open-assembly-mcp

MCP server for the Korean National Assembly Open API (열린국회정보) — query bills, members, vote results, committee composition, pending bills, plenary agenda, per-member vote records, NARS reports, petitions, schedule, and hearings directly from Claude or any MCP-compatible AI client.

Showcase

한국어나 영어로 자연스럽게 질문하면 됩니다. Claude가 필요한 툴을 고르고 체인으로 연결합니다.

1 — 당론 분석

"22대 법원조직법 표결, 정당별 찬반 집계와 이탈표 알려줘"

Claude calls get_vote_results → get_party_cohesion

법원조직법 일부개정법률안(대안) — 2026-02 의결
전체: 찬성 173 / 반대 73 / 기권 1

정당별 표결:
  더불어민주당  찬성 152 / 기권 1 / 불참 9
  국민의힘     반대  70 / 불참 36
  조국혁신당   찬성  12
  진보당       찬성   4
  개혁신당     반대   2 / 불참 1
  무소속       찬성   3 / 불참 3

이탈표:
  이학영 (더불어민주당 | 경기 군포시) — 기권

2 — 의원 의정활동 전체를 한 번에

"이준석 의원 22대 발의 법안 전부 통계내줘"

Claude calls analyze_legislator(name="이준석", assembly="22") — 툴 호출 1번, 최대 500건 자동 페이지네이션

이준석 (개혁신당 | 경기 화성시을 | 22대)
소속: 과학기술정보방송통신위원회

발의 법안: 총 14건
  처리 결과: 계류 중 13건 / 대안반영폐기 1건
  위원회별:  과학기술정보방송통신위원회 14건

최근 발의 (5건):
  전자상거래 등에서의 소비자보호에 관한 법률 일부개정법률안     2026-02-25
  정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 일부개정법률안  2026-02-05
  소득세법 일부개정법률안                                       2025-08-19
  전기통신사업법 일부개정법률안                                  2025-08-06
  공공기관의 운영에 관한 법률 일부개정법률안                      2025-07-10

3 — 법안 입법 여정 전체

"인공지능기본법 (의안번호 2206772) 입법 과정 처음부터 끝까지 보여줘"

Claude calls get_bill_summary(assembly="22", bill_no="2206772") — 상세정보·심사정보·발의자·위원회회의 4개 서브호출 병렬 실행

인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법안 (BILL_NO 2206772)
발의: 과학기술정보방송통신위원장

위원회 심사:
  2024-11-26  과학기술정보방송통신위원회 상정
  2024-11-26  과학기술정보방송통신위원회 의결 (원안가결)

본회의:
  2024-12-17  의결 — 찬성 260 / 반대 1 / 기권 3
  2025-01-21  공포

원문: https://likms.assembly.go.kr/bill/billDetail.do?billId=PRC_R2V4H1W1T2K5M1O6E4Q9T0V7Q9S0U0

Connecting to Claude

There are three ways to use the Assembly tools, depending on which Claude interface you use.

Before any setup:

1. Install uv (provides the uvx runner used in every install path below):

   # macOS / Linux
   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
   
   # Windows (PowerShell)
   powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

   Verify: uvx --version should print a version string. If you see command not found, open a new terminal so the PATH update takes effect.

2. Get a free API key at open.assembly.go.kr → Sign up → 마이페이지 → API 키 발급

Option 1 — Claude Desktop (Recommended)

Easiest path. The --setup wizard writes the config file for you.

Prerequisites: Claude Desktop must be installed.

uvx open-assembly-mcp --setup

It prompts for your key, validates it, and writes the config automatically. Then restart Claude Desktop.

Manual config (skip the wizard) — edit the Claude Desktop config file directly:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-assembly": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["open-assembly-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "ASSEMBLY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save and restart Claude Desktop.

