# court-listener

> Use this tool when you need to access legal data, such as court opinions, judges, and dockets, to inform decision-making or answer questions related to the law. It solves problems related to legal research, providing a straightforward interface to query the CourtListener API with minimal requirements, including no authentication for basic access. This tool is ideal for AI agents requiring reliable and up-to-date legal information.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-court-listener  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-court-listener

## Description

Enables AI agents to query and access legal data from the Free Law Project's CourtListener API, including court opinions, judges, and dockets, with basic access requiring no authentication.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/m2g0147i3d)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-court-listener>

## 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": "pipeworx-io-mcp-court-listener"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-court-listener` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-court-listener/pull`

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