searchSpeeches
Search Japanese Diet parliamentary speeches by keywords, speaker, date, or meeting details to retrieve specific speech content and meeting information.
Instructions
Searches for specific speeches from the Kokkai API (発言単位出力). Returns speech text and info about the meeting it belongs to. Max 100 records.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| startRecord | No | Start position for retrieving search results (1-based). Default is 1. | |
| nameOfHouse | No | Name of the House (e.g., '衆議院' for House of Representatives, '参議院' for House of Councillors). '両院' and '両院協議会' yield the same results. | |
| nameOfMeeting | No | Name of the meeting (e.g., plenary session, committee). Partial match. Multiple terms separated by space for OR search. | |
| any | No | Keywords to search in speech content. Partial match. Multiple terms separated by space for AND search. | |
| speaker | No | Speaker's name. Partial match. Multiple names separated by space for OR search. | |
| from | No | Start date for meeting search (YYYY-MM-DD). Default '0000-01-01'. | |
| until | No | End date for meeting search (YYYY-MM-DD). Default '9999-12-31'. | |
| supplementAndAppendix | No | Limit search to supplements and appendices. Default false. | |
| contentsAndIndex | No | Limit search to table of contents and index. Default false. | |
| searchRange | No | Specifies where to search for keywords from 'any' parameter: '冒頭' (opening), '本文' (body), or '冒頭・本文' (both). Default '冒頭・本文'. | |
| closing | No | Limit search to meetings held during recess. Default false. | |
| speechNumber | No | Exact match for speech number (e.g., 10). | |
| speakerPosition | No | Speaker's position/title. Partial match. | |
| speakerGroup | No | Speaker's affiliated political group. Partial match. | |
| speakerRole | No | Speaker's role: '証人' (witness), '参考人' (expert witness/referential speaker), '公述人' (public speaker). | |
| speechID | No | Unique ID for a speech (format: issueID_paddedSpeechNumber, e.g., '100105254X00119470520_000'). Exact match. | |
| issueID | No | Unique ID for a meeting record (21 alphanumeric characters, e.g., '100105254X00119470520'). Exact match. | |
| sessionFrom | No | Starting Diet session number (up to 3 digits). | |
| sessionTo | No | Ending Diet session number (up to 3 digits). | |
| issueFrom | No | Starting issue number (up to 3 digits, 0 for TOC/index/appendix/supplement). | |
| issueTo | No | Ending issue number (up to 3 digits, 0 for TOC/index/appendix/supplement). | |
| maximumRecords | No | Maximum number of records to retrieve (1-100) for speeches. Default is 30. |
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:294-314 (handler)Handler function that invokes the Kokkai API 'speech' endpoint with the provided parameters, handles errors, and returns the response as formatted JSON text content.async (params) => { const result = await this._callKokkaiApi("speech", params); if (result.error) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error fetching speeches: ${result.message} ${result.details || ""}`, }, ], }; } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2), }, ], }; }
- src/index.ts:282-293 (schema)Specific input schema for the searchSpeeches tool, extending the common Kokkai search parameters with a maximumRecords limit of 100.{ ...kokkaiCommonSearchParams, maximumRecords: z .number() .int() .min(1) .max(100) .optional() .describe( "Maximum number of records to retrieve (1-100) for speeches. Default is 30." ), },
- src/index.ts:6-134 (schema)Shared Zod schema defining common search parameters for all Kokkai API tools, including searchSpeeches, covering fields like dates, speaker, keywords, etc.const kokkaiCommonSearchParams = { startRecord: z .number() .int() .min(1) .optional() .describe( "Start position for retrieving search results (1-based). Default is 1." ), nameOfHouse: z .enum(["衆議院", "参議院", "両院", "両院協議会"]) .optional() .describe( "Name of the House (e.g., '衆議院' for House of Representatives, '参議院' for House of Councillors). '両院' and '両院協議会' yield the same results." ), nameOfMeeting: z .string() .optional() .describe( "Name of the meeting (e.g., plenary session, committee). Partial match. Multiple terms separated by space for OR search." ), any: z .string() .optional() .describe( "Keywords to search in speech content. Partial match. Multiple terms separated by space for AND search." ), speaker: z .string() .optional() .describe( "Speaker's name. Partial match. Multiple names separated by space for OR search." ), from: z .string() .regex(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/, "Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format") .optional() .describe( "Start date for meeting search (YYYY-MM-DD). Default '0000-01-01'." ), until: z .string() .regex(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/, "Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format") .optional() .describe( "End date for meeting search (YYYY-MM-DD). Default '9999-12-31'." ), supplementAndAppendix: z .boolean() .optional() .describe( "Limit search to supplements and appendices. Default false." ), contentsAndIndex: z .boolean() .optional() .describe("Limit search to table of contents and index. Default false."), searchRange: z .enum(["冒頭", "本文", "冒頭・本文"]) .optional() .describe( "Specifies where to search for keywords from 'any' parameter: '冒頭' (opening), '本文' (body), or '冒頭・本文' (both). Default '冒頭・本文'." ), closing: z .boolean() .optional() .describe("Limit search to meetings held during recess. Default false."), speechNumber: z .number() .int() .nonnegative() .optional() .describe("Exact match for speech number (e.g., 10)."), speakerPosition: z .string() .optional() .describe("Speaker's position/title. Partial match."), speakerGroup: z .string() .optional() .describe("Speaker's affiliated political group. Partial match."), speakerRole: z .enum(["証人", "参考人", "公述人"]) .optional() .describe( "Speaker's role: '証人' (witness), '参考人' (expert witness/referential speaker), '公述人' (public speaker)." ), speechID: z .string() .optional() .describe( "Unique ID for a speech (format: issueID_paddedSpeechNumber, e.g., '100105254X00119470520_000'). Exact match." ), issueID: z .string() .optional() .describe( "Unique ID for a meeting record (21 alphanumeric characters, e.g., '100105254X00119470520'). Exact match." ), sessionFrom: z .number() .int() .positive() .optional() .describe("Starting Diet session number (up to 3 digits)."), sessionTo: z .number() .int() .positive() .optional() .describe("Ending Diet session number (up to 3 digits)."), issueFrom: z .number() .int() .nonnegative() .optional() .describe( "Starting issue number (up to 3 digits, 0 for TOC/index/appendix/supplement)." ), issueTo: z .number() .int() .nonnegative() .optional() .describe( "Ending issue number (up to 3 digits, 0 for TOC/index/appendix/supplement)." ), // recordPacking is handled internally, always 'json' };
- src/index.ts:279-315 (registration)MCP server tool registration for 'searchSpeeches', specifying name, description, input schema, and handler function.this.server.tool( "searchSpeeches", "Searches for specific speeches from the Kokkai API (発言単位出力). Returns speech text and info about the meeting it belongs to. Max 100 records.", { ...kokkaiCommonSearchParams, maximumRecords: z .number() .int() .min(1) .max(100) .optional() .describe( "Maximum number of records to retrieve (1-100) for speeches. Default is 30." ), }, async (params) => { const result = await this._callKokkaiApi("speech", params); if (result.error) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error fetching speeches: ${result.message} ${result.details || ""}`, }, ], }; } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2), }, ], }; } );
- src/index.ts:146-197 (helper)Helper method used by the searchSpeeches handler (and others) to make authenticated HTTP requests to the Kokkai API endpoints.private async _callKokkaiApi( endpoint: string, params: Record<string, any> ): Promise<any> { const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(); for (const key in params) { if (params[key] !== undefined && params[key] !== null) { queryParams.append(key, String(params[key])); } } queryParams.append("recordPacking", "json"); // Always request JSON const url = `${KOKKAI_API_BASE_URL}/${endpoint}?${queryParams.toString()}`; console.log(`Calling Kokkai API: ${url}`); try { const response = await fetch(url, { headers: { "User-Agent": "MCP Agent Kokkai Client/1.0", }, }); const responseData = (await response.json()) as any; if (!response.ok) { const errorMessage = responseData.message || "Unknown API error"; const errorDetails = responseData.details ? responseData.details.join("; ") : ""; console.error( `Kokkai API Error: ${errorMessage} ${errorDetails}`, responseData ); return { error: true, status: response.status, message: errorMessage, details: errorDetails, rawResponse: responseData, }; } return responseData; } catch (error: any) { console.error("Network or parsing error calling Kokkai API:", error); return { error: true, message: error.message || "Failed to fetch or parse API response.", }; } }