CourtListener MCP Server

Name: CourtListener MCP Server
Author: io.github.Vaquill-AI

io.github.Vaquill-AI/courtlistener-mcp

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What is the CourtListener MCP server?

MCP for CourtListener: US federal and state opinions, dockets, judges, plus eCFR regulations.

How to install CourtListener

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: http

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

X-CourtListener-Token
required
secret
Your free CourtListener API token from https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/. The server never stores your key.

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "courtlistener-mcp": {
      "url": "https://courtlistener-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "courtlistener-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://courtlistener-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "courtlistener-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://courtlistener-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop connects to remote servers via the mcp-remote bridge.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "courtlistener-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://courtlistener-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp/"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http courtlistener-mcp https://courtlistener-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp/

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