The Wolfram Local MCP Bridge allows AI applications to access Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language and the Wolfram Knowledgebase through the local Model Context Protocol (MCP) but is only intended for use by AI clients that cannot communicate or authenticate with MCP remote servers.

Once set up, these apps can directly use Wolfram-powered tools for accurate computations and knowledge queries.

The following instructions guide through installing the Wolfram MCP Service proxy application and configuring your client to connect to it. On macOS Claude and Cursor can be configured automatically.

Setting Up the Wolfram MCP Service application

1. Download the Wolfram MCP Service installer.
   
2. Open your Downloads folder. Double-click the installer file.

   

3. Double-click the icon to start the installation.
   
4. In the installer window, click Continue.

   

5. Click Install.

   

6. Wait for the installation to complete.

   

7. Open Wolfram MCP Service from the Applications folder.
   
8. Enter your Wolfram API key.

   

9. If your client is listed in the Automatic Configuration box,
   skip to the following
   Automatic Configuration section
   to complete the set up.
   Otherwise click Apply and continue here.
10. Click Copy MCP configuration.
11. Open your LLM’s configuration file (for example, mcp.json or config.json).
12. Add the following configuration:

    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "WolframTools": {
          "command": "/Applications/WolframMCPService.app/Contents/Resources/bin/mcp_server",
          "args": [],
          "env": {
            "WOLFRAM_AUTH_KEY": "<YOUR-WOLFRAM-API-KEY>"
          }
        }
      }
    }
    

13. Save the file.
14. Restart the LLM application.
15. Run a test query to confirm the MCP connection is working.

Setting Up the Wolfram Local MCP Bridge Application When Automatic Configuration is Supported

1. If you have not already, complete steps 1–8 of the installation and API key setup as described above.
2. In the Automatic Configuration section, select Claude or Cursor.

   

3. Click Apply to save the configuration.

Testing the Wolfram MCP Service application

We illustrate verifying your successful setup using the example of Claude. Please use equivalent steps in other AI applications.

1. Open Claude Desktop.
   
2. Open the Tools menu and select Connectors.

   

3. Verify that Wolfram is displayed and activated.
4. Start a new conversation.
5. Ask Claude a simple Wolfram-powered question.

   

6. Confirm the response is returned using a Wolfram tool.