Wolfram Alpha API MCP server

Connect Wolfram Alpha API to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.

What you can do with the Wolfram Alpha API MCP server

Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.

  • Use the full results query tool in Wolfram Alpha API
  • Use the short answer tool in Wolfram Alpha API
  • Use the llm optimized query tool in Wolfram Alpha API
  • Use the simple image result tool in Wolfram Alpha API
  • Use the spoken result tool in Wolfram Alpha API
  • Use the validate query tool in Wolfram Alpha API

Supported Tools

full_results_query

Full Results Query

Submit a natural language query to Wolfram Alpha and receive comprehensive, structured results organized into categorized pods (e.g., Input Interpretation, Result, Charts, Properties). Supports filtering by pod ID, title, index, or scanner type. Results include plaintext, images, and assumptions for disambiguation. Use this when you need detailed, multi-faceted computational answers.

short_answer

Short Answer

Get a concise, single-line plaintext answer to a factual query. Ideal for quick lookups where you need a direct answer without additional context or structured data (e.g., "distance from Earth to Moon", "boiling point of water").

llm_query

LLM-Optimized Query

Submit a query and receive results in a text format optimized for consumption by large language models. Returns computed answers, image URLs, and links back to the Wolfram Alpha website. Best for AI-assisted workflows that need structured textual results.

simple_image

Simple Image Result

Get a downloadable image of the entire Wolfram Alpha result page. Useful for embedding visual results or sharing computed answers as images. Supports customization of layout, colors, font size, and image width.

spoken_result

Spoken Result

Get a natural language sentence phrasing the computed answer, designed for text-to-speech applications or conversational interfaces. Returns a human-readable sentence rather than raw data (e.g., "The population of France is approximately 67 million people.").

validate_query

Validate Query

Check whether Wolfram Alpha can understand and process a given query before sending a full request. Combines query validation (parsing check) and fast query recognition (result significance score and content domain classification). Useful for pre-screening queries to avoid unnecessary API calls.

Connect Wolfram Alpha API to your AI client

Every client uses the same Magic MCP URL, and so does any other MCP client. Add it once and sign in with SSO.

  1. Enable Wolfram Alpha API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Wolfram Alpha API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
  2. Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
  3. Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
  4. Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Wolfram Alpha API tools.

Run Wolfram Alpha API through the Metorial gateway

One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.

  • Give Wolfram Alpha API and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
  • Scope which teams and agents can use Wolfram Alpha API tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
  • Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.

More integrations teams use with Wolfram Alpha API

Google Sheets

Create, read, and update spreadsheets and their cell data. Read and write values to individual cells, ranges, or multiple ranges using A1 notation or named ranges. Apply cell formatting including text styles, backgrounds, borders, number formats, and conditional formatting. Manage sheets (tabs) within a spreadsheet—add, delete, copy, rename, and reorder them. Create and manage embedded charts, pivot tables, filter views, data validation rules, protected ranges, named ranges, and merged cells. Perform batch operations to apply multiple updates atomically.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Resolve site users to numeric Person/Group LookupId values. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Airtable

Create, read, update, and delete records in Airtable bases and tables. Manage base schemas including creating tables and fields. Filter records using formulas, sort by fields, and scope queries to specific views. Upsert records to find, create, or update in a single call. Upload attachments to records, read and write record comments, list accessible bases, and receive real-time base change events through webhooks.

Google Drive

Upload, download, create, copy, move, rename, trash, and permanently delete files and folders in Google Drive. Search for files using complex queries filtering by name, MIME type, owner, modification date, labels, and other metadata. Share files and folders with specific users, groups, or domains with role-based permissions (owner, writer, commenter, reader). Manage shared drives and their members. Export Google Workspace files (Docs, Sheets, Slides) to standard formats like PDF, DOCX, and XLSX. Track file revision history and restore earlier versions. Create, read, update, and delete threaded comments and replies on files. Read label definitions and search files by label. Browse the Drive apps installed for your account. Store app-specific data in a hidden per-user folder.

Technical notes for Wolfram Alpha API

Compute answers to mathematical and factual queries with Wolfram Alpha. Retrieve structured result pods, concise text answers, conversational phrases, downloadable result images, and LLM-oriented text. Refine full results using provider assumption and pod-state tokens, select result pods, and set a unit system or location context. Validate parsing and classify queries before computing full results.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Wolfram Alpha API to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. How many tools does the Wolfram Alpha API MCP server have?
    The Wolfram Alpha API MCP server exposes 6 tools, including Full Results Query, Short Answer, LLM-Optimized Query. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
  2. Wolfram Alpha API exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
  3. Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Wolfram Alpha API MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
  4. Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Wolfram Alpha API and which of its tools they can call.
  5. Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Wolfram Alpha API MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.

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