# Court Records MCP

> Lets your agent search US court opinions, PACER dockets in the RECAP archive, judges and courts, through CourtListener.

Court Records MCP is a hosted server from Nexlab, a catalogue of MCP servers run by Stefy Lanza. It searches US court records through CourtListener and its RECAP archive, which are run by the non-profit Free Law Project: written judicial opinions, PACER dockets and filings held in RECAP, judges and courts. It's Nexlab's own service built on CourtListener's public API, not a Free Law Project product.

What you can do with it
- Search the full text of written judicial opinions, by date and by court (federal and state)
- Search PACER dockets and filings in the RECAP archive
- Find litigation involving a company or person by name, across opinions and dockets
- See a court's most recently filed opinions, newest first
- List courts and their ids (federal appellate, federal district, state supreme)
- Look up judges, with their positions and appointment history

How it connects
Nexlab hosts it at https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records. It needs a Nexlab account: agents that support sign-in can connect with Nexlab's OAuth, and others take an API key from your Nexlab account page, sent as an Authorization: Bearer header (or X-API-Key). The first 50 calls each month are free with no card; past that, Nexlab sells a monthly plan or pay-per-call credit. The same key also works at https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp, where every Nexlab server you use appears together.

Good to know
- Court records name real people. CourtListener's terms forbid using its data for FCRA purposes, such as deciding someone's eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing or government benefits, or building a consumer report. Nexlab's terms ask you to stay within the terms of the sources it draws on.
- This is not legal advice. Nexlab says its servers retrieve and structure data and are not a substitute for the primary source, which each answer names. Free Law Project doesn't guarantee the accuracy of the records and warns that an AI client may summarize, omit or misstate a record, so check anything you rely on against the original.
- Free Law Project asks that its data not be presented as if it produced or verified an AI-generated analysis of it.
- Free Law Project also runs its own CourtListener MCP server.

- Type: Plugin
- Made by: Nexlab
- Category: Legal & compliance
- Formats: Remote MCP
- Version: 1.0.0
- Website: https://mcp.nexlab.net/s/court-records
- Page: https://pluginboard.ai/plugins/court-records-mcp-nexlab

## Works with

- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Muse
- Grok Bot
- Gemini
- Grok
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Antigravity
- Gemini CLI
- Replit
- OpenClaw
- OpenCode
- Hermes Agent

## Install

### ChatGPT

In ChatGPT on the web: Plugins → + → Add custom MCP server, then paste https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records under Connection. Business and Enterprise plans; Pro can add read-only servers.

### Claude

In Claude (web or desktop): Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records

### Muse

In Muse: In a Muse chat, ask it to create a custom connector for the MCP server at https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records. Then tap Connect on the card it shows and sign in, or add your key.

### Grok Bot

In Grok Bot: In a chat with your Bot, say "Add this MCP server: https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records". It confirms the details with you and sets it up, and the tools are ready from your next message.

### Gemini

In Gemini: At gemini.google.com: Settings → Connected Apps → Add a custom app, then paste https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records

### Grok

In Grok on the web: At grok.com/connectors: New Connector → Custom, then enter https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records and sign in if it asks.

### GitHub Copilot

Add to VS Code: vscode:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22court-records-mcp%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.nexlab.net%2Fmcp%2Fcourt-records%22%7D

Copilot CLI:

```shell
copilot mcp add --transport http court-records-mcp https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

### Cursor

Add to Cursor: cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=court-records-mcp&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC5uZXhsYWIubmV0L21jcC9jb3VydC1yZWNvcmRzIn0%3D

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "court-records-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records"
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code

Run in your terminal:

```shell
claude mcp add --transport http court-records-mcp https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

### Codex

Run in your terminal:

```shell
codex mcp add court-records-mcp --url https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

### Antigravity

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "court-records-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records"
    }
  }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

Run in your terminal:

```shell
gemini mcp add --transport http court-records-mcp https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

### Replit

In Replit: At replit.com/integrations, open MCP Servers → + Add MCP server, paste https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records (add any headers under Advanced settings), then click Test & save.

### OpenClaw

Run in your terminal:

```shell
openclaw mcp add court-records-mcp --url https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records --transport streamable-http
```

If it needs a key or sign-in: For https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records, add --header NAME=value for each header it needs, or --auth oauth and then run openclaw mcp login court-records-mcp.

### OpenCode

Run in your terminal:

```shell
opencode mcp add court-records-mcp --url https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

If it needs a key: For https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records, add --header 'NAME=value' for each header it needs. Add --global to use it in every project.

### Hermes Agent

Run in your terminal:

```shell
hermes mcp add court-records-mcp --url https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records
```

Add to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

```json
{
  "mcp_servers": {
    "court-records-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records"
    }
  }
}
```

If it signs in with OAuth: If https://mcp.nexlab.net/mcp/court-records asks you to sign in, add --auth oauth to the command, or auth: oauth to its entry.

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