Pro Se Engine

A powerful MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing 39 legal research tools across 6 government APIs — designed for use with Pickaxe AI agents.

Built by ProjectCues.

🏛️ What It Does

Pro Se Engine gives AI agents access to:

API	Tools	Auth
CourtListener	16	API token
SEC EDGAR	4	User-Agent header
Federal Register	3	None
Congress.gov	4	API key (free)
Regulations.gov	3	API key (free)
USAspending.gov	3	None
Document Tools	4	—
Legal Workflows	2 (13 templates)	—

Tool Categories

Case Law — Search opinions, read full text, verify citations
SEC Filings — Full-text search, company filings, XBRL financials
Federal Legislation — Bills, bill text, Congress members
Regulations — Federal Register rules, regulatory dockets, public comments
Government Contracts — USAspending awards, contractor profiles
Documents — Generate DOCX, extract text from PDF/DOCX, tracked changes editing
Workflows — 13 structured legal analysis templates (M&A due diligence, lease abstracts, litigation assessment, etc.)

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API keys

3. Run in development

npm run dev

4. Build for production

npm run build
node dist/index.js

The server starts on http://localhost:3001/mcp.

🔑 API Keys

Variable	Required	How to Get
`COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN`	Yes	courtlistener.com/help/api
`CONGRESS_API_KEY`	Yes	api.data.gov/signup (free)
`REGULATIONS_API_KEY`	Yes	Same key from api.data.gov
`SEC_USER_AGENT`	Yes	Any string: `"YourApp your@email.com"`
`MCP_AUTH_TOKEN`	Optional	Set to require bearer auth on the MCP endpoint

SEC EDGAR, Federal Register, and USAspending.gov require no API keys.

🔗 Connecting to Pickaxe

Deploy this server to a public URL (e.g., Hostinger VPS)
In Pickaxe Agent Builder, add an MCP server
Set the endpoint URL to https://your-domain.com/mcp
If MCP_AUTH_TOKEN is set, configure the bearer token in Pickaxe

📋 13 Legal Workflow Templates

ID	Template
`cp-checklist`	Conditions Precedent Checklist
`credit-agreement-summary`	Credit Agreement Summary (21 sections)
`shareholder-agreement-summary`	Shareholder Agreement Summary (15 sections)
`ma-due-diligence`	M&A Due Diligence Checklist (10 categories)
`commercial-lease-abstract`	Commercial Lease Abstract (18 points)
`employment-agreement-review`	Employment Agreement Review (15 sections)
`ip-assignment-review`	IP Assignment/License Review (12 sections)
`litigation-case-assessment`	Litigation Case Assessment (12 sections)
`regulatory-compliance-review`	Regulatory Compliance Review (10 sections)
`power-of-attorney-review`	Power of Attorney Review (11 sections)
`corporate-bylaws-review`	Corporate Bylaws Review (12 sections)
`settlement-agreement-review`	Settlement Agreement Review (14 sections)
`partnership-agreement-review`	Partnership Agreement Review (15 sections)

🏗️ Architecture

Runtime: Node.js 20+
Language: TypeScript (strict mode)
Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless — each request is independent)
Framework: Express + @modelcontextprotocol/sdk

📄 License

MIT