Entscheidsuche

🚀 Entscheidsuche MCP Server

An MCP server for accessing the entscheidsuche.ch Swiss legal decision search API, providing a standardized interface for large language models to search, retrieve, and analyze legal documents.

🚀 Quick Start

This server offers a standardized interface for accessing Swiss court decisions via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It enables large language models (LLMs) like Claude to search, retrieve, and analyze legal documents from the entscheidsuche.ch database.

✨ Features

• Resources: Access searchable Swiss court decisions.
• Tools: Search court decisions, obtain documents, and list courts by state.
• Prompt Templates: Templates for common legal research tasks.

📦 Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone [Repository URL]
cd entscheidsuche-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the server
npm run build

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Use with Claude Desktop

1. Open the settings of Claude Desktop.
2. Add the following content to the claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "entscheidsuche": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Absolute Path/entscheidsuche-mcp-server/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop.
4. Start asking questions for legal research!

Use with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node /path/to/entscheidsuche-mcp-server/build/index.js

Advanced Usage

Available Features

Resources

• entscheidsuche://scrapers - List all available scrapers/collections.
• entscheidsuche://scraper/{scraperId} - Get detailed information about a specific scraper.
• entscheidsuche://cases - Search legal cases.

Tools

• search-decisions: Search for decisions of the Swiss Federal Court.
• get-document: Retrieve a specific document.
• list-courts-by-state: List courts by state.

Prompt Templates

• compare-jurisdictions: Compare legal treatments in different jurisdictions.
• search-legal-precedents: Search for relevant legal precedents.
• court-decisions: Retrieve decisions of a specific court.

Example Queries

Basic Queries

# Search for decisions of the Federal Court
search-decisions --court Bundesgericht --keywords "Data Protection"

# Retrieve a specific document
get-document --id 123456

Advanced Queries

# Compare the handling of privacy rights in different states
compare-jurisdictions --jurisdiction Aargau VS Zürich --issue Privacy Rights

# Search for legal precedents related to artificial intelligence
search-legal-precedents --keywords "Artificial Intelligence" --year-range 2015-2023

🔧 Technical Details

• Handle rate limits.
• Implement authentication and error handling.
• Support multi - language output.

🤝 Contribution Guidelines

Instructions on how to contribute to the project, including the code repository address.

📄 License

The open - source license content of the project.