legal.caselaw.dockets

Search PACER/RECAP federal court dockets — case filings, motions, orders. Filter by court. From the RECAP Archive (CourtListener / Free Law Project)

SERVERApibase SOURCEapibase-mcp-client

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 31 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/legal.caselaw.dockets.md

WHAT IT DOES

What legal.caselaw.dockets does on Apibase

AI agents call legal.caselaw.dockets to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`court`	string	—	Court filter
`limit`	integer	—	Number of results (default 10)
`query`	string	Yes	Search query for RECAP dockets

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why legal.caselaw.dockets is rated Low

Retrieves publicly available court docket information; no data modification, deletion, or financial impact.

From the tool's definition Search PACER/RECAP federal court dockets — case filings, motions, orders.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs legal.caselaw.dockets safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For legal.caselaw.dockets, this is the rule to start with:

legal.caselaw.dockets Allowed

legal.caselaw.dockets is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "legal.caselaw.dockets": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every legal.caselaw.dockets call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about legal.caselaw.dockets

What does the legal.caselaw.dockets tool do? +

Search PACER/RECAP federal court dockets — case filings, motions, orders. Filter by court. From the RECAP Archive (CourtListener / Free Law Project). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does legal.caselaw.dockets accept? +

legal.caselaw.dockets accepts 3 parameters: court, limit, query. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on legal.caselaw.dockets? +

Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for legal.caselaw.dockets: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.

What risk level is legal.caselaw.dockets? +

legal.caselaw.dockets is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit legal.caselaw.dockets? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the legal.caselaw.dockets rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block legal.caselaw.dockets completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for legal.caselaw.dockets. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides legal.caselaw.dockets? +

legal.caselaw.dockets is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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