Search for Swiss court decisions using Entscheidsuche database
AI agents call search_case_law to retrieve information from Entscheidsuche MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries public legal documents from the Entscheidsuche.ch database with no side effects, data modification, or destructive capabilities. Search operations are inherently read-only and pose minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as they cannot alter data or produce harmful external effects beyond information disclosure.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_case_law' and description 'Search for Swiss court decisions' indicate a query/retrieval operation. The server description confirms it allows LLMs to 'search, retrieve, and analyze legal documents' without modifying or deleting data.
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Search for Swiss court decisions using Entscheidsuche database. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Entscheidsuche MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Entscheidsuche MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_case_law: 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 Entscheidsuche MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_case_law is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_case_law 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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_case_law. 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.
search_case_law is provided by the Entscheidsuche MCP Server MCP server (self-tech-labs/entscheidsuche-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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