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ris-mcp

MCP server for Austria's RIS (Rechtsinformationssystem). Exposes Austrian federal law (Bundesrecht) to LLMs via the public RIS OGD API v2.6.

Tools

Tool

What it does

search_law

Full-text search across Bundesrecht, newest first, deduplicated by law+paragraph

get_paragraph

Fetch a paragraph or range (e.g. §§ 200–210 UGB), live version only

get_paragraph_at

Historical version of a paragraph on a given date

get_statute

Preamble + first page of live paragraphs for a statute

get_law_outline

Full table of contents for a statute, grouped by section

lookup_bgbl

Look up a BGBl entry by number (e.g. 50/2023)

get_amendment_timeline

Ordered list of every BGBl that amended a statute

who_mentions

Search local FTS index for laws citing a provision (e.g. § 879)

Related MCP server: gesetzessuche

Install

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run (MCP Inspector)

mcp dev src/server.py

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ris": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "src.server"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/ris-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Build local index (for who_mentions)

python3 -m src.index        # crawl all ~250k docs (30-90 min)
python3 -m src.index 10     # crawl first 10 pages only (for testing)

Notes

  • API: https://data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/ — public, no auth

  • Applikation=BrKons for consolidated federal law, BgblAuth for gazette entries (≥2004)

  • Content is HTML fetched per-document; converted to clean markdown

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