Regulations.gov

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Law & government data
• You need to fill in: REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "regulations-gov": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "regulationsgov-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http regulations-gov https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp

claude mcp add regulations-gov --env REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY=your-value -- uvx regulationsgov-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "regulations-gov": {
      "url": "https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "regulations-gov": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "regulationsgov-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "regulations-gov": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "regulations-gov": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "regulationsgov-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp

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Values you fill in

• REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY secret required env
  Free api.data.gov key; required for every data tool.

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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• get_access_status

  Check Regulations.gov credential presence without returning or validating it.

• search_documents

  Search Regulations.gov documents (proposed rules, final rules, notices). Filter values are CASE-SENSITIVE. Use exact casing: - document_type: 'Proposed Rule', 'Rule', 'Notice', 'Supporting & Related Material', 'Other' - Lowercase values silently return 0 results (no error) Key pa

• get_document_detail

  Get full details for a single Regulations.gov document. Returns fileFormats (download URLs), cfrPart, displayProperties, and other detail fields not available in search results. Set include_attachments=True to get attachment objects with download URLs. Comment deadlines: attribut

• search_comments

  Search public comments on Regulations.gov. To find comments on a specific document, use comment_on_id with the hex objectId from document detail/search results (attributes.objectId, e.g. '0900006486531e6b'). The human-readable documentId is REJECTED here because the API silently

• get_comment_detail

  Get full details for a single comment. Returns the comment text field, organization, submitter info (if public), tracking number, and duplicate comment count. Many comments put their substance in attachments and the text field only says "See attached"; include_attachments=True re

• search_dockets

  Search Regulations.gov dockets. Dockets are containers for related regulatory documents (proposed rules, comments, supporting materials). FAR cases, DFARS cases, and agency rulemaking actions each have a docket. docket_type is CASE-SENSITIVE: 'Rulemaking' or 'Nonrulemaking'. last

• get_docket_detail

  Get full details for a single docket. Returns title, abstract, RIN (links to Unified Agenda), agency, keywords, and modification date. docket_id format: FAR-2023-0008, DARS-2025-0071, SBA-2024-0002

• open_comment_periods

  Find documents Regulations.gov reports as open for comment. Searches for documents where withinCommentPeriod=true, sorted by soonest reported closing date (ascending commentEndDate). Page 1 holds the earliest metadata dates; verify the notice before planning a submission. Returns

• far_case_history

  Get the lifecycle of a FAR/DFARS rulemaking case, summary first. Returns the docket metadata (title, abstract, RIN linking to the Unified Agenda), the docket's total document count, counts by document type and of documents open for comment across the whole docket, and one page of

Basic checksi

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  Maker matches the repo

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  Still maintained

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  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 789 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 9 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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• More stars than 0% of the other 1735 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 70% of the other 1735 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1735 servers in this category

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