Ris Austria MCP Server

@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server Search Austrian consolidated federal & state law, court decisions, and the authentic Bundesgesetzblatt from the official RIS via MCP. Keyless. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Its 13 documented tools cluster into ris, language, scope, stage.

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-25 · ★ 2 · #176 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Ris Austria MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-ris-austria-mcp-server --transport http https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-ris-austria-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-08-25

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to ris-austria.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

repo age created 2026-07-04 - young repo, little track record yet

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Ris Austria MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 13 documented tools across ris, language, scope, including ris_search_legislation, ris_search_case_law, ris_search_gazette, ris_search_drafts.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Ris Austria MCP Server lets an agent do.

Ris

9 tools - e.g. Search consolidated federal, state, and municipal law, one document per §/Artikel/Anlage, filtered to the version in force on a given date (defaults to today). ; Search Austrian case law (Judikatur), one…

ris_search_legislation · ris_search_case_law · ris_search_gazette · ris_search_drafts · ris_search_announcements · ris_lookup_citation…

Language

1 tool - e.g. english serves the Erv collection of selected English translations

language

Scope

1 tool - e.g. federal, one of the nine Bundesländer, district (Bezirksverwaltungsbehörden), or municipal (authentic municipal promulgations)

scope

Stage

1 tool - e.g. review_drafts covers ministerial drafts in public review (Begutachtungsentwürfe). in_review_on answers what is in review on a given date

stage

Format

1 tool - e.g. markdown (default, boilerplate stripped), raw html, RIS xml, or urls_only

format

Latest releases

v0.4.2 · 2026-08-25

SDK v2 contracts and cache hints · serves MCP 2026-07-28 alongside 2025 clients, with cache hints for catalogs and RIS documents · rejects undeclared root tool inputs, advertises error envelopes, and maps RIS client…

v0.4.1 · 2026-07-31

heading-free documents now window instead of returning whole · ris_get_document / ris://document/… outlines markdown that overflows the 40,000-byte budget and carries no §/Artikel/Anlage headings into byte windows…

v0.4.0 · 2026-07-31

single companion url, every companion filename accepted · ris_search_drafts materials collapses to one url per companion - the · companion's HTML rendition, or its PDF where RIS files none - instead · of an object of…

04 · Who maintains Ris Austria MCP Server

ris-austria-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 125 MCP servers from cyanheads - 124 actively maintained, 1,730 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server
category: other - ranked #176 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-25)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-07-10 · 15 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server

06 · Ris Austria MCP Server FAQ

Is Ris Austria MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-25 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Ris Austria MCP Server do?

An agent gets 13 documented tools across ris, language, scope, including ris_search_legislation, ris_search_case_law, ris_search_gazette, ris_search_drafts.

How do I install Ris Austria MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server`. The README documents 2 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Ris Austria MCP Server require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-08-25; you can connect without credentials.

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