ris-mcp
MCP server that exposes Austrian federal law (Bundesrecht) to LLMs, enabling full-text search, paragraph retrieval, historical versions, statute lookup, BGBl lookups, amendment timelines, and citation searches via the public RIS OGD API.
README
ris-mcp
MCP server for Austria's RIS (Rechtsinformationssystem). Exposes Austrian federal law (Bundesrecht) to LLMs via the public RIS OGD API v2.6.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_law |
Full-text search across Bundesrecht, optionally scoped to one statute |
get_paragraph |
Fetch a paragraph or range (e.g. §§ 200–210 UGB) |
get_paragraph_at |
Historical version of a paragraph on a given date |
get_statute |
Preamble + first page of paragraphs for a statute |
lookup_bgbl |
Look up a BGBl entry by number (e.g. 50/2023) |
get_amendment_timeline |
Ordered list of every BGBl that amended a statute |
who_mentions |
Full-text search local index for laws citing a reference |
Install
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run (MCP Inspector)
mcp dev src/server.py
Claude Desktop
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ris": {
"command": "python3",
"args": ["-m", "src.server"],
"cwd": "/path/to/ris-mcp"
}
}
}
Build local index (for who_mentions)
python3 -m src.index # crawl all ~250k docs (30-90 min)
python3 -m src.index 10 # crawl first 10 pages only (for testing)
Notes
- API:
https://data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/— public, no auth Applikation=BrKonsfor consolidated federal law,BgblAuthfor gazette entries (≥2004)- Content is HTML fetched per-document; converted to clean markdown
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