Dutch case law over MCP: search & fetch uitspraken by ECLI (Rechtspraak Open Data + LiDO)
If you already use Rechtspraak (Dutch Case Law), the rechtspraak (dutch case law) mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Dutch case law over MCP: search & fetch uitspraken by ECLI (Rechtspraak Open Data + LiDO).
search_uitspraken is a faceted search over the official Open Data feed — filter by date, court (instantie), legal area (rechtsgebied) and document type. It does not do free-text keyword matching; pass an ECLI to query for a direct lookup, or use the facet filters. get_uitspraak fetches the full text and metadata from the documented Open Data content endpoint.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
search_uitspraken — Search case law (faceted by default; full-text behind a flag). Returns ECLIs + linkssearch_uitspraken_bulk — Run 3–10 searches at onceget_uitspraak — Fetch full text + metadata + relations of one decision by ECLIget_uitspraken_bulk — Fetch up to 10 decisions by ECLI in one calllist_waardelijsten — List value lists (instanties, rechtsgebieden, proceduresoorten, …) to build valid filterslido_related — LiDO citation graph around an ECLI: what cites it, what it cites, statute referencesConfiguration is passed through the environment: PRUDAI_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at rechtspraak-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Rechtspraak (Dutch Case Law)'s toolset — search_uitspraken, search_uitspraken_bulk, get_uitspraak and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Prudai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_uitspraken | Search case law (faceted by default; full-text behind a flag). Returns ECLIs + links. |
| search_uitspraken_bulk | Run 3–10 searches at once. |
| get_uitspraak | Fetch full text + metadata + relations of one decision by ECLI. |
| get_uitspraken_bulk | Fetch up to 10 decisions by ECLI in one call. |
| list_waardelijsten | List value lists (instanties, rechtsgebieden, proceduresoorten, …) to build valid filters. |
| lido_related | LiDO citation graph around an ECLI: what cites it, what it cites, statute references. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"rechtspraak": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "rechtspraak-mcp"],
"env": {
"PRUDAI_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PRUDAI_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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