# America's Law Graph

US federal and state statutory law MCP server. 529K sections across 50 states, the US Code, and Code of Federal Regulations. 11 tools: fulltext search, citation graph traversal, cross-reference navig…

## Quick Start

```bash
# Connect this server (installs CLI if needed)
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest mcp add vestara/america-law-graph

# Browse available tools
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool list vestara/america-law-graph

# Get full schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get vestara/america-law-graph search_legislation

# Call a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool call vestara/america-law-graph search_legislation '{}'
```

## Direct MCP Connection

Endpoint: `https://america-law-graph--vestara.run.tools`

## Tools (11)

- `search_legislation` — Search US legislation by name or keyword. Fuzzy matching across 5,000+ federal and state statutes.
- `find_relevant_law` — Find relevant law by describing a legal question or situation. Fulltext search across 529K statutory sections.
- `traverse_graph` — Expand from a statute to find connected legislation via the citation graph. Shows cross-references, amendments, and rel…
- `get_act_structure` — View all sections of a specific statute. Returns section references, titles, and text snippets.
- `get_related_acts` — Find statutes related to a given statute through cross-references and the citation graph.
- `get_risk_surface` — Generate a legal risk surface for a business description. Identifies relevant statutes, legal domains, and compliance r…
- `semantic_search` — Find relevant law using semantic similarity (embeddings). Best for exploratory queries where exact keywords are unknown.
- `search_within_work` — Search for specific text within a single statute's sections.
- `get_recent_changes` — Find recently amended or enacted provisions in a legal topic area.
- `compare_jurisdictions` — Compare regulatory frameworks between two business scenarios or jurisdictions.
- `get_doctrinal_lineage` — Trace the full doctrinal lineage of a statute — amendment chain, implementing regulations, interpretive case law, and c…

```bash
# Get full input/output schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get vestara/america-law-graph <tool-name>
```
