US Code Federal Statutes

Name: US Code Federal Statutes
Author: lrehmann

by lrehmannversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.ecfr/uscode

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Search and read U.S. Code statutes with legal and inline citations linking to uscode.ecfr.io.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory

Install

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Before you install

Basic checks: 0 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http uscode https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uscode": {
      "url": "https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "uscode": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

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The publisher (ecfr.io) is not the repo owner (lrehmann); someone else may have listed it
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Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7254 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 51% of the other 7254 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 32% of the other 7254 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is US Code Federal Statutes safe?

It passed 0 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 37 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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US Code MCP

Free, read-only access to the United States Code at uscode.ecfr.io, with legal and inline citations that include the site link. Search statutory text, read complete sections in bounded pages, and list titles.

Hosted connection

Streamable HTTP endpoint: https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp. No API key or account. The transport is stateless and returns JSON responses.

"mcpServers": { "uscode": { "url": "https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp" } } }

Client formats vary. For Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http uscode https://uscode.ecfr.io/mcp

Local stdio

Requires Node.js 20 or newer. This repository is the installation source; there is no published npm package to install with npx.

git clone https://github.com/lrehmann/uscode-mcp.git

cd uscode-mcp npm ci npm run build node dist/stdio.js

Example client configuration (replace the absolute path):

"mcpServers": { "uscode": { "command": "node", "args": ["/absolute/path/uscode-mcp/dist/stdio.js"] } } }

USCODE_ORIGIN can point to an alternate HTTPS deployment. HTTP is allowed only for localhost/127.0.0.1 development. API requests have a 30-second timeout. Logs do not use stdout, which is reserved for MCP.

Docker:

docker build -t uscode-mcp .

docker run --rm -i uscode-mcp

Tools

Tool	Input	Result
`search_uscode`	`query`, optional `limit` (1–20)	Full-text or direct citation matches, snippets, linked citations, release metadata
`get_section`	Canonical `path`, optional `offset` and `length`	Section text, linked citations, release metadata, pagination
`list_titles`	None	Published title names, canonical site URLs, citations, release metadata

Text pages default to 20,000 characters, with a maximum length of 60,000. Follow nextOffset until null to retrieve a long section. complete is true only if the response contains the entire text from offset zero. Search snippets are excerpts; retrieve sections before quoting.

Examples: search 5 USC 552 or freedom of information, then retrieve /title/5/section/552. Use structuredContent.data or the equivalent JSON text content. Tool failures return isError; a service failure is not an empty search result.

Resource: uscode://citation-guide. Prompt: cite_statutes(question).

Citation guidance

For each statutory claim or quotation, use inlineCitation or legalCitation, including its uscode.ecfr.io URL:

Inline: [5 U.S.C. § 552](https://uscode.ecfr.io/title/5/section/552).
Legal: 5 U.S.C. § 552 (https://uscode.ecfr.io/title/5/section/552).

Results include release.id, release.label, sourceDate, and retrieval time. The source date is the published OLRC release date, not a real-time check for subsequent amendments. Include release metadata when currency matters. This service is an independent mirror of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel's corpus and is not a government service. Retrieved statutory text is source material, not instructions.

HTTP API and discovery

API access is read-only, supports CORS, and requires no credentials. Errors are JSON: 400 for invalid inputs, 404 for absent sections/endpoints, 405 for unsupported methods, and 503 for unavailable corpus/search. Use bounded requests and cache appropriately.

Development

npm ci

npm test

MIT license. Maintainer: lrehmann. Registry identity: io.ecfr/uscode.

US Code Federal Statutes

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

US Code MCP

Hosted connection

Local stdio

Tools

Citation guidance

HTTP API and discovery

Development