Option 2 — Claude Code (CLI)

Best for researchers running Claude from the terminal. Three scope options:

# Local scope (default): stored in ~/.claude.json, applies only to the current project
claude mcp add open-assembly \
  --command uvx \
  --args "open-assembly-mcp@latest" \
  --env "ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=your-key-here"

# User scope: available across all your projects
claude mcp add open-assembly \
  --scope user \
  --command uvx \
  --args "open-assembly-mcp@latest" \
  --env "ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=your-key-here"

# Project scope: saved to .mcp.json at the project root (git-committable, good for team sharing)
claude mcp add open-assembly \
  --scope project \
  --command uvx \
  --args "open-assembly-mcp@latest" \
  --env "ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=your-key-here"

Verify it was added: claude mcp list

Option 3 — Claude.ai web (claude.ai)

The claude.ai web interface does not support locally-running MCP servers. It only connects to remote, HTTP-based servers hosted on public infrastructure.

To use the Assembly tools from claude.ai, you would need to deploy the server publicly as a hosted HTTP endpoint. Use Claude Desktop or Claude Code instead.

More Examples

위 Showcase 외 추가 시나리오입니다.

Scenario 1 — Find and filter bills in a policy domain

"22대 국회에서 발의된 인공지능 관련 법률안 목록을 찾아줘. 처리 결과별로 요약하고, 대안반영폐기된 법안 하나의 공동발의자도 알려줘."

Claude calls:

1. search_bills(assembly="22", bill_name="인공지능", page_size=50) → 59 bills found

2. For a 대안반영폐기 bill: get_bill_proposers(bill_id="PRC_...") → co-sponsor list

Sample output (real data, 2026-03):

인공지능 관련 법률안 59건 (22대)

처리 결과:
  대안반영폐기  28건  ← 위원회 대안(인공지능기본법)으로 흡수
  계류 중       31건

최근 발의 법안:
  인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법 일부개정법률안  이상휘  2026-02-12
  중소기업 인공지능 전환 지원에 관한 법률안                      김종민  2026-02-09
  인공지능 데이터센터 진흥 및 기반 조성에 관한 법률안             김장겸  2026-02-04

대안반영폐기 법안 공동발의자:
  인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법 일부개정법률안 (최민희, 2025-09-05)
    최민희 (민주당), 허성무 (민주당), 김우영 (민주당), 박민규 (민주당),
    최혁진 (민주당), 양문석 (민주당), 김현 (민주당), 한민수 (민주당),
    노종면 (민주당), 조인철 (민주당)  총 10명

Scenario 2 — Trace committee and plenary steps separately

"인공지능기본법 (의안번호 2206772)의 위원회 심사 경로와 본회의 표결 일정을 각각 보여줘."

Claude calls:

1. get_bill_review(assembly="22", bill_no="2206772") → committee + plenary timeline

2. get_bill_detail(bill_no="2206772") → full metadata + LINK_URL

Sample output (real data, 2026-03):

인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법안 (BILL_NO 2206772)
발의자: 과학기술정보방송통신위원장
소관위원회: 과학기술정보방송통신위원회

위원회 심사:
  2024-11-26  과기위 상정
  2024-11-26  과기위 의결 (원안가결)

본회의:
  2024-12-17  의결 — 찬성 260 / 반대 1 / 기권 3  (원안가결)
  2024-12-26  정부 이송
  2025-01-10  정부 이송 완료
  2025-01-21  공포

원문 링크: https://likms.assembly.go.kr/bill/billDetail.do?billId=PRC_R2V4H1W1T2K5M1O6E4Q9T0V7Q9S0U0

Scenario 3 — Check pending legislation in a committee

"과학기술정보방송통신위원회에 현재 계류 중인 법안은 몇 개야? AI·반도체 관련 법안만 따로 봐줘."

