Government

Data source: Congress.gov, EUR-Lex, Finlex, Stortinget, Riksdagen

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/legislation/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-legislation": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/legislation/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/legislation/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_legislation", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/legislation/

4 endpoints available:

GET /rest/legislation/search_legislation
GET /rest/legislation/get_recent_legislation
GET /rest/legislation/list_legislation_sources
GET /rest/legislation/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/legislation/search_legislation?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/legislation/search_legislation",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc legislation

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (4)

search_legislation

Search legislation across US Congress, EU EUR-Lex, Finnish Finlex, Norwegian Stortinget, and Swedish Riksdagen.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search query — keywords, bill name, or topic.
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum number of results per source. (default: 10)
`year`	`any`	optional	Filter by year.
`jurisdiction`	`any`	optional	Filter by jurisdiction: US, EU, FI, NO, or SE. Omit to search all.

get_recent_legislation

Get recent legislative activity across all jurisdictions.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum results per source. (default: 10)
`jurisdiction`	`any`	optional	Filter by jurisdiction: US, EU, FI, NO, or SE. Omit for all.