World Bank MCP Server
About
An MCP server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API, allowing AI assistants to list indicators and analyse those indicators for available countries.
Details
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Jump to
- List available countries in the World Bank open data API
- List available indicators in the World Bank open data API
- Analyse indicators (e.g., population, poverty) for countries
- Comprehensive logging
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
World Bank MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Add a world_bank entry to your claude_desktop_config.json using the uv command with the server's directory path and run world_bank_mcp_server. Alternatively, install via Smithery using the CLI command npx -y @smithery/cli install @anshumax/world_bank_mcp_server --client claude.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"world bank mcp server": {
"anshumax_world_bank_mcp_server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@anshumax/world_bank_mcp_server",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"anshumax_world_bank_mcp_server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@anshumax/world_bank_mcp_server",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}World Bank MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with the open World Bank data API. This server allows AI assistants to list indicators and analyse those indicators for the countries that are available with the World Bank.
Features
- List available countries in the World Bank open data API
- List available indicators in the World Bank open data API
- Analyse indicators, such as population segments, poverty numbers etc, for countries
- Comprehensive logging
Usage
With Claude Desktop
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"world_bank": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"path/to/world_bank_mcp_server",
"run",
"world_bank_mcp_server"
]
}
}
}
Installing via Smithery
To install World Bank Data Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @anshumax/world_bank_mcp_server --client claude
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