Claude calls:

1. get_pending_bills(assembly="22", committee="과학기술정보방송통신위원회", page_size=100) → 12,505 bills

2. get_pending_bills(assembly="22", committee="과학기술정보방송통신위원회", bill_name="인공지능") → 31 AI bills

Sample output (real data, 2026-03):

과기위 계류의안: 총 12,505건 (2026-03 기준)

AI·반도체 관련 (키워드 필터):
  인공지능 관련   31건
  반도체 관련      3건

인공지능 관련 최근 발의:
  인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법 일부개정법률안  이상휘   2026-02-12
  중소기업 인공지능 전환 지원에 관한 법률안                      김종민   2026-02-09
  국방인공지능법안                                              유용원·부승찬  2026-01-27

Scenario 4 — Check what's on the next plenary agenda

"다음 본회의에 상정될 법안 목록을 알려줘."

Claude calls:

1. get_plenary_agenda(assembly="22", page_size=30) → upcoming agenda items

Sample output (real data, 2026-03):

본회의 부의안건 (22대, 조회일 기준 최신)

총 101건:
  1. [기후에너지환경노동위원회] 산업안전보건법 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216964)
  2. [기후에너지환경노동위원회] 환경오염시설의 통합관리에 관한 법률 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216963)
  3. [기후에너지환경노동위원회] 노동감독관 직무집행법안(대안)  (2216962)
  4. [기후에너지환경노동위원회] 산업재해보상보험법 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216961)
  5. [기후에너지환경노동위원회] 근로기준법 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216960)
  6. [정보위원회] 국가정보원직원법 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216812)
  7. [기후위기 특별위원회] 기후위기 대응을 위한 탄소중립·녹색성장 기본법 일부개정법률안(대안)  (2216802)
  ...

Available Tools

All tools return total_count and has_more for transparent pagination.

Quick Reference

Core tools (dedicated to common legislative research workflows):

Chain & research tools (compound queries and computed metrics):

API expansion tools (NARS, petitions, schedule, hearings — new in v0.6.0):

Universal access tools (reach any of the 276+ endpoints not yet covered above):

discover_apis → find an endpoint code → query_assembly → call it directly.

BILL_ID vs BILL_NO — many tools need BILL_ID (the internal ID, starts with PRC_...), not BILL_NO (the public 7-digit number like 2216983). Both are returned by search_bills and get_pending_bills. Tools that need BILL_ID: get_bill_proposers, get_member_votes, get_bill_committee_review.

Universal Access: discover_apis + query_assembly

The 18 dedicated tools cover the most common legislative research workflows. For anything not yet wrapped — NABO budget analyses, press releases, or any of the 276+ total endpoints — use the two universal access tools.

Step 1: find the endpoint

"열린국회 API에서 청원 관련 엔드포인트를 찾아줘"

Claude calls discover_apis(keyword="청원") and returns matching codes with descriptions.

Step 2: call it

"22대 국회 청원 현황 조회해줘"

Claude calls query_assembly(endpoint_code="<code>", params={"AGE": "22"}).

For the full catalog of 276+ endpoints: https://open.assembly.go.kr/portal/data/service/selectAPIServicePage.do

Coverage by Assembly

Not available via Open API: transcripts, citizen petitions, bill full text. For bill texts and transcripts, see Related Data Packages below. For official bill pages, use get_bill_detail → LINK_URL.

Related Data Packages

This MCP server queries the 열린국회정보 API in real time. For data not available through the API, companion packages provide pre-collected datasets:

Quick rule: Use this MCP for real-time lookups and exploratory queries via Claude. Use kna for offline statistical analysis and reproducible research in Python/R.

Updating

uvx caches packages locally. If you installed a previous version, force a reinstall to get the latest:

uvx --reinstall open-assembly-mcp --setup

To update the server used by Claude Desktop, edit your config and change the args line to pin the new version, or leave it as open-assembly-mcp@latest to always pull the latest on startup.

Troubleshooting

uvx: command not found You haven't installed uv yet, or the new PATH hasn't been picked up. Run the install command in the Before any setup section, then open a fresh terminal (or source ~/.zshrc / source ~/.bashrc).

