Ris MCP Server

Search Austrian federal and state law, court decisions, and the authentic Bundesgesetzblatt (RIS).

Remote serverstreamable-http

What is the Ris MCP Server?

Search Austrian federal and state law, court decisions, and the authentic Bundesgesetzblatt (RIS).

What the server does

  • Declarative tool and resource definitions — single file per primitive, framework handles registration and validation
  • Unified error handling — handlers throw, framework catches, classifies, and formats
  • Pluggable auth (none, jwt, oauth)
  • Structured logging with optional OpenTelemetry tracing
  • STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports
  • All 39 OGD applications across every controller, from consolidated law and the four levels of authentic gazette to the 17 court and tribunal collections

Credentials and setup notes

  • Bun v1.3 or higher, or Node.js v24+ (needed for npx/bunx) - No API key — the RIS OGD API is keyless

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
ris_search_legislationSearch consolidated federal, state, and municipal law, one document per §/Artikel/Anlage, filtered to the version in force on a given date (defaults to today). Also serves English translations of selected laws.
ris_search_case_lawSearch Austrian case law (Judikatur), one court or tribunal per call: VfGH, VwGH, ordinary courts, BVwG, LVwG, DSB, the party-transparency senate, and ten more.
ris_search_gazetteBrowse the promulgation record at every level of government: federal (three era tiers back to 1848, auto-routed), state law and ordinance gazettes, district, and municipal.
ris_search_draftsSearch the federal lawmaking pipeline: ministerial drafts in public review (Begutachtungsentwürfe) and government bills (Regierungsvorlagen).
ris_search_announcementsSearch sectoral official gazettes and executive documents: social-insurance notices, veterinary notices, court rules, trade-exam regulations, health structure plans, ministerial decrees, council-of-ministers minutes.
ris_lookup_citationResolve one Austrian legal citation ("§ 6 DSG", "BGBl. I Nr. 165/1999", "RGBl. Nr. 189/1902", a Geschäftszahl, "VfSlg 19.632/2012") to its canonical document.
ris_get_documentFetch one document's full text as markdown/HTML/XML, or its export URLs, with binding-status labeling and the authentic PDF wherever one exists.
ris_track_changesPer-application change feed: every document added or changed in a date window, deletions included.
ris_list_referenceGround the domain vocabulary offline: applications and coverage windows, court codes, Bundesländer, decision kinds, ministries, district authorities, gazette eras and parts, citation formats, search syntax.

How to install the Ris MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ris-austria-mcp-server": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Bun v1.3 or higher, or Node.js v24+ (needed for npx/bunx) - No API key — the RIS OGD API is keyless
VariableDescriptionRequired
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
MCP_LOG_LEVELConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
RIS_API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
RIS_CONTENT_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • “Use Ris to ris search legislation.”
  • “Use Ris to ris search case law.”
  • “Use Ris to ris search gazette.”

Frequently asked questions

Search Austrian federal and state law, court decisions, and the authentic Bundesgesetzblatt (RIS). Confirm the tools offered by your installed version in the connected client. Tool availability and permissions depend on the server and account configuration.