congressgov-mcp-server
by cyanheads
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGS_DIR | No | Directory for log files (Node.js only). | <project-root>/logs |
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry instrumentation (spans, metrics, completion logs). | false |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Authentication: none, jwt, or oauth. | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | HTTP server port. | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (debug, info, notice, warning, error, etc.). | info |
| CONGRESS_API_KEY | No | API key from api.data.gov. Omit to use DEMO_KEY (30 req/hr); own key: 5,000 req/hr. | DEMO_KEY |
| MCP_SESSION_MODE | No | HTTP session mode: auto, stateful, or stateless; auto resolves to stateful. | stateless |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: stdio or http. | stdio |
| CONGRESS_MIRROR_PATH | No | Filesystem path to the SQLite mirror index. | .mirror/bills.sqlite3 |
| CONGRESS_API_BASE_URL | No | Congress.gov API base URL. | https://api.congress.gov/v3 |
| STORAGE_PROVIDER_TYPE | No | Storage backend. | in-memory |
| CONGRESS_MIRROR_ENABLED | No | Enable the local bill search mirror and the congressgov_search_bills tool. | false |
| CONGRESS_MIRROR_CONGRESSES | No | Comma-separated congress numbers to mirror (e.g. 118,119). | current congress + 1 prior |
| CONGRESS_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON | No | Cron schedule for the in-process mirror refresh (HTTP transport only). Unset runs mirror:refresh manually. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessResponsive