Legal

Data source: Lovdata (lovdata.no)

MCP MCP Protocol

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

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

claude_desktop_config.json

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

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/lovdata/" \
  -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/lovdata/

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/lovdata/search_legislation
GET /rest/lovdata/get_law
GET /rest/lovdata/get_law_section
GET /rest/lovdata/get_regulation
GET /rest/lovdata/report_feedback

Shell

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

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/lovdata/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 lovdata

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

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (5)

search_legislation

Search Norwegian laws and regulations on Lovdata.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search term — law name, topic, or keyword.
`doc_type`	`any`	optional	Document type to search: 'lover' (laws, default) or 'forskrifter' (regulations). (default: "lover")
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum results (1-50, default 20). (default: 20)

get_law

Get an overview of a Norwegian law, including title, metadata, and table of contents.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`law_path`	`string`	required	The law's date-number identifier, e.g. '1997-06-13-44' for aksjeloven (Company Act) or '2005-06-17-62' for arbeidsmiljøloven (Working Environment Act).

get_law_section

Get the full text of a specific section (paragraph) of a Norwegian law.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`law_path`	`string`	required	The law's date-number identifier, e.g. '1997-06-13-44' for aksjeloven.
`section`	`string`	required	Section number, e.g. '1-1' or '3-4'. The § symbol is optional.