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Croatia Legal Research MCP Server (hr-legal-mcp)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing direct, read-only access to Croatia (HR) legislation, multi-tier judicial decisions (First Instance, Regional/Cantonal/Appellate, and Supreme/Constitutional courts), and statutory citation verification for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Antigravity.


Quick Desktop Setup (No Command Line Required)

This package includes a graphical installer for legal practitioners who prefer not to use terminal commands or edit JSON configuration files manually.

  1. Download: Click <> Code at the top right of this repository, select Download ZIP, and extract the folder to your computer.

  2. Run the Setup Utility:

    • Windows: Double-click Click_Here_To_Install_Windows.bat

    • macOS: Double-click Click_Here_To_Install_Mac.command

  3. Connect: Click Install & Connect Automatically in the setup window and restart Claude Desktop.

System Integrity Note: The setup utility operates strictly in read-only mode with respect to your personal files and documents. It installs an isolated Python environment inside the extracted folder and registers the server entry in your AI client configuration.


Related MCP server: al-legal-mcp

Multi-Tier Judicial Hierarchy & Official Sources

This server indexes and queries decisions across the full judicial hierarchy of Croatia, allowing practitioners to filter research by procedural stage:

Judicial Tier

Covered Courts & Tribunals

Tier 1 — First Instance

Općinski sudovi (Municipal Courts), Trgovački sudovi (Commercial Courts) & Upravni sudovi (Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek)

Tier 2 — Regional / Cantonal / Appellate

15 Županijskih sudova (County Courts: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Varaždin, Velika Gorica, Zadar, Pula, Karlovac, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, Bjelovar, Dubrovnik, Šibenik, Vukovar), Visoki trgovački sud, Visoki upravni sud & Visoki kazneni sud RH

Tier 3 — Supreme & Constitutional

Vrhovni sud Republike Hrvatske (VSRH) & Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske (USRH)

  • National Legislation Registry: Narodne novine ELI Official Gazette Portal (narodne-novine.nn.hr) (https://narodne-novine.nn.hr)

  • Multi-Tier Case Law Database: SupraNova Centralna Baza Sudske Prakse (odluke.sudovi.hr — Općinski, Županijski, Visoki & Vrhovni sud) (https://odluke.sudovi.hr)

  • Supported Citation Format Example: ECLI:HR:VSRH:2024:100 or NN 35/05

Indexed Court & Regional Sub-Portals

Sub-Portal Identifier (sub_court)

Official Endpoint / Registry

odluke_sudovi_hr_all_tiers

https://odluke.sudovi.hr

usud_hr

https://www.usud.hr


Available MCP Tools

Tool

Description

search_legislation

Searches enacted statutes, codes, decrees, and official gazette publications in Croatia.

search_case_law

Searches national jurisprudence and European/ECLI-linked judgments for Croatia.

search_tiered_court_decisions

Filters case law specifically by judicial instance (first_instance, appellate_regional, supreme_constitutional) or regional/cantonal court key (sub_court).

list_court_hierarchy

Returns the complete 3-tier court structure and registered sub-portal endpoints for Croatia.

get_legal_document_markdown

Retrieves full statutory or judicial texts and converts them into clean Markdown.

verify_citation

Validates statutory and case law citations against official registries.


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hr-legal-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jurisatlas/hr-legal-mcp",
        "hr-legal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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