KnowJudges MCP MCP server

The KnowJudges MCP server provides AI agents with direct access to U.S. judicial data, allowing them to search for judges, retrieve profiles and biographies, find relevant court cases, and access courtroom presentation rules. It exposes six focused tools over Streamable HTTP, enabling source-linked research without requiring custom integration layers.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by KnowJudges

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Resolve a likely judge and canonical KYJ slug
Find up to 10 cases with the judge, court response, and verified official decision link
Retrieve a public profile with sources and scoped findings
Read changes recorded after KYJ change tracking began

Tools advertised by the last live check:

find_judges
find_ai_abuse_cases
get_judge_profile
get_judge_biography
get_courtroom_presentation_rules
get_recent_rule_changes

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

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

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add knowjudges-mcp --url https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable knowjudges-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowjudges-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowjudges-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start knowjudges-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "knowjudges-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http knowjudges-mcp https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowjudges-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowjudges-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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