CanLII MCP Server
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.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_canliiA | Search the CanLII Canadian legal database and return the full text of matching documents. search_type values:
|
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 1 tool
Only one tool exists, so there is no possibility of ambiguity or confusion between tools. The tool's purpose is clear and singular.
With a single tool, naming consistency is trivially satisfied. 'search_canlii' follows a clear verb_noun pattern and is descriptive.
One tool is minimal but perfectly suited to the narrow purpose of searching the CanLII database. While the typical range is higher, this tool fully covers the intended functionality without being trivial.
The search tool provides two essential search modes (text and name) and returns full document text, effectively covering both discovery and retrieval. For a search-only server, this is a complete surface with no obvious dead ends.