CourtListener

Legal · by Free Law Project · Verified

Connector Legal research across millions of court records

Install

In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors.
Find CourtListener in the directory, or choose Add custom connector and paste the URL below.
Sign in to Free Law Project and review what it asks to reach.

Connector URL

https://mcp.courtlistener.com/

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http courtlistener https://mcp.courtlistener.com/

Run in a terminal, then run /mcp in Claude Code to sign in.

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About

Connects Claude to CourtListener, the Free Law Project's legal research platform, with access to millions of U.S. court opinions, PACER dockets, judge profiles, oral arguments, and citation data. Search case law across federal and state courts, retrieve full case metadata, extract and verify legal citations against a canonical database, and set up alerts for new opinions or docket updates. Built and operated by Free Law Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to making the law broadly accessible. Suited for attorneys, legal researchers, journalists, academics, and pro se litigants who need fast, reliable access to primary legal sources.

Tools

search
get_endpoint_schema
call_endpoint
get_endpoint_item
get_choices
get_counts
get_more_results
extract_citations
analyze_citations
resume_citation_analysis
create_search_alert
delete_search_alert
subscribe_to_docket_alert
unsubscribe_from_docket_alert

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Facts

Kind: Connector
Category: Legal
Made by: Free Law Project
Runs: Remote server
Works in: Claude, Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Desktop
Sign-in: Required
Added: 2026-05-11
Source: Verified