federal-regulations-mcp-server

endpoint

https://federal-regulations.caseyjhand.com/mcp

protocol

http-sse ·2025-06-18

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• regulations_search_rules unknown never probed

  Search the Federal Register — the daily journal of US proposed rules, final rules, notices, and presidential documents (1994–present) — filtering by full-text query, document type, agency slug, publication date range, and whether the rule is open for comment. The primary discovery entry point: results carry the document number (open with regulations_get_document), docket IDs, RINs, and affected CFR parts that chain into the comment and codified-text tools. The Federal Register caps navigation at 50 pages and the match count at 10,000; when a result set is larger, narrow with published_after/published_before rather than paging deeper.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "properties": {
      "page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 1,
        "maximum": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Page number (1–50, default 1). The FR API caps total_pages at 50 — with per_page=100 this allows navigating up to 5,000 results. To reach beyond that window, narrow with published_after/published_before rather than paging deeper."
      },
      "type": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "enum": [
            "PRORULE",
            "RULE",
            "NOTICE",
            "PRESDOCU"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Document types to include. PRORULE=Proposed Rule, RULE=Final Rule, NOTICE=Notice, PRESDOCU=Presidential Document. Omit for all types."
      },
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Full-text search across document title and body. Omit to browse by filters alone (e.g. all EPA proposed rules in a date range)."
      },
      "agencies": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Filter to one or more agencies by Federal Register agency slug (e.g. \"environmental-protection-agency\", \"securities-and-exchange-commission\"). Slugs are the kebab-case agency name; if unsure, search by query and read the agency slugs off the results."
      },
      "per_page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 20,
        "maximum": 100,
        "minimum": 2,
        "description": "Results per page (2–100, default 20). The Federal Register API treats exactly 1 as its default page size instead of returning one result."
      },
      "published_after": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
            "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Earliest publication date, ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). Combine with published_before to window large result sets — the FR caps navigation at 50 pages."
      },
      "published_before": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
            "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Latest publication date, ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 73 lines copy
• regulations_browse_cfr unknown never probed

  Explore the codified Code of Federal Regulations via eCFR in two modes. "structure" walks the CFR hierarchy (all 50 titles, or one title's chapters → parts → sections) to discover a cite when the exact citation is unknown. "search" runs a full-text query across the codified CFR and returns matching sections with their hierarchy path and a snippet. Both modes accept title and part to narrow the scope, so a part surfaced by structure mode can be searched directly instead of filtering a whole title's hits by eye. Both feed regulations_get_cfr_section. Every search result reports which corpus answered it — the synced local mirror or the live eCFR index — and what that corpus covers, in `source` and `sourceScope`.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "required": [
      "mode"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "date": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
            "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Point-in-time date, ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to current. Structure mode uses it for the historical hierarchy. Search mode matches only the section text in effect on that day, so a past date searches the CFR as it read then; eCFR indexes 2017-01-03 onward and rejects a date past its current index date."
      },
      "mode": {
        "enum": [
          "structure",
          "search"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "description": "\"structure\": browse the CFR tree (titles, or one title's chapters/parts/sections) to find a cite. \"search\": full-text search the codified CFR for sections matching a phrase."
      },
      "part": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "CFR part within the title, in both modes — structure mode narrows the returned tree to that part's sections, search mode restricts matches to text inside that part. Requires title; a part on its own is rejected. Parts can be alphanumeric (\"1203a\", \"16A\") and are matched exactly, so pass the identifier as eCFR writes it — \"58\", not \"Part 58\" or \"058\"."
      },
      "query": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 2,
            "description": "Search phrase, at least 2 characters."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Full-text search phrase (search mode, required in that mode). Ignored in structure mode."
      },
      "title": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "CFR title number (1–50). Structure mode: omit to list all 50 titles, or provide to expand one title. Search mode: optional filter restricting matches to that title — e.g. 40 for environmental rules, 21 for food and drugs."
      },
      "per_page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 20,
        "maximum": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Results per page in search mode (1–50, default 20). Ignored in structure mode."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 63 lines copy
• regulations_get_cfr_section unknown never probed

