INDIVIDUAL MCP 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.

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 search_decisions and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

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.

Parent server

opencaselaw.ch

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

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.

Related tools

search — ChatGPT Deep Research compatibility tool.
fetch — ChatGPT Deep Research compatibility tool.
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_citations — Given a decision_id, show what it cites and what cites it.
find_appeal_chain — Trace the appeal chain (Instanzenzug) for a decision.