# OpenCaseLaw — Swiss Caselaw, Statutes & Doctrine MCP Server

1M+ Swiss court decisions, statutes & doctrine with citation graph (DE/FR/IT). CC0, free, 42 tools.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 42 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/jonashertner/caselaw-repo-1)

**GitHub popularity:** 64 stars on [jonashertner/caselaw-repo-1](jonashertner/caselaw-repo-1), recorded 2026-09-14.

## Status

Pod connected to OpenCaseLaw — Swiss Caselaw, Statutes & Doctrine on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 1374ms.

It identifies itself as `swiss-caselaw` version 1.27.0, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 42 tools when it connected:

- [`search`](/mcp/tool/search)
- [`fetch`](/mcp/tool/fetch)
- `search_decisions`
- `get_decision`
- `get_decisions`
- `list_courts`
- `get_statistics`
- `find_citations`
- `find_appeal_chain`
- `find_leading_cases`
- `analyze_legal_trend`
- `draft_mock_decision`
- `get_case_brief`
- `get_decision_structure`
- `get_erwaegung`
- `find_relevant_erwaegung`
- `get_article_purpose`
- `search_botschaft`
- `get_article_history`
- `get_regeste`
- `check_claim_support`
- `attest_response`
- `cite`
- `get_doctrine`
- `generate_exam_question`
- `get_law`
- `search_laws`
- `get_commentary`
- `search_commentaries`
- `search_scholarship`
- `get_scholarship`
- `find_scholarship_citing_statute`
- `find_scholarship_citing_decision`
- `list_scholarship_sources`
- `get_scholarship_full_text`
- `get_materialien`
- `search_materialien`
- `search_legislation`
- `get_legislation`
- `browse_legislation_changes`
- `search_practice`
- `get_practice`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/sse`, over sse. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opencaselaw-swiss-caselaw-statutes-doctrine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/sse"
    }
  }
}
```

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opencaselaw-swiss-caselaw-statutes-doctrine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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