in full: one Edgepedia article as Markdown with its citations, by a `search` result's id. Returns id, title, text, url, and metadata (topic path, license, credit). A `topic:` id lists that topic's parent, narrower topics, and articles, 120 a page; `topic:root` is the top of the tree, `topic:geo` the geography tree. `citations: false` gives [n] markers instead of inline source links. Show the `credit` line with any text you quote.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	The id of a search result (the last part of the article's address, such as "mount-fuji", or a topic's "topic:…" id).
ids	array	More ids to fetch with `id` in one call, up to 10 in all.
cite	string	Add a reference in this format (csl, bibtex, ris, apa, mla, chicago, harvard).
page	integer	A topic only: which page of its articles, from 1.
links	string	Add the articles linking here (in), the links it makes (out), or both.
query	string	Only the 3 passages that best match these words, each with a `cite_url`.
quote	string	A sentence from the article, or a chunk id: adds a `cite_url` that opens the page at it.
chunks	boolean	true = the text as paragraphs with stable ids, in `chunks`.
cursor	string	Where to continue, from a cut text's `next_cursor`.
format	string	The text as plain text, HTML, JSON-LD, or Turtle instead of Markdown.
length	string	snippet or lead for a short text; full (default) for the whole article.

Find encyclopedia articles related to an Edgepedia article: its topic-mates, a few from each neighboring topic, and its geography neighbors. Pass its id, as for `fetch`. Returns groups of results; `fetch` a group's `topic` id for more.

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Argument	Type	Description
by	string	"links" = articles cited together with it, and articles linking to what it links to.
id*	string	An article's id, as `search` returns it (such as "mount-fuji").

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "by": {
      "enum": [
        "links"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "\"links\" = articles cited together with it, and articles linking to what it links to."
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An article's id, as `search` returns it (such as \"mount-fuji\")."
    }
  }
}

resolve

Find which encyclopedia article a name means: Edgepedia's best match for a person, place, thing, or concept named in a text, with a confidence, whether the name is ambiguous, and the alternatives. Pass the name ("Mercury"), and optionally words from the text around it (`context`: "planet orbit") or a topic id the article must sit under (`type`). Returns `result` (id, title, url) and `alternatives`; pass an id to `fetch`.

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Argument	Type	Description
name*	string	The name as the text gives it.
type	string	Only articles under this topic id (as `fetch` topic:… names it, without "topic:").
limit	integer	Candidates to return, 1 to 10 (default 5).
context	string	Words from the text around the name, which favor the article they fit.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name as the text gives it."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only articles under this topic id (as `fetch` topic:… names it, without \"topic:\")."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Candidates to return, 1 to 10 (default 5)."
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Words from the text around the name, which favor the article they fit."
    }
  }
}

Search an encyclopedia for facts about a person, place, thing, event, or concept: Edgepedia, more than 400,000 articles with citations. Pass the subject's name ("Mount Fuji", "photosynthesis"), not a question; other names and misspellings match, and when no title matches, articles whose text does follow, marked `match: fulltext`. Returns results with id, title, url, and preview text, plus a `topic:` result when the query names a topic ("painters"); pass an id to `fetch`. `limit` and `page` reach further results.

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Argument	Type	Description
page	integer	Which page of results, from 1.
sort	string	central = the most-linked subjects first.
first	boolean	true = only the best match.
limit	integer	Results a page, 1 to 30 (default 10).
query*	string	The name of a subject, or words from an article title.
topic	string	Only articles under this topic id (as `fetch` topic:… names it, without "topic:").

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Which page of results, from 1."
    },
    "sort": {
      "enum": [
        "relevance",
        "central"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "central = the most-linked subjects first."
    },
    "first": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true = only the best match."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 30,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results a page, 1 to 30 (default 10)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of a subject, or words from an article title."
    },
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only articles under this topic id (as `fetch` topic:… names it, without \"topic:\")."
    }
  }
}

{ "type": "object", "required": [ "id" ], "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "description": "The id of a search result (the last part of the article's address, such as \"mount-fuji\", or a topic's \"topic:…\" id)." }, "ids": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "More ids to fetch with `id` in one call, up to 10 in all." }, "cite": { "enum": [ "csl", "bibtex", "ris", "apa", "mla", "chicago", "harvard" ], "type": "string", "description": "Add a reference in this format (csl, bibtex, ris, apa, mla, chicago, harvard)." }, "page": { "type": "integer", "description": "A topic only: which page of its articles, from 1." }, "links": { "enum": [ "in", "out", "both" ], "type": "string", "description": "Add the articles linking here (in), the links it makes (out), or both." }, "query": { "type": "string", "description": "Only the 3 passages that best match these words, each with a `cite_url`." }, "quote": { "type": "string", "description": "A sentence from the article, or a chunk id: adds a `cite_url` that opens the page at it." }, "chunks": { "type": "boolean", "description": "true = the text as paragraphs with stable ids, in `chunks`." }, "cursor": { "type": "string", "description": "Where to continue, from a cut text's `next_cursor`." }, "format": { "enum": [ "text", "html", "jsonld", "turtle" ], "type": "string", "description": "The text as plain text, HTML, JSON-LD, or Turtle instead of Markdown." }, "length": { "enum": [ "snippet", "lead", "full" ], "type": "string", "description": "snippet or lead for a short text; full (default) for the whole article." }, "tables": { "type": "boolean", "description": "true = add the article's tables as JSON and CSV." }, "outline": { "type": "boolean", "description": "true = add the list of the article's headings." }, "section": { "type": "string", "description": "Only this section, by its heading (\"Etymology\", \"History\")." }, "citations": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Default true. false = [n] markers instead of inline source links; the numbered reference list stays." }, "links_page": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "description": "With links \"in\" or \"both\": which 30 articles linking here, from 1." }, "max_tokens": { "type": "integer", "description": "Cut the text at a section boundary to about this many tokens; pass `next_cursor` as `cursor` for the rest." } } }