  Read the codified text at a CFR location via eCFR — current or as of a past date. Answers "what does 40 CFR 50.1 say today?" and "...as of 2019-01-01?". Three locations: title + part + section for one section; title + part alone for the whole part (large parts can be very long, and their appendices are named rather than inlined; prefer a specific section when you know it); title + appendix for one appendix, passing the identifier exactly as regulations_browse_cfr emits it. eCFR retains historical versions back to roughly 2017; a date before coverage is rejected with guidance. Current single-section reads are served from a synced local mirror when available; the source is reported.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "required": [
      "title"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "date": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
            "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Point-in-time date, ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). Default current. eCFR retains historical versions back to ~2017; a date before coverage is rejected."
      },
      "part": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "CFR part within the title (e.g. \"50\"). Parts can be alphanumeric. Required unless appendix is given, where it is optional but recommended: an appendix identifier is unique within a part, not within a title, so without a part eCFR picks one of the matches. Obtain from regulations_browse_cfr or a Federal Register document's cfrReferences."
      },
      "title": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "CFR title number (1–50). E.g. 40 for \"Protection of Environment\"."
      },
      "section": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Section identifier (e.g. \"50.1\")."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Section identifier within the part (e.g. \"50.1\"). Omit to fetch the entire part — large parts can be very long; prefer a specific section when you know it. Cannot be combined with appendix."
      },
      "appendix": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Appendix identifier (e.g. \"Appendix A-1 to Part 50\")."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Appendix identifier, verbatim as eCFR writes it — the `appendix` field or the leading phrase of the `cfrCite` on a regulations_browse_cfr appendix node or search hit. It is free-form prose, not a letter: \"Appendix A-1 to Part 50\", \"Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 4\", \"Schedule I to Part 789\", \"Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 88\". Pass the whole phrase; a short form such as \"A-1\" matches nothing. Cannot be combined with section."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 60 lines copy
• regulations_get_docket unknown never probed

  Pull a rulemaking docket from Regulations.gov by docket ID (e.g. "EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194") — the docket's metadata (title, agency, RIN, abstract) and the documents filed in it (NPRM, final rule, supporting materials). The docket is the folder holding a rule's whole paper trail; each returned document's objectId feeds regulations_find_comments. A docket often contains hundreds of supporting materials — filter document_types to "Proposed Rule"/"Rule" to find the rule documents themselves. Requires REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY (free at https://api.data.gov/signup/); the Federal Register and eCFR tools work without it.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "required": [
      "docket_id"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 1,
        "maximum": 20,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Page number (1-based). Regulations.gov caps a query at 20 pages (5,000 records); beyond that, narrow with document_types."
      },
      "per_page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 25,
        "maximum": 250,
        "minimum": 5,
        "description": "Documents per page (5–250, default 25). Regulations.gov requires a minimum page size of 5."
      },
      "docket_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$",
        "description": "Regulations.gov docket ID (e.g. \"EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194\"). Obtain from a Federal Register document's docketId (regulations_get_document) or an agency rulemaking reference."
      },
      "document_types": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "enum": [
            "Proposed Rule",
            "Rule",
            "Notice",
            "Supporting & Related Material",
            "Other"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Filter the docket's documents to these types. Omit for all. A docket often contains hundreds of \"Supporting & Related Material\" items — filter to \"Proposed Rule\"/\"Rule\" to find the rule documents."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 43 lines copy
• regulations_find_comments unknown never probed

  Fetch public comments on a Federal Register document or a Regulations.gov docket — the unique corpus of what citizens and organizations actually submitted. Provide exactly one targeting parameter: docket_id (all comments in a docket, broadest), document_object_id (comments on one document, from regulations_get_docket), fr_document_number (convenience — resolves the FR number to its Regulations.gov document internally), or comment_id (one comment's full detail and attachments). The list endpoint returns no body text or attachment info — call with comment_id to read a comment's body. When a comment's real content is a PDF/DOCX attachment, the body is a stub and attachmentOnly is true; the attachment download URLs are returned. Requires REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY (free at https://api.data.gov/signup/).

