INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

find_citations

Given a decision_id, show what it cites and what cites it.

opencaselaw.chnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for find_citations and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.swiss-caselaw]
url = "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swiss-caselaw": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: swiss-caselaw
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swiss-caselaw": {
      "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "swiss-caselaw": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "swiss-caselaw",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search — ChatGPT Deep Research compatibility tool.
fetch — ChatGPT Deep Research compatibility tool.
search_decisions — Use this tool to find COURT DECISIONS (Rechtsprechung): 1,050,000+ Swiss federal and cantonal decisions plus ~2,800 ECtHR decisions concerning Switzerland.
get_decision — Fetch a single court decision with full text.
get_decisions — Use this tool to fetch SEVERAL decisions at once (1-10 ids) instead of calling get_decision repeatedly.
list_courts — List all available courts with decision counts, date ranges, and language coverage.
get_statistics — Get aggregate statistics about the dataset.
find_appeal_chain — Trace the appeal chain (Instanzenzug) for a decision.