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We built the part of legal AI that was missing.

openlaw-mcp is a free, open-source server that connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Codex to real UK and EU law. Every answer comes with a working source link — so your AI quotes what's actually there, not what it thinks should be there.

Add this MCP server URL into your AI appWorks with Claude (Settings → Connectors), ChatGPT, Cursor and more
https://openlawmcp.legalaispace.com/v1/mcp
Visit openlawmcp.comSource on GitHub

For research and information only. Not legal advice — always verify against the source URL.

What it pulls from

  • Find Case Law (TNA)
  • legislation.gov.uk
  • FCA Handbook
  • ICO
  • HMRC manuals
  • EUR-Lex
  • ECHR (HUDOC)
$ claude mcp add --transport http openlaw https://openlawmcp.legalaispace.com/v1/mcp

Provenance-first legal AI shouldn't be locked behind a sales call.

We make a paid governance platform for AI in regulated legal work — and the hardest part of that platform is making sure every AI output traces back to a real source. We open-sourced that piece so the rest of the industry doesn't have to keep solving it.

Provenance is our home turf

Our paid platform is built on the same idea — every AI output must be traceable to a citable source. openlaw-mcp is that piece, opened up.

Free should mean free

No API key, no waitlist, no telemetry on your queries. The hosted endpoint costs us very little — it's a contribution, not a funnel.

Hallucination is the real problem

Chatbots inventing case law is getting solicitors sanctioned. We'd rather everyone use a grounded server — even ours — than another fabrication tank.

The kinds of questions it answers properly.

Each tool reads from a specific upstream source — the same URL you'd open in a browser tab to check the answer.

lookup_statutelegislation.gov.uk

Point-in-time statute lookup

Fetches a statute section from legislation.gov.uk, including version metadata, extent and commencement flags. Supports as_of date.

Legislation
grep_judgmentcaselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Regex inside a judgment

Fetches a judgment, runs a JavaScript regex across paragraph text, and returns matching paragraphs with eId references.

Case law
search_fca_handbookhandbook.fca.org.uk

Resolve FCA Handbook references

Parses an FCA reference (e.g. SYSC 4.1.1R) and emits the official handbook.fca.org.uk deep link. Local computation — no scraping.

FCA
search_ico_guidanceico.org.uk

Search ICO guidance and enforcement

Searches ICO guidance, monetary penalty notices and enforcement actions via the official /api/search endpoint.

ICO
fetch_eurlexeur-lex.europa.eu

Fetch EU documents by CELEX

Fetches EU primary or secondary legislation from EUR-Lex's Cellar repository by CELEX number, with XHTML and HTML fallback.

EU
format_oscolaLocal (OSCOLA / Bluebook rules)

Format citations in OSCOLA or Bluebook

Parses a free-form citation and emits OSCOLA (UK/Ireland) or Bluebook formatting. Optionally appends a Find Case Law URL.

Citations
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How this fits with LegalAI Space

openlaw-mcp grounds your AI. LegalAI Space governs it.

The free server gives any LLM cite-back-ready access to UK and EU law. The LegalAI Space platform wraps that in policies, verification, audit trails, and COLP-ready reporting — built for regulated firms.

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Try openlaw-mcp first

The fastest way in: paste the URL into Claude or ChatGPT and ask it a question you already know the answer to.

Install in your AI app

Ground your AI in real law in under a minute.

Free, open-source, no sign-up. Copy one line into Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or Codex and start citing back to the source.

Visit openlawmcp.comSee the governance platform