OpenHelvetia Gateway MCP MCP server

An official MCP gateway operated by Open Helvetia that provides agents with access to Swiss federal law (Fedlex), political data (LINDAS), and the national data catalogue (i14y). It supports two-stage discovery, deterministic tool lists, and verifiable answers with sources, serving as the primary interface for the Open Helvetia infrastructure.

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 Open Helvetia

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Query Swiss federal law via Fedlex
Access political data cubes from LINDAS
Retrieve national data catalogue entries
Verify answer sources and dates

Tools advertised by the last live check:

directory.get
facts.badge
facts.latest
fedlex.check_in_force
fedlex.check_quote
fedlex.cite
fedlex.compare_versions
fedlex.detect_foreign_content
fedlex.explore_node
fedlex.extract_tables
fedlex.find_related_topic
fedlex.find_treaties
fedlex.get_article_history
fedlex.get_citations
fedlex.get_consultation_documents
fedlex.get_consultations
fedlex.get_drafts
fedlex.get_fga_documents
fedlex.get_law_metadata
fedlex.get_memorial
fedlex.get_modifications
fedlex.get_oc_act
fedlex.get_references
fedlex.get_structure
fedlex.get_subdivisions
fedlex.get_taxonomy
fedlex.get_treaty_info
fedlex.list_annexes
fedlex.list_expressions
fedlex.list_versions
fedlex.parse_reference
fedlex.read_article
fedlex.read_document
fedlex.resolve_consolidation_at
fedlex.resolve_sr
fedlex.resolve_vocabulary_label
fedlex.search_law
fedlex.search_text
i14y.api_status
i14y.get_concept
i14y.get_data_service
i14y.get_dataset
i14y.get_dataset_distributions
i14y.list_catalogs
i14y.list_concepts
i14y.list_data_services
i14y.list_datasets
i14y.list_public_services
i14y.list_publishers
i14y.search_catalog
i14y.search_codelist_entries
lindas.describe
lindas.describe_cube
lindas.dimension_values
lindas.find_cube
lindas.list_cubes
lindas.list_versions
lindas.observations
lindas.resolve_label
manifest.get
meta.capabilities
meta.schemas
meta.tools
publish.info
standard.artifacts

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 openhelvetia-gateway-mcp https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/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 openhelvetia-gateway-mcp --url https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openhelvetia-gateway-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/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": {
    "openhelvetia-gateway-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "openhelvetia-gateway-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/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 openhelvetia-gateway-mcp https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/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": {
    "openhelvetia-gateway-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/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": {
    "openhelvetia-gateway-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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