# Austrian Legal Information (RIS)

> Use this tool when you need to access Austria's official legal database, providing comprehensive information on federal and state legislation, court decisions, and government regulations. It solves problems related to legal research, compliance, and decision-making by offering advanced search and retrieval capabilities. With a simple and open interface, it outputs full-text documents, historical versions, and change tracking, making it ideal for legal professionals, researchers, and government officials needing accurate and up-to-date legal information.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/philrox-ris  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/philrox-ris

## Description

Provides comprehensive access to Austria's official legal database, the Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS), through 12 specialized tools covering federal and state legislation, court decisions from 11 court types including the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, federal and state law gazettes, government bills, and district and municipal regulations. Supports full-text search, section-level lookups, historical versioning, change tracking across 30 application types, and full document retrieval with smart prefix-based routing. Uses the free Open Government Data API provided by the Austrian Federal Chancellery, requiring no API key or authentication.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.88
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/philrox-ris)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/honeyfield-org/ris-mcp-ts>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "philrox-ris"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/philrox-ris` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/philrox-ris/pull`

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