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.

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🏛️ 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.)

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🚀 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.

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🔑 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.

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🔗 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

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📋 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)

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🏗️ Architecture

• Runtime: Node.js 20+
• Language: TypeScript (strict mode)
• Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless — each request is independent)
• Framework: Express + @modelcontextprotocol/sdk

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📄 License

MIT