How do I connect Jurisd MCP Server to Claude?

Run `claude mcp add jurisd -- npx -y jurisd` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.

Is Jurisd MCP Server free?

The listed licence is Apache-2.0. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can Jurisd MCP Server do?

Jurisd MCP Server documents 12 tools to the agent, including bibliography, cite, fetch_document_text. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

Jurisd

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jurisd is an open, local-first research and drafting workbench for AU/NZ law. It gives you, or the AI assistant you already use, fast answers from legislation and case law where every claim traces back to the primary source. It runs locally by default, so confidential and privileged work never has to leave your machine.

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01 / Choose your client

02 / Before you connect

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Install the runtime required by the project and make it available to your client.

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03 / Add the configuration

Source: generated from public install instructions

claude mcp add --transport stdio 'jurisd' -- 'npx' '-y' 'jurisd'

Run in your terminal after replacing any placeholders.

04 / Check it in your client

Open your client’s MCP settings and confirm the server connects and lists its tools. A copied configuration does not confirm a working connection.

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12 of 12 tools

Documented tools (12)

From project documentation. A server handshake does not verify each tool’s description or behavior.

bibliography

Read the local citation cache (no network). op: get, list (default), export (.bib), citedby.

cite

Write to the local citation cache. action: add (default) or refreshsource (conditional-HEAD freshness check).

fetch_document_text

Fetch full text from an AustLII URL (HTML, PDF).

find_citing

Documents in installed modules that cite a target, with each citation's provenance span.

format_citation

Format an AGLC4 citation. mode: full (default), short, ibid, subsequent, pinpoint.

get_act_structure

Containment tree of an Act (Act → Part → Division → section/schedule/clause) over actprovision edges, closed-world.

get_provision

Deterministic provision lookup (e.g. s 18 of an Act). No embedding, no ranking; typed not-found so the router can fall through.

list_data_modules

Introspect installed modules: coverage, doc/chunk counts, embedding descriptor, load status, snapshot date and staleness.

resolve_citation

Resolve a citation to its source. mode: auto (default), validate (AustLII existence check), search.

search_cases

Natural-language case-law search across all AU/NZ jurisdictions; authority ranking; title/phrase/boolean methods; pagination.

search_legislation

Search AU/NZ legislation with the same method/jurisdiction/sort controls.

semantic_search_local

Vector recall: the query is embedded locally (bge-small, offline, no key) and ranked by cosine over chunk embeddings, with optional facet pre-filters.

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Questions about Jurisd MCP Server

How do I connect Jurisd MCP Server to Claude?: Run `claude mcp add jurisd -- npx -y jurisd` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.
Is Jurisd MCP Server free?: The listed licence is Apache-2.0. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can Jurisd MCP Server do?: Jurisd MCP Server documents 12 tools to the agent, including bibliography, cite, fetch_document_text. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.