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dutch-law-mcp MCP Server

Query Dutch statutes, 202K+ court decisions, EU cross-references, and kamerstukken

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Published as @ansvar/dutch-law-mcp on npm. Runs locally.

Known issues

14 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 11.

Most discussed

Upstream drift — ongoing (last detected 2026-07-02)

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Last detected: 2026-07-02 (run #25).

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details. See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-05-14 · open · external user · 7 comments

Upstream drift detected — 2026-04-30

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-04-30 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Upstream drift detected — 2026-04-23

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-04-23 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Upstream drift detected — 2026-04-16

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-04-16 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Upstream drift detected — 2026-04-02

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-04-02 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Most recent

Upstream drift detected — 2026-05-07

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-05-07 · closed · external user · 1 comment

[BUG] Initial database download fails due to hardcoded MIN_SIZE expecting 900MB (actual size is 123MB)

Bug Description

What's wrong? When initializing the server for the first time, the automated download of the SQLite database fails. The downloaded and uncompressed database is 123 MB, but the hardcoded MIN_SIZE validation check in src/utils/ensure-database.ts expects a minimum of 900 MB (900 * 1024 * 1024). Because of this mismatch, the script deletes the successfully downloaded file and crashes the MCP server.

Reproduction Steps

How to reproduce:

  1. Start the MCP server

Read the thread · 2026-05-06 · closed · external user · 0 comments

[BUG] Windows install fails — postinstall uses Unix-only shell syntax

On Windows, 'npm install -g @ansvar/dutch-law-mcp' fails because package.json postinstall uses 'test -d dist || npm run build || true'. Windows cmd.exe does not recognize 'test' or 'true'. Suggest using a cross-platform approach like 'npm-run-all' with a conditional JS check, or shipping the dist/ folder in the npm package so build is not needed on install.

Read the thread · 2026-04-20 · closed · external user · 0 comments

Upstream drift detected — 2026-04-09

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run npm run drift:detect locally to see details.

See fixtures/golden-hashes.json for anchored provisions.

Read the thread · 2026-04-09 · closed · external user · 1 comment

validate_citation and search_legislation fail to resolve 'Auteurswet' by name (wrong BWB-ID used)

Bug Description

validate_citation and search_legislation fail to find the Auteurswet when referenced by its common name. The server appears to resolve the name to an incorrect BWB-ID.

Steps to Reproduce

Call validate_citation with:

{ "citation": "art. 25 Auteurswet" }

Or call search_legislation with query "artikel 25 Auteurswet persoonlijkheidsrechten".

Observed Behavior

validate_citation returns:

{
  "valid": false,
  "error": "Unrecognized citatio

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Dutch-law-mcp/issues/32) · 2026-03-30 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### Upstream drift detected — 2026-03-05

Nightly drift detection found hash mismatches between MCP output and upstream sources.

Run `npm run drift:detect` locally to see details.

See `fixtures/golden-hashes.json` for anchored provisions.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Dutch-law-mcp/issues/20) · 2026-03-05 · closed · external user · 1 comment

[See all 14 reports Pod holds for dutch-law-mcp](/mcp/dutch-law-mcp/issues).

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