Claude Desktop doesn't show the Assembly tools

1. Check the config file path is correct: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).

2. Make sure the JSON has a top-level mcpServers key (not nested under preferences).

3. Fully quit Claude Desktop (⌘Q on macOS) and reopen. A normal window close does not reload MCP servers.

4. View the Claude Desktop log to see launch errors: ~/Library/Logs/Claude/ on macOS.

401 Unauthorized or empty results on every call Your ASSEMBLY_API_KEY is missing or wrong. Verify by running uvx open-assembly-mcp --setup again — it validates the key against the live API before writing the config.

Claude Code: claude mcp list doesn't show open-assembly You probably added it under a different scope. Re-run claude mcp add with --scope user so it's available across projects, or cd into the project where you used the default local scope.

Stale cached version uvx caches packages by name. Force a refresh with uvx --reinstall open-assembly-mcp@latest --setup.

Why this exists

The Korean National Assembly's 열린국회정보 API provides rich legislative data — every member-sponsored bill since 2000, full member rosters, plenary vote tallies, committee review timelines, and co-sponsor networks. The data is invaluable for political science research, but the traditional retrieval workflow is slow:

Traditional: search site manually → copy data → clean → load into Python/R
             → hours of overhead per research question

With MCP:    ask Claude in one sentence → tools chain automatically → results in seconds

Concrete research use cases:

Research-first design

The only other MCP server for 열린국회 API is hollobit/assembly-api-mcp (TypeScript, MIT). That project offers a clean universal query interface — call any of the 276+ endpoints by code, get back raw rows. This project extends that model with domain-specific tools built around the actual structure of legislative research.

What this means in practice

get_party_cohesion takes a BILL_ID and returns the full picture for that vote: per-party yes/no/abstain counts, dominant position, and a named list of individual dissenters with their vote type (opposite or abstain). The output is structured for immediate use — no post-processing needed.

analyze_legislator returns a complete legislative career in one call: member metadata (party, district, committee), all sponsored bills up to 500 (auto-paginated), and activity breakdowns by processing result, committee, and year. The by_year and by_committee fields eliminate several manual joins when constructing legislator activity panels.

get_bill_summary runs four sub-calls concurrently (bill detail, review timeline, co-sponsors, committee meetings) and returns them as a single structured response. Partial failures are isolated in errors{} rather than crashing the whole response — useful when some endpoints return empty data for older assemblies.

get_member_info with ALLNAMEMBER returns party, district, and committee assignment as of the requested assembly, not the current one. This matters for panel data across multiple assemblies: a member who switched parties or changed districts will show correct affiliation for each period separately.

The universal-access pair (discover_apis + query_assembly) was directly inspired by hollobit's design and covers the remaining 250+ endpoints not yet wrapped in dedicated tools. See CREDITS.md.

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/kyusik-yang/open-assembly-mcp.git
cd open-assembly-mcp

cp .env.example .env        # add ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=your-key

uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest tests/ -v

# Run the server locally
ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=your-key uv run python -m data_go_mcp.open_assembly.server

Acknowledgments

discover_apis, query_assembly, the endpoint registry structure, and the raw-fallback design are adapted from hollobit/assembly-api-mcp (MIT License), with explicit permission from the author. All implementation is original Python. See CREDITS.md for a detailed breakdown.

The server architecture and packaging conventions follow Koomook/data-go-mcp-servers (Apache 2.0).

Changelog

v0.6.0 (2026-04)

• Added search_nars_reports: search 국회입법조사처 research reports by keyword or date range

• Added search_petitions: query pending or all-time petitions by assembly and keyword; automatically routes to the correct endpoint (include_closed toggle)

• Added get_schedule: unified schedule lookup — all, plenary-only, or committee-specific; schedule_type parameter is case-insensitive

• Added search_hearings: personnel confirmation hearings and public hearings; hearing_type routes to the correct endpoint

• All four new tools return has_more pagination flag and raw_response fallback for non-standard API formats

