it-legal-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
Official-source legal research, multi-tier judicial hierarchy search (First Instance, Regional/Cantonal/Appellate, and Supreme/Constitutional courts), and citation verification MCP server for Italy (IT).
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_legislationB | Search Italy (IT) national legislation (statutes, acts, codes, regulations) via Normattiva - Portale della Legge Vigente (normattiva.it) and European/International legal registries. |
| search_case_lawC | Search Italy (IT) court decisions and binding precedents via Corte di Cassazione (Italgiure), Corte Costituzionale & Giustizia Amministrativa (Supported courts: Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Corte Costituzionale, Consiglio di Stato). |
| get_legal_document_markdownB | Retrieve full Markdown text of a legislation document or court judgment from Italy (IT) by its URL or official identifier. |
| list_court_hierarchyB | Return the complete step-by-step multi-tier judicial hierarchy for Italy (IT): Tier 1 (First Instance / Trial / Municipal / District Courts), Tier 2 (Regional / Cantonal / County / Appellate Courts), Tier 3 (Supreme / Cassation / Constitutional Courts), and all official court sub-portals. |
| search_tiered_court_decisionsA | Search court decisions in Italy (IT) filtered by specific judicial tier or regional/cantonal/appellate court. Supports Tier 1 (first_instance), Tier 2 (appellate_regional — including Cantonal/Regional/County/Circuit courts), and Tier 3 (supreme_constitutional), or a specific sub-portal key from list_court_hierarchy. |
| verify_citationA | No-Hallucination Citation Verifier for Italy (IT). Validates format and live existence of legal citations (e.g., 'ECLI:IT:CASS:2024:1234CIV or Legge 241/1990') against official Italy and ECLI/ELI registries to prevent AI-hallucinated citations. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 6 tools
search_case_law and search_tiered_court_decisions overlap significantly—the latter is essentially a tier-filtered variant of the former, and an agent may struggle to pick when tier is irrelevant. The other four tools (legislation search, document retrieval, hierarchy listing, citation verification) are clearly distinct.
All six tools follow a consistent verb_noun snake_case convention: search_*, get_*, list_*, verify_*. No mixing of conventions or vague verbs.
Six tools is well-scoped for a legal research server, covering search, retrieval, hierarchy navigation, and verification without bloat.
Covers the core legal-research lifecycle: find legislation, find case law (general and tiered), fetch full text, map the court hierarchy, and verify citations. Minor gap in cross-referencing or citation lookup by case, but the surface is largely complete for research/verification.