CourtAPI — Federal Court Data

Overview

CourtAPI — Federal Court Data is a Model Context Protocol server that lets you search and retrieve US federal court cases, dockets, claims, and documents via PACER. Once connected to your MCP client, it exposes court data lookup as tools your AI assistant can invoke directly.

The server runs locally on your machine via the npm package @courtio/courtapi-mcp and requires no authentication to get started. The latest release is v0.1.0, and the source code is available at courtio/courtapi-mcp on GitHub.

You'll find this server listed in the Development category on mcp.site. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and other MCP-compatible clients. If you maintain CourtAPI — Federal Court Data for courtio, we invite you to claim this listing to verify ownership and keep the information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "courtapi_federal_court_data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@courtio/courtapi-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}