Wolfram MCP Server

What is Wolfram MCP Server?

Wolfram MCP Server (Wolfram Cloud MCP) is Wolfram's free hosted MCP endpoint at https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp, giving AI assistants Wolfram|Alpha answers, Wolfram Language evaluation and Wolfram knowledge with no install or sign-in.

It is one of three Wolfram MCP options. The Cloud MCP described here is the lightweight remote one, aimed at chat clients like Claude and ChatGPT. Wolfram Local MCP connects AI coding tools to Wolfram software you have installed, and Wolfram Enterprise MCP covers organizational deployments.

How to use Wolfram MCP Server?

You need an MCP client that supports remote Streamable HTTP servers and an internet connection. There is no API key, account or local software to set up for this endpoint.

Server URL:

https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http wolfram https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Wolfram is listed in Claude's connector directory: in Claude Desktop, go to Customize → Connectors, search for Wolfram, click +, and make sure all Wolfram tools are enabled. On the web, open claude.ai/directory/connectors/wolfram and click Connect. You can also add it manually under Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector by pasting the server URL.

Cursor

Go to Tools & MCP → New MCP Server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Wolfram": {
      "url": "https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add the server to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "wolfram": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Wolfram's support article also covers ChatGPT (the Wolfram app), Cline, Continue, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed and Antigravity. Clients without native remote support can use npx mcp-remote https://agenttools.wolfram.com/mcp.

Key features of Wolfram MCP Server

• Hosted by Wolfram and free to use; Wolfram says no extra subscription is needed at this time.
• No authentication: the endpoint is open to anonymous MCP clients.
• Wolfram|Alpha natural-language queries for up-to-date computational answers in chemistry, physics, geography, history, astronomy and more.
• A Wolfram Language kernel for exact maths, symbolic computation, units (Quantity), dates and entities.
• Semantic search over Wolfram material, so the model can ground its answers before computing.
• Works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients over Streamable HTTP.

Wolfram MCP Server tools

The probe of the endpoint returned three tools:

• WolframContext: semantic search over Wolfram information. The tool description tells the model to call it at the start of a conversation, or when the topic changes, with a detailed natural-language context of up to 250 words.
• WolframLanguageEvaluator: runs Wolfram Language code in a kernel. Natural language can be embedded with \[FreeformPrompt]["query"], which works like ctrl+= input in notebooks. Formatted results may come back as Markdown links.
• WolframAlpha: sends natural-language queries to Wolfram|Alpha for computed facts about entities and quantities.

Use cases of Wolfram MCP Server

• Exact maths: "Solve x^3 - 6x^2 + 11x - 6 = 0 and factor the polynomial."
• Unit-aware science: "How long does light take to travel from the Sun to Mars at its average distance?"
• Data lookups: "Compare the populations and GDP of Japan and Germany."
• Plots and symbolic work: "Plot sin(x)/x from -20 to 20 and give its integral over the real line."
• Checking a model's arithmetic or a derivation in a chat before relying on it.

Troubleshooting Wolfram MCP Server

• Earlier results are not remembered. The Cloud MCP does not support sessions; each request is independent, so put everything a computation needs into one call.
• File upload or download fails. The hosted service does not support file upload or download. For local files, Wolfram points to Wolfram Local MCP.
• Tools are missing in Claude. After connecting, check that all Wolfram tools are enabled in the connector settings.
• The client cannot connect to remote servers. Use the mcp-remote bridge shown in Wolfram's setup examples.