Legal Data Hunter MCP Server

Open-source collection scripts for open legal data from 110+ countries. Every country publishes its laws, court decisions, and regulations online -- but in different formats, behind different APIs, with different access rules. World Wide Law is building the open infrastructure to collect, normalize, and make all of it searchable. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-03 · ★ 351 · #376 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

AGPL-3.0 · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Legal Data Hunter

Claude Code

claude mcp add worldwidelaw-legal-sources --transport http https://legaldatahunter.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "worldwidelaw-legal-sources": {
      "url": "https://legaldatahunter.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://legaldatahunter.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · 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 remote - your agent's requests go to legaldatahunter.com

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

registry registry publisher io.github.ZachLaik is not the repo owner (worldwidelaw) - the registry entry was published by someone else

03 · Who maintains Legal Data Hunter

legal-data-hunter is maintained by worldwidelaw. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

04 · Facts

repository: github.com/worldwidelaw/legal-sources
website: https://legaldatahunter.com/
category: other - ranked #376 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.ZachLaik/legal-data-hunter (active, first published 2026-04-05 · 3 versions)

05 · Legal Data Hunter FAQ

What is Legal Data Hunter?

Is Legal Data Hunter still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-03. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Legal Data Hunter?

Run `claude mcp add worldwidelaw-legal-sources --transport http https://legaldatahunter.com/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Legal Data Hunter require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-08-25, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

06 · Alternatives to Legal Data Hunter

Alternatives to Legal Data Hunter

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