A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API. This server allows AI assistants to list indicators
World Bank MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on World Bank directly instead of describing what you should do. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API. This server allows AI assistants to list indicators and analyse those indicators for the countries that are available with the World Bank.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"world_bank": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"path/to/world_bank_mcp_server",
"run",
"world_bank_mcp_server"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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