Is Legal Mcp safe to use?

Legal Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Legal Mcp?

Legal Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Legal Mcp?

Legal Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Legal Mcp actively maintained?

Legal Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 64 days ago. It has 50 GitHub stars.

Legal Mcp

Name: Legal Mcp
Author: Mahender22

legal-mcp · by Mahender22

The first comprehensive US legal MCP server -- case law, citations, practice management, and court filings for AI assistants

50 0 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 64d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

0 tools

Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "LEGAL_MCP_DEMO": "true"
      },
      "command": "C:/path/to/legal-mcp-env/Scripts/legal-mcp.exe"
    }
  }
}

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What Legal Mcp does

The first comprehensive US legal MCP server for AI assistants.

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Is Legal Mcp safe to use?: Legal Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Legal Mcp?: Legal Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Legal Mcp?: Legal Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Legal Mcp actively maintained?: Legal Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 64 days ago. It has 50 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "LEGAL_MCP_DEMO": "true"
      },
      "command": "C:/path/to/legal-mcp-env/Scripts/legal-mcp.exe"
    }
  }
}

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What Legal Mcp does

The first comprehensive US legal MCP server for AI assistants.

Test This Server

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README

LegalMCP

The first comprehensive US legal MCP server for AI assistants.

Connect Claude, GPT, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI to 4M+ US court opinions, Clio practice management, and PACER federal filings. Research in seconds, not hours.

30-Second Demo

You:  Find Supreme Court cases about Fourth Amendment and cell phone location data

LegalMCP:  Found 52 results. Top case:

  Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296 (2018)
  The Court held that accessing historical cell-site location
  information constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment,
  requiring a warrant supported by probable cause.

  → 127 cases cite this opinion
  → Full text: courtlistener.com/opinion/4578834

Why LegalMCP?

	Traditional Research	AI + LegalMCP
Find relevant cases	45-90 min	< 30 sec
Trace citation history	Open Westlaw, click around	"Who cited this case?"
Pull client billing	Log into Clio, navigate menus	"Total hours on Henderson?"
Monthly cost	$200-400 (Westlaw/Lexis)	Free

Quick Start

Install

We recommend using a virtual environment to avoid conflicts with other packages:

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv legal-mcp-env

# Windows
legal-mcp-env\Scripts\activate

# Mac/Linux
source legal-mcp-env/bin/activate

# Install
pip install legal-mcp

Or install from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/Mahender22/legal-mcp.git

Run

Want to try it without API keys? Enable demo mode first (optional):

# Mac/Linux
export LEGAL_MCP_DEMO=true

# Windows
set LEGAL_MCP_DEMO=true

Then start the server:

legal-mcp

Connect to Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Windows (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-mcp": {
      "command": "C:/path/to/legal-mcp-env/Scripts/legal-mcp.exe",
      "env": {
        "LEGAL_MCP_DEMO": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Mac/Linux (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-mcp": {
      "command": "/path/to/legal-mcp-env/bin/legal-mcp",
      "env": {
        "LEGAL_MCP_DEMO": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: Use the full path to legal-mcp inside your virtual environment. Remove the LEGAL_MCP_DEMO line and add your API keys for real data (see SETUP.md).

Connect to Claude Code

Run this command to add LegalMCP globally (available in every session):

Mac/Linux:

claude mcp add legal-mcp /path/to/legal-mcp-env/bin/legal-mcp

Windows:

claude mcp add legal-mcp C:\path\to\legal-mcp-env\Scripts\legal-mcp.exe

To enable demo mode, add the env flag:

Mac/Linux:

claude mcp add legal-mcp -e LEGAL_MCP_DEMO=true -- /path/to/legal-mcp-env/bin/legal-mcp

Windows:

claude mcp add legal-mcp -e LEGAL_MCP_DEMO=true -- C:\path\to\legal-mcp-env\Scripts\legal-mcp.exe

Tip: To add it to a specific project only, add -s project flag or create a .mcp.json file in your project root.

Connect to Cursor / Windsurf

LegalMCP works with any MCP-compatible client. Add the legal-mcp command to your AI tool's MCP server configuration.

Configuration

Set environment variables for API access. See SETUP.md for step-by-step instructions.

Variable	Required	Description
`COURTLISTENER_TOKEN`	Optional	Higher rate limits for case law search
`CLIO_TOKEN`	For

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

54/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−46

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked legal-mcp against OSV.dev.

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Legal Mcp safe to use?: Legal Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Legal Mcp?: Legal Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Legal Mcp?: Legal Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Legal Mcp actively maintained?: Legal Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 64 days ago. It has 50 GitHub stars.