Uk Legislation MCP Server
Search and read UK legislation at any date, resolve citations, list amendments, track changes.
Connect it
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-legislation-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http uk-legislation-mcp-server https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"uk-legislation-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-legislation-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/uk-legislation-mcp-server@0.1.2"
]
}
}
}claude mcp add uk-legislation-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/uk-legislation-mcp-server@0.1.26 tools, verified live
uklaw_search_legislationread-onlySearch the UK statute book on legislation.gov.uk by full text or title, or list legislation by type and year, filtered by geographical extent and point in time. Full-text search ranks by relevance; title searches and type/year listings run newest year first and carry type and year counts (facets) to narrow with. Each result gives the item path to pass to uklaw_get_document. For a known citation or
uklaw_get_documentread-onlyRead one item or one provision of UK legislation from legislation.gov.uk â as it stands now (revised), as enacted/made, or as it stood on a date â in Markdown, with its editorial status, annotations (the applied amendment history), the unapplied effects touching it, the versions available, and attribution. Provision-level reads are the main path; an item-level read returns the whole text only
uklaw_get_amendmentsread-onlyList the effects â amendments, repeals, revocations, commencements, modifications â recorded against an item (direction affected) or made by an item (direction affecting), from legislation.gov.uk's changes feeds. Filter by the other item (counterpart), by applied status (unapplied = the outstanding work on the revised text), and by provision. item may be partial (ukpga/2018 = all effects on 20
uklaw_track_changesread-onlyRead the legislation.gov.uk Publication Log for a date window of up to 31 days: new items, new revised versions, newly recorded effects, and withdrawals, newest first â the compliance-monitoring view of "what changed". Filter by content type, effect direction, category, an item or type/year, first-time items only, or event. With a full item path it reads that item's own log, usually in one call;
uklaw_lookup_citationread-onlyResolve a citation or short title to the canonical legislation.gov.uk item and provision: "Data Protection Act 2018 s. 45", "2018 c. 12", "S.I. 2019/419", "S.S.I. 2020/123", "S.R. 2020/12", "2020 asp 13", "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 art. 28", a legislation.gov.uk URI, or a short title. Returns the item path to pass to uklaw_get_document, and when a provision is given, whether it exists in the curren
uklaw_list_referenceread-onlyDecode the vocabulary the other uklaw_* tools take and return: legislation type codes (ukpga, uksi, eur, â¦) with their labels, categories and enacted keywords; type groups; extents; version keywords; document status; annotation letters (F, C, I, M, E, P, X); effect record fields; provision path forms and shorthand; accepted citation formats; Publication Log vocabulary and read modes; data covera
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