Ris Austria MCP Server - install, status & alternatives [2026]

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 2026-09-30

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

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

With this server connected, an agent can search consolidated federal, state, and municipal law as in force on a date (default today), plus English translations of selected laws, search case law in one court or tribunal per call, across 17 court codes, browse the federal, state, district, and municipal gazettes, with federal history auto-routed back to 1848, and search ministerial review drafts (Begutachtungsentwürfe) and government bills (Regierungsvorlagen).

The 9 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what ris-austria-mcp-server lets an agent do.

ris_search_legislation: - Search consolidated federal, state, and municipal law as in force on a date (default today), plus English translations of selected laws
ris_search_case_law: - Search case law in one court or tribunal per call, across 17 court codes
ris_search_gazette: - Browse the federal, state, district, and municipal gazettes, with federal history auto-routed back to 1848
ris_search_drafts: - Search ministerial review drafts (Begutachtungsentwürfe) and government bills (Regierungsvorlagen)
ris_search_announcements: - Search seven sectoral collections, from social-insurance notices to ministerial decrees and council-of-ministers minutes
ris_lookup_citation: - Resolve one Austrian legal citation ("§ 6 DSG", "BGBl. I Nr. 165/1999", a Geschäftszahl) to its document
ris_get_document: - Fetch one document as markdown, HTML, or XML, or just its rendition URLs, with its binding status
ris_track_changes: - List every document added, changed, or deleted in one application within a date window
ris_list_reference: - Look up RIS vocabularies offline: applications, courts, states, ministries, gazette parts, citation formats, search syntax

Latest releases

v0.5.0 · 2026-09-25

Bounded raw documents, ogd URLs, 2025 ministries, page cap · ris_get_document: html/xml over 40,000 bytes returns the new kind: "link" with no text - fetch content_urls or read with markdown - and raw text is fenced in…

v0.4.4 · 2026-09-19

Table-cell escaping fix and mcp-ts-core 0.13.6 adoption · ris_list_reference escapes backslashes before table pipes in cell() - fixes corrupted cell values (#41) · CodeQL static analysis workflow added, running on…

v0.4.3 · 2026-09-13

Framework adoption and upstream error classification · Upstream 5xx classification moves to the framework; an envelope-less 5xx stays ServiceUnavailable and the RIS error envelope still translates first · An HTTP 501…

04 · Who maintains Ris Austria MCP Server

ris-austria-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 137 MCP servers from cyanheads - 131 actively maintained, 1,856 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 #206 of 998 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-25)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-07-10 · 18 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 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-25 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Ris Austria MCP Server do?

With this server connected, an agent can search consolidated federal, state, and municipal law as in force on a date (default today), plus English translations of selected laws, search case law in one court or tribunal per call, across 17 court codes, browse the federal, state, district, and municipal gazettes, with federal history auto-routed back to 1848, and search ministerial review drafts (Begutachtungsentwürfe) and government bills (Regierungsvorlagen).

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 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Ris Austria MCP Server

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