Our grade: 4 checks
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Community rating
- 5 3
- 4 2
- 3 5
- 2 0
- 1 0
Trust in production
- Trust it - 50%
- With caveats - 40%
- Wouldn't - 10%
80% would recommend this server
How reviewers scored it
- Setup & docs 3.9
- Auth experience 3.7
- Reliability 3.6
- Maintainer responsiveness 3.7
Why it got a B
LawDB's own hosted server over HTTPS. It searches German and EU legislation and German, European and international case law drawn from official sources, and returns full documents or single provisions with stable citations (search_legal_documents, search_provisions, get_document, get_provision, list_jurisdictions). Every tool reads published law, so the server can't change anything in your accounts. The endpoint refuses requests without a token, and you sign in with OAuth or a personal token. No advisories on record. Treat answers as research help, not legal advice, and check the cited provision. Biggest deduction: OAuth offers one all-purpose scope, and the server is closed source with no public changelog, so maintenance is scored one band lower.
How to connect
// .cursor/mcp.json
{ "mcpServers": { "lawdb": { "url": "https://lawdb.eu/mcp" } } }claude mcp add --transport http lawdb https://lawdb.eu/mcpIs LawDB MCP Server safe?
Is LawDB MCP Server safe to use?
LawDB MCP Server grades B (solid, with minor gaps). Login is required, but access is coarse: one sign-in or key covers more than your agent needs, so grant the narrowest account you can. Updates are occasional, so fixes may be slow to arrive.
Does LawDB MCP Server have known vulnerabilities?
Not in our current data: it has no open CVEs or advisories. We re-check as new ones are published.
Does LawDB MCP Server support authentication?
Yes. It requires a login, so access can be tied to a person or a scoped key.
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No complaints after a month
Been running this for about a month now. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click. Happy to run it in production.
Used for Collecting references for reports
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Better than the DIY script it replaced
Hooked LawDB MCP Server into Claude Code and it worked on the first try. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Release pace is moderate, so I pin a version and check in monthly. The OAuth flow worked first time in Claude Code.
Used for Fact-checking drafts
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Promising, a bit raw
Some tools are great, a couple feel half finished. Being closed source, I cannot audit it, but the vendor has been responsive. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Recommended, with sensible guardrails.
Used for Grounding answers with live results
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
OK for read-only work
Useful tool, though I would not hand it to a junior unsupervised. Issues get answered eventually. Not fast, not abandoned.
Used for Finding recent sources for articles
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 2/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Exactly what I needed from LawDB
Tried it on a side project first, then rolled it out at work. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Issues get answered eventually. Not fast, not abandoned.
Used for Collecting references for reports
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Good, but read the permissions first
Took longer to configure than I expected. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. The scope options are worth reading carefully, the defaults are broader than I wanted. Hosted endpoint means no local process to babysit. Keep permissions tight and it is a good tool.
Used for Competitive research
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Handy for dev, careful in prod
Mostly reliable, with the odd timeout. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Worth it, just do not skip the hardening steps.
Used for Fact-checking drafts
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 2/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
The LawDB integration I wanted
Installed it on a Friday, it was part of my workflow by Monday. Narrowing the scopes took ten minutes and made me much happier running it. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. It is in our production agent and I sleep fine.
Used for Competitive research
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Useful, with a few rough edges
I like it, with reservations. Narrowing the scopes took ten minutes and made me much happier running it. I would use it in prod, but only with a human approving writes.
Used for Research agent for market questions
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 2/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Solid and well behaved
Simple to set up in Cursor, simple to reason about. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Updates are a bit slow, but it is stable enough that it has not mattered. Easy recommendation.
Used for Technical research while coding
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
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