MCP server

Uk Legislation

io.github.cyanheads/uk-legislation-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search and read UK legislation at any date, resolve citations, list amendments, track changes.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 3,993 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http uk-legislation-mcp-server https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.uk-legislation-mcp-server]
url = "https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"uk-legislation-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"uk-legislation-mcp-server":{"url":"https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"uk-legislation-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add uk-legislation-mcp-server https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"uk-legislation-mcp-server","server_url":"https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"uk-legislation-mcp-server","server_url":"https://uk-legislation.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• uklaw_get_amendments ~798 tokens
  List the effects — amendments, repeals, revocations, commencements, modifications — recorded against an item (direction affected) or made by an item (direction affecting), from legislation.gov.uk's changes feeds. Filter by the other item (counterpart), by applied status (unapplied = the outstanding
• uklaw_get_document ~903 tokens
  Read one item or one provision of UK legislation from legislation.gov.uk — as it stands now (revised), as enacted/made, or as it stood on a date — in Markdown, with its editorial status, annotations (the applied amendment history), the unapplied effects touching it, the versions available, and attri
• uklaw_list_reference ~309 tokens
  Decode the vocabulary the other uklaw_* tools take and return: legislation type codes (ukpga, uksi, eur, …) with their labels, categories and enacted keywords; type groups; extents; version keywords; document status; annotation letters (F, C, I, M, E, P, X); effect record fields; provision path form
• uklaw_lookup_citation ~335 tokens
  Resolve a citation or short title to the canonical legislation.gov.uk item and provision: "Data Protection Act 2018 s. 45", "2018 c. 12", "S.I. 2019/419", "S.S.I. 2020/123", "S.R. 2020/12", "2020 asp 13", "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 art. 28", a legislation.gov.uk URI, or a short title. Returns the ite
• uklaw_search_legislation ~898 tokens
  Search the UK statute book on legislation.gov.uk by full text or title, or list legislation by type and year, filtered by geographical extent and point in time. Full-text search ranks by relevance; title searches and type/year listings run newest year first and carry type and year counts (facets) to
• uklaw_track_changes ~750 tokens
  Read the legislation.gov.uk Publication Log for a date window of up to 31 days: new items, new revised versions, newly recorded effects, and withdrawals, newest first — the compliance-monitoring view of "what changed". Filter by content type, effect direction, category, an item or type/year, first-t

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