Wolfram AlphaSAFE
Connect your chat repl to wolfram alpha computational intelligence
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
A MCP server to connect to wolfram alpha API.
Components
Prompts
This is analogous to the !wa bang in duckduckgo search.
def wa(query: str) -> f"Use wolfram alpha to answer the following question: {query}"Tools
Query Wolfram Alpha api.
def query_wolfram_alpha(query: str) -> str
Configuration
You must set the WOLFRAM_API_KEY environment variable. Get an api ket from Wolfram Alpha.
This was tested with the full results API, but it might not be required.
{
"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"
}
}
}
}Development
Debugging
Since the official MCP inspector does not have good environment support, I reccommend using wong2's mcp-cli-inspector.
Create a config.json file in the same style as claude desktop.
{
"mcpServers": {
"MCP-wolfram-alpha": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/full/path/to/MCP-wolfram-alpha",
"run",
"MCP-wolfram-alpha"
],
"env": {
"WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "your-app-id"
}
}
}
}Then run:
npx @wong2/mcp-cli -c .\config.json
7454f590056fOBSERVED · 2026-10-07Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add mcp-wolfram-alpha --env WOLFRAM_API_KEY=${WOLFRAM_API_KEY} -- uvx mcp-wolfram-alpha{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-wolfram-alpha": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-wolfram-alpha"
],
"env": {
"WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "${WOLFRAM_API_KEY}"
}
}
}
}Exposed tools (1)
1 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
query-wolfram-alpha | read | Use Wolfram Alpha to answer a question. This tool should be used when you need complex math or symbolic intelligence. |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (2 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (0)
No findings outside the package's declared scope.
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
7454f590056ffull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/secretiveshell__wolfram-alpha.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 7454f590056f | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Wolfram Alpha MCP server?
Connect your chat repl to wolfram alpha computational intelligence
What tools does Wolfram Alpha expose?
1 in total: 1 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Wolfram Alpha safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Wolfram Alpha need?
It reads WOLFRAM_API_KEY from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does Wolfram Alpha run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as mcp-wolfram-alpha.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (7454f590056f), read on 2026-10-07. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.