You **must** set the `WOLFRAM_API_KEY` environment variable. Get an api ket from [Wolfram Alpha](https://products.wolframalpha.com/api).
Mcp wolfram alpha mcp server connects MCP Wolfram Alpha to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. You must set the WOLFRAM_API_KEY environment variable. Get an api ket from Wolfram Alpha.
You must set the WOLFRAM_API_KEY environment variable. Get an api ket from Wolfram Alpha.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 3 tools directly:
Prompts — The Prompts tool exposed by this serverTools — The Tools tool exposed by this serverDebugging — Since the official MCP inspector does not have good environment support, I reccommend using wong2's mcp-cli-inspectorThe server is distributed via npm as @wong2/mcp-cli, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: WOLFRAM_API_KEY. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. MCP Wolfram Alpha sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Prompts, Tools, Debugging — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prompts | The Prompts tool exposed by this server. |
| Tools | The Tools tool exposed by this server. |
| Debugging | Since the official MCP inspector does not have good environment support, I reccommend using wong2's [mcp-cli-inspector](https://github.com/wong2/mcp-cli). |
{
"mcpServers": {
"MCP-wolfram-alpha": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"C:\\Users\\root\\Documents\\MCP-wolfram-alpha",
"run",
"MCP-wolfram-alpha"
],
"env": {
"WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "your-app-id"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| WOLFRAM_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.