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format_citation

MCP tool from German Law MCP by nenna-ai-GmbH

Format citations per German conventions (default/short/pinpoint)

How to use it

format_citation is exposed by the German Law MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the format_citation tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install German Law MCP

$npx @ansvar/german-law-mcp
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get_provision

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Get EU law references for specific provision

list_sources

Data provenance and source metadata

parse_citation

Parse § 823 Abs. 1 BGB or Art. 1 Abs. 1 GG into structured components

search_case_law

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search_eu_implementations

Search EU documents with German implementation counts

search_legislation

FTS5 search on 91,843 provisions with BM25 ranking

validate_citation

Validate citation against database (zero-hallucination check)

validate_eu_compliance

Check implementation status