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UK LEGAL RESEARCH TOOLS

34 tools from the UK Legal Research MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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// ALL 34 UK LEGAL RESEARCH TOOLS

READ 32 tools

Read bills_get_bill USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a bill_id (from bills_search_bills) and want the full detail. Returns sponsors... Read bills_search_bills USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching UK parliamentary bills by keyword, session, house, or legislative stage. Retu... Read case_law_grep_judgment USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a judgment slug and want to find paragraphs whose text matches a pattern. Retu... Read case_law_search USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching UK case law by party names, court, judge, date, or free-text query. Returns p... Read citations_network USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a judgment slug and want to map every citation it makes — cases cited, legislat... Read committees_get_committee USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a committee_id and want the metadata + current membership. Fetches committee d... Read committees_search_committees USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching or listing UK parliamentary select committees by name, house, or active status... Read committees_search_evidence USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a committee_id and want the oral and written evidence submitted to it. Returns... Read get_prompt Get a prompt by name with optional arguments. Returns the rendered prompt as JSON with a messages array. A... Read hmrc_check_mtd_status USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a 9-digit VAT Registration Number and need that business's Making Tax Digital V... Read hmrc_get_vat_rate USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a UK commodity or service description and want its VAT rate category. Returns ... Read hmrc_search_guidance USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching GOV.UK for HMRC tax guidance on a topic (VAT, income tax, corporation tax, etc... Read judgment_get_header USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a judgment slug and need metadata (parties, judges, neutral citation, court, da... Read judgment_get_index USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a judgment slug and want the paragraph navigation index (eId + preview line for... Read judgment_get_paragraph USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a judgment slug + LegalDocML eId and want that paragraph's full text. Call jud... Read legislation_get_section USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a known Act / SI and want the parsed text of a specific section, with extent an... Read legislation_get_toc USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a known Act / SI and want the structural table of contents (parts, chapters, se... Read legislation_search USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching UK Acts and Statutory Instruments by title, phrase, or full-text. Returns ran... Read list_prompts List all available prompts. Returns JSON with prompt metadata including name, description, and optional ar... Read list_resources List all available resources and resource templates. Returns JSON with resource metadata. Static resources... Read parliament_find_member USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a member's name and need their integer member_id. Returns all members matching... Read parliament_get_debate_contributions USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a debate_ext_id and want verbatim contributions, optionally filtered to one mem... Read parliament_get_debate_divisions USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a debate_ext_id and want the divisions (formal votes) held within it. Most deb... Read parliament_lookup_by_column USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have an OSCOLA-style Hansard citation (column + volume + house) and need the debate.... Read parliament_member_debates USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a member_id and want contributions where THAT member used a specific topic phra... Read parliament_member_interests USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a member_id and need their registered financial interests (donations, directors... Read parliament_policy_position_summary USE THIS TOOL WHEN you want debate-level corpus signals on a topic — by_house, by_year, by_section breakdow... Read parliament_search_hansard USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching Hansard by topic, bill title, or text phrase. Returns contributions with cita... Read parliament_search_petitions USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching UK Parliament petitions by keyword or topic. Returns petition title, state, s... Read read_resource Read a resource by its URI. For static resources, provide the exact URI. For templated resources, provide ... Read votes_get_division USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a division_id + house and want the full member-by-member voting record. Voter ... Read votes_search_divisions USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching Commons or Lords formal votes by topic, date, or member. Returns division sum...

WRITE 1 tools

Write citations_resolve USE THIS TOOL BEFORE constructing an OSCOLA citation string from known fields, OR when you have a citation ...

EXECUTE 1 tools

Execute citations_parse USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have free text (a memo, an email, a clause) and want every OSCOLA-style citation it ...

// RUNNING THIS SERVER

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DIRECT INSTALL (UNMANAGED) npx -y pypi:uk-legal-mcp

// FAQ

How many tools does the UK Legal Research MCP server have? +

The UK Legal Research MCP server exposes 34 tools across 3 categories: Read, Write, Execute.

How do I enforce policies on UK Legal Research tools? +

Route the UK Legal Research server through the PolicyLayer gateway. Define allow, deny, or approval rules per tool in the dashboard — they are enforced on every call before it reaches the server.

What risk categories do UK Legal Research tools fall into? +

UK Legal Research tools are categorised as Read (32), Write (1), Execute (1). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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