Mathematica Docs MCP server for AI agents

The Mathematica Documentation MCP server allows you to access Mathematica documentation directly within Claude. It provides tools to look up function documentation and list package symbols, making it easier to work with Mathematica from your AI assistant.

Installation

Prerequisites

Python with pip
Mathematica installed (or at least wolframscript available in your terminal)
- You can use the free Wolfram Engine for developers if you don't have full Mathematica

Setting Up

First, install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Server

To start the server in development mode:

mcp dev path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py

Installation for Claude

To install the server for Claude:

mcp install path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py

Alternatively, you can manually add the following to your Claude/Cline configuration:

"mathematica-docs": {
  "command": "uv",
  "args": [
    "run",
    "--with",
    "mcp",
    "mcp",
    "run",
    "/path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py"
  ]
}

Troubleshooting Installation

If using uv with mcp causes issues on Linux/macOS versions of Claude-desktop, use this alternative configuration:

"mathematica-docs": {
  "command": "/path/to/mcp",
  "args": [
    "run",
    "/path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py"
  ]
}

To find the correct path to mcp, run which mcp in your terminal.

Custom Wolframscript Path

If your wolframscript is not in the system path or you need to specify a custom path, you can set it using an environment variable:

export WOLFRAMSCRIPT_PATH="/usr/bin/wolframscript"

Or add it to your MCP configuration:

"mathematica-docs": {
  "command": "...",
  "args": "...",
  "env": {
    "WOLFRAMSCRIPT_PATH": "/usr/bin/wolframscript"
  }
}

Using the Tools

The plugin provides the following commands:

Getting Documentation

Use get_docs to retrieve documentation for Mathematica functions:

Basic usage:
```
get_docs("Plot")
```

With package:

get_docs("WeightSystem", packages=["LieART"])

With addon:

get_docs("FCFeynmanParametrize", packages=["FeynCalc"], load_addons=["FeynArts"])

Listing Package Symbols

Use list_package_symbols to see all available functions in a package:

list_package_symbols("FeynCalc")

Known Issues

You may see debug messages like INFO Processing request of type __init__.py:431 ListToolsRequest in Cline. These can be safely ignored and won't affect functionality.
Some Mathematica documentation may contain complex styling that could influence Claude's responses. If needed, instruct Claude to ignore styling format and write in InputForm only.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "mathematica-docs" '{"command":"uv","args":["run","--with","mcp","mcp","run","/path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mathematica-docs": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "--with",
                "mcp",
                "mcp",
                "run",
                "/path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mathematica-docs": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "--with",
                "mcp",
                "mcp",
                "run",
                "/path/to/mcp-mma-doc.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect