World Bank MCP Server

What does “World Bank” MCP Server do?

The World Bank MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that facilitates seamless interaction with the open World Bank data API. Designed to empower AI assistants and development workflows, it enables users to easily list available countries and indicators from the World Bank’s open data repository. The server also provides analytical capabilities for various indicators, such as population segments and poverty metrics, across supported countries. By integrating this MCP server, developers and AI systems can efficiently query global economic and social indicators, automate data retrieval and analysis, and include comprehensive logging for traceability. This enhances the ability of AI agents to access, analyze, and utilize real-world data for tasks such as reporting, research, and decision-making.

List of Prompts

No explicit prompt templates are documented in the available repository files or README.

List of Resources

• List available countries: Provides a resource for retrieving the list of countries supported by the World Bank open data API.
• List available indicators: Exposes a dataset of all indicators available from the World Bank API.
• Indicator analysis: Supplies analytical data for specific indicators (e.g., population, poverty) per country.

List of Tools

No explicit list of tools is documented in the available repository files or README. Details about server.py or individual tool implementations are not present.

Use Cases of this MCP Server

• Global Data Analysis: Easily access and analyze World Bank indicators such as GDP, population, or poverty rates for supported countries, benefitting researchers and policymakers.
• Automated Reporting: Integrate with AI assistants to generate up-to-date economic reports or insights using authoritative World Bank data.
• Education and Research: Facilitate academic exploration of international development trends by programmatically retrieving datasets for classroom or scholarly use.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Enable organizations to make informed decisions based on real-time, standardized data from the World Bank.
• Comprehensive Logging: Support compliance and traceability requirements with built-in logging of data access and analysis actions.

How to set it up

Windsurf

No setup instructions for Windsurf are provided in the repository or documentation.

Claude

1. Ensure you have Node.js and the uv package installed.

2. Locate your claude_desktop_config.json configuration file.

3. Add the World Bank MCP Server under the mcpServers object:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "world_bank": {
         "command": "uv",
         "args": [
           "--directory", 
           "path/to/world_bank_mcp_server",
           "run",
           "world_bank_mcp_server"
         ]
       }
     }
   }
   

4. Save the configuration and restart Claude Desktop.

5. Verify the server is accessible via the MCP interface.

Cursor

No setup instructions for Cursor are provided in the repository or documentation.

Cline

No setup instructions for Cline are provided in the repository or documentation.

Securing API Keys

No API key is required for the World Bank open data API as per the documentation. If needed, you would typically use environment variables like:

{
  "env": {
    "API_KEY": "${API_KEY}"
  },
  "inputs": {
    "api_key": "${API_KEY}"
  }
}

How to use this MCP inside flows

Using MCP in FlowHunt

To integrate MCP servers into your FlowHunt workflow, start by adding the MCP component to your flow and connecting it to your AI agent:

Click on the MCP component to open the configuration panel. In the system MCP configuration section, insert your MCP server details using this JSON format:

{
  "world_bank": {
    "transport": "streamable_http",
    "url": "https://yourmcpserver.example/pathtothemcp/url"
  }
}

Once configured, the AI agent is now able to use this MCP as a tool with access to all its functions and capabilities. Remember to change “world_bank” to whatever the actual name of your MCP server is and replace the URL with your own MCP server URL.

Overview

Our opinion

The World Bank MCP Server provides valuable integration for global data analysis but lacks clear documentation for prompts, tools, and setup for some platforms. The open nature of the World Bank API simplifies access. However, the absence of detailed prompt and tool definitions limits extensibility. Overall, it is a specialized but somewhat basic MCP implementation.

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