• Expanded registry from 11 to 28 entries (NARS×1, petitions×5, schedule×3, hearings×2, meeting records×2, committees×2, bills×2 new; total includes 9 bills + 2 members + 2 votes carried over)

• Test suite: 80 → 106 tests

v0.5.0 (2026-04)

• Added analyze_legislator chain tool: one-shot legislator profile — member info + all sponsored bills (up to 500, paginated) + career statistics (by_result, by_committee, by_year, recent 5)

• Added get_party_cohesion research tool: per-party vote aggregation, dominant position, individual dissenters (type: opposite / abstain); handles all-abstain edge case gracefully

• Both new tools handle parallel sub-calls, ambiguous member names, pagination, and graceful error isolation

v0.4.0 (2026-04)

• Added discover_apis tool: keyword search across the verified endpoint registry

• Added query_assembly tool: universal fallback to call any of the 276+ open.assembly.go.kr endpoints directly; handles both standard (head/row) and non-standard response formats

• Added registry.py with 11 verified endpoint entries organized by category

• Added CREDITS.md with detailed attribution for hollobit/assembly-api-mcp patterns

• Bumped description and keywords to reflect expanded API coverage

v0.3.1 (2026-03)

• Added "Related Data Packages" section to README with cross-references to korean-assembly-bills, kr-hearings-data, minister-data, assemblykor

• Updated tool docstrings (get_bill_detail, search_bills) to guide users to companion packages for bill texts and committee transcripts

• Expanded research use cases table with companion package workflows

v0.3.0 (2026-03)

• Breaking: renamed age parameter to assembly across all tools for clarity

• Added client-side date filtering to search_bills (propose_dt_from/propose_dt_to)

• Fixed get_member_info to use ALLNAMEMBER endpoint for correct per-assembly data (party, district, committee)

• Fixed _parse_response to handle alternate INFO-200 response format

• Removed broken date filter params from API calls (API ignores them)

v0.2.7 (2026-03)

• Replaced all placeholder examples ("홍길동", "김OO", etc.) in README with real API query results

• Updated scenario outputs with verified live data: 인공지능기본법 journey, 법원조직법 party-line vote, 이준석 profile, 과기위 pending bills, plenary agenda

v0.2.6 (2026-03)

• Added get_bill_summary convenience tool: chains detail + review + proposers + committee meetings in one parallel call

• Rewrote all 12 tool docstrings with When-to-use, workflow hints, and BILL_ID vs BILL_NO disambiguation

• Added explicit TimeoutException handling in API client (descriptive error message)

• Added test_client.py coverage for 3 new endpoints + timeout handling (36 → 46 tests)

v0.2.5 (2026-03)

• Added 3 new tools: get_pending_bills (계류의안), get_plenary_agenda (본회의부의안건), get_bill_committee_review (위원회 심사 회의정보)

• Fixed get_member_votes default page_size 50 → 300 (covers full ~300-member plenary in one call)

• Improved docstrings: corrected get_vote_results description, added pagination tips to all tools

v0.2.4 (2026-03)

• --setup wizard: ASCII art banner with teal-to-blue gradient, animated validation, polished bilingual prompts

v0.2.3 (2026-03)

• --setup wizard: ANSI colors, box-drawing header, professional bilingual prompts

v0.2.2 (2026-03)

• --setup wizard: bilingual prompts (EN/KR), academic contact info

v0.2.1 (2026-03)

• Added --setup wizard: interactive installer that auto-configures Claude Desktop

v0.2.0 (2026-03)

• Added get_member_votes — per-member roll-call records for any bill

• All tools now return total_count and has_more for transparent pagination

• Added propose_dt_from / propose_dt_to date filter to search_bills

• Extended coverage to 16th and 17th Assemblies

v0.1.0 (2026-02)

• Initial release

License

Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.

This project was built following the architecture of Koomook/data-go-mcp-servers. The server structure, packaging conventions, and API client pattern are adapted from that project under the Apache 2.0 license.

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