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Pro Se Engine

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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.)

Related MCP server: Frostbyte MCP

🚀 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

  1. Deploy this server to a public URL (e.g., Hostinger VPS)

  2. In Pickaxe Agent Builder, add an MCP server

  3. Set the endpoint URL to https://your-domain.com/mcp

  4. 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

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