Syfert Legal Research MCP MCP server

An official Model Context Protocol server provided by Syfert that enables AI assistants to search 10.7 million U.S. court opinions, verify legal citations, check case treatment, audit briefs, and access statutes across all fifty states and federal codes.

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 Syfert

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.syfert.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search 10.7 million U.S. court opinions
Verify legal citations and case treatment
Audit legal briefs for accuracy
Access state and federal statutes

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search_cases
find_case
get_case
check_citation
verify_quote
get_treatment
check_brief
get_propositions
get_citing_cases
find_related_cases
find_court
search_quotes
find_authority
find_issues
search_statutes
get_statute
suggest_treatment
export_document

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 syfert-legal-research-mcp https://mcp.syfert.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 syfert-legal-research-mcp --url https://mcp.syfert.com/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

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

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "syfert-legal-research-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.syfert.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 syfert-legal-research-mcp https://mcp.syfert.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": {
    "syfert-legal-research-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.syfert.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": {
    "syfert-legal-research-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.syfert.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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