# GovInfo MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to access and retrieve U.S. government documents, such as bills, laws, and regulations, through a Model Context Protocol server. It solves problems related to searching and retrieving official government publications by providing a user-friendly interface to the GovInfo API. This server accepts search queries as input and returns relevant government documents as output, making it ideal for use cases requiring authoritative government information.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/travis-prall-govinfo-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/travis-prall-govinfo-mcp

## Description

A Model Context Protocol server that provides LLM-friendly access to the official GovInfo API for searching and retrieving U.S. government documents including bills, laws, regulations, and other official publications.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-04-22

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/hnhvqvznax)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Travis-Prall/govinfo-mcp>

## 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": "travis-prall-govinfo-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/travis-prall-govinfo-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/travis-prall-govinfo-mcp/pull`

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