Lawstronaut MCP Server

Connect lawstronaut to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any AI agent that speaks the Model Context Protocol. Connect your AI to 50+ million laws and court cases!. Its 16 documented tools cluster into read & search, horizon, evidence. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with document and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-04 · ★ 2 · #256 OF 292 MAINTAINED API INTEGRATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

NOASSERTION · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Lawstronaut

before you install - you'll need

Set LAWSTRONAUT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add lawstronaut-fzco-lawstronaut-mcp --transport http https://mcp.lawstronaut.com

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lawstronaut-fzco-lawstronaut-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lawstronaut.com"
    }
  }
}

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://mcp.lawstronaut.com

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 remote - your agent's requests go to mcp.lawstronaut.com

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

license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

registry vendor namespace com.lawstronaut - domain-verified with the official MCP registry

03 · What Lawstronaut 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 list all jurisdictions (countries/states) in the Lawstronaut corpus - call first to get valid ISO codes for other tools, list legal domains with optional name filter and pagination, list subdomains for a domain ID - filter by name, paginate results, and list legal categories for a subdomain - filter by name, paginate results.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Lawstronaut lets an agent do.

read & search

14 tools - e.g. List all jurisdictions (countries/states) in the Lawstronaut corpus - call first to get valid ISO codes for other tools; List legal domains with optional name filter and pagination; List subdomains for a…

list_jurisdictions · list_domains · list_subdomains · list_categories · list_subcategories · list_law_types…

Horizon

1 tool - e.g. Scan recent legal changes in a jurisdiction - filter by topic, date window, and authority

horizon_scan

Evidence

1 tool - e.g. Get full citation chain for a document - metadata, legal link, source URL, and body text

evidence_pull

Latest releases

latest · 2026-07-14

04 · Who maintains Lawstronaut

Lawstronaut is maintained by lawstronaut-fzco. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

category
API integration - ranked #256 of 292 actively-maintained API integration servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence
1 release in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-14)
registry
com.lawstronaut/lawstronaut-mcp (active, first published 2026-07-08 · 4 versions)

06 · Lawstronaut FAQ

Is Lawstronaut still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-04 and it shipped 1 release in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Lawstronaut do?

With this server connected, an agent can list all jurisdictions (countries/states) in the Lawstronaut corpus - call first to get valid ISO codes for other tools, list legal domains with optional name filter and pagination, list subdomains for a domain ID - filter by name, paginate results, and list legal categories for a subdomain - filter by name, paginate results.

How do I install Lawstronaut?

Run `claude mcp add lawstronaut-fzco-lawstronaut-m --transport http https://mcp.lawstronaut.com`. The README documents one environment variable (LAWSTRONAUT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN) to set first. Set LAWSTRONAUT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Lawstronaut require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Lawstronaut

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