A Wolfram-centric Claude plugin for AI-assisted computational research. Turns a folder with code and resources into an organized repo, maintains the repo, gathers and summarizes resources, grows a wiki knowledge base, scaffolds a LaTeX paper, turns Wolfram code into a paclet, helps with its compilation and publication, generates expository Wolfram notebooks via Markdown and publishes them on Wolfram Cloud, offers a tour guiding a human through the project, offers a revision workflow and explicit activity logging.
Install from the WolframInstitute plugin marketplace:
claude plugin marketplace add WolframInstitute/ClaudePluginMarketplace
claude plugin install computational-research@WolframInstituteClaude Desktop app: Install from the plugin marketplace GUI. Note: Claude Desktop runs in a VM (Cowork mode) where filesystem access is limited — this path has not been fully tested.
The author uses the plugin with the Claude Code extension for VS Code.
The plugin works best with Wolfram Engine (or Mathematica) and the following MCP servers:
| Server | Required | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfram (official) | yes | Wolfram Language evaluation, notebook generation | Wolfram/MCPServer |
| arxiv-latex-mcp | recommended | LaTeX source of arXiv papers | takashiishida/arxiv-latex-mcp |
| arxiv | recommended | Search and download arXiv papers | blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server |
| wolfram (unofficial) | optional | Wolfram Language LSP | sw1sh/WolframMCP |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| project-init | Scaffold a new project (research, paclet-dev, or standalone paclet) |
| paper-init | Create Paper/ with LaTeX article templates (amsart, biblatex, shared macros) |
| wiki-init | Initialize a plain-markdown knowledge base (Wiki/) in any repo |
| wiki-update | Update wiki articles, index, status, and log after changes |
| wiki-health | Audit the wiki for stale articles, broken links, and gaps |
| wiki-plan | Create or update structured plans with history tracking |
| revise | Human revision protocol for code, functionality, and deliverables |
| resource-add | Add papers, repos, notebooks, or other resources with recovery info |
| notebook-create | Create or modify Wolfram notebooks via Markdown→MCP pipeline |
| tour-start | Interactive guided tour with narrative and runnable code per section |
| wolfram-resources | Search Wolfram docs, Function Repository, Community, and Wolfram writings |
| paclet-build | Build a Wolfram paclet archive and install locally |
| paclet-publish | Build, install, and publish a paclet to Wolfram Cloud |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/computational-research:new-project |
Scaffold a new project (research, paclet-dev, paclet) |
/computational-research:init-paper |
Create Paper/ with LaTeX templates |
/computational-research:init-wiki |
Initialize Wiki/ knowledge base |
/computational-research:update-wiki |
Update wiki after changes |
/computational-research:check-wiki |
Audit wiki for staleness and gaps |
/computational-research:plan |
Create or update a structured plan |
/computational-research:add-resource |
Add a paper or resource to the wiki |
/computational-research:new-notebook |
Create a Wolfram notebook |
/computational-research:search-wolfram |
Search Wolfram ecosystem resources |
/computational-research:build-paclet |
Build paclet and install locally |
/computational-research:publish-paclet |
Build, install, publish to Wolfram Cloud |
/computational-research:start-tour |
Start or resume a guided project tour |
/computational-research:check-env |
Check Wolfram kernel and MCP availability |
/computational-research:load-project |
Summarize project status from wiki |
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