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "properties": {
      "page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 1,
        "maximum": 20,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Page number (1-based). Regulations.gov caps a query at 20 pages (5,000 records); for a high-volume docket this surfaces a sample — narrow by document_object_id."
      },
      "per_page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 25,
        "maximum": 250,
        "minimum": 5,
        "description": "Comments per page (5–250, default 25). Regulations.gov requires a minimum page size of 5."
      },
      "docket_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Fetch all comments in a docket by docket ID (e.g. \"EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194\"). Broadest scope. Exactly one of docket_id / document_object_id / fr_document_number / comment_id is required — supplying two is rejected, not resolved by precedence."
      },
      "comment_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Fetch one comment's full detail and attachments by its Regulations.gov comment ID (e.g. \"EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194-31102\"). Use to read a single comment's body after finding it in a list. Mutually exclusive with the other three targeting parameters — pass it alone, not alongside the docket it came from."
      },
      "document_object_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Fetch comments on one specific document by its Regulations.gov object ID (the objectId from regulations_get_docket's documents). Comments usually attach to the docket's primary (proposed-rule) document. Mutually exclusive with the other three targeting parameters."
      },
      "fr_document_number": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Convenience: fetch comments for a Federal Register document by its FR number (e.g. \"2025-14555\"). Resolves to the Regulations.gov document internally. Saves a get_document → get_docket hop. Mutually exclusive with the other three targeting parameters."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 37 lines copy
• regulations_list_open_comments unknown never probed

  List rules currently open for public comment, filterable by agency slug and topic, sorted by closing date (soonest first). "What can I still weigh in on?" Runs on the Federal Register's open-comment window and is fully functional without a key. When REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY is configured, each row is enriched with the comment count from the Federal Register document's embedded Regulations.gov info (no extra rate-limited call). Open one row with regulations_get_document for the full proposal, or pull the comments with regulations_find_comments.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "properties": {
      "page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 1,
        "maximum": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Page number (1–50). The FR caps total_pages at 50; with per_page=100 this covers up to 5,000 open rules."
      },
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Full-text filter across open rules. Omit to list all rules currently open for comment."
      },
      "agencies": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Filter to one or more agencies by Federal Register agency slug (e.g. \"environmental-protection-agency\")."
      },
      "per_page": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 20,
        "maximum": 100,
        "minimum": 2,
        "description": "Results per page (2–100, default 20). The Federal Register API treats exactly 1 as its default page size instead of returning one result."
      },
      "closing_before": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "const": ""
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
            "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
          }
        ],
        "description": "Only rules whose comment period closes on or before this date, ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). Use to find deadlines you need to act on soon."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  arguments 46 lines copy
• regulations_get_document unknown never probed

  Fetch one Federal Register document by its FR document number — full metadata (title, type, agencies, abstract, action, effective/comment dates, RINs) plus the cross-source handles that make this a workflow server. The output carries the docket ID (chain into regulations_get_docket or regulations_find_comments) and the affected CFR parts (chain into regulations_get_cfr_section). Set include_full_text only when the rule body itself is needed — final rules can run tens of thousands of words.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "required": [
      "document_number"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "document_number": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]+$",
        "description": "Federal Register document number (e.g. \"2025-14555\"). Obtain from regulations_search_rules results (the documentNumber field)."
      },
      "include_full_text": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "default": false,
        "description": "When true, fetch and inline the document body as plain text (can be large). Default false returns the body URLs only; fetch full text only when you need to read the rule itself, not just its metadata and cross-links."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

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