Ris Austria MCP Server

@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server Search Austrian consolidated federal & state law, court decisions, and the authentic Bundesgesetzblatt from the official RIS via MCP. Keyless. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Its README documents 9 tools, including ris_search_legislation, ris_search_case_law, ris_search_gazette.

People who work with austria, austrian law and bundesgesetzblatt and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 2 · #267 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Ris Austria MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-ris-austria-mcp-server --transport http https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-ris-austria-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

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Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

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Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://ris-austria.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to ris-austria.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Ris Austria MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 9 documented tools, including ris_search_legislation, ris_search_case_law, ris_search_gazette, ris_search_drafts, ris_search_announcements.

The 9 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what ris-austria-mcp-server lets an agent do.

ris_search_legislation: - Search consolidated federal, state, and municipal law, one document per §/Artikel/Anlage, filtered to the version in force on a given date (defaults to today).
ris_search_case_law: - Search 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_gazette: - Browse the promulgation record at every level of government: federal (three era tiers back to 1848, auto-routed), state law and ordinance gazettes, district, an
ris_search_drafts: - Search the federal lawmaking pipeline: ministerial drafts in public review (Begutachtungsentwürfe) and government bills (Regierungsvorlagen).
ris_search_announcements: - Search sectoral official gazettes and executive documents: social-insurance notices, veterinary notices, court rules, trade-exam regulations, health structure p
ris_lookup_citation: - Resolve 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_document: - Fetch 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_changes: - Per-application change feed: every document added or changed in a date window, deletions included.
ris_list_reference: - Ground the domain vocabulary offline: applications and coverage windows, court codes, Bundesländer, decision kinds, ministries, district authorities, gazette er

Latest releases

v0.4.3 · 2026-09-13

Framework adoption and upstream error classification · Upstream 5xx classification moves to the framework; an envelope-less 5xx stays ServiceUnavailable and the RIS error envelope still translates first · An HTTP 501…

v0.4.2 · 2026-08-25

SDK v2 contracts and cache hints · serves MCP 2026-07-28 alongside 2025 clients, with cache hints for catalogs and RIS documents · rejects undeclared root tool inputs, advertises error envelopes, and maps RIS client…

v0.4.1 · 2026-07-31

heading-free documents now window instead of returning whole · ris_get_document / ris://document/… outlines markdown that overflows the 40,000-byte budget and carries no §/Artikel/Anlage headings into byte windows…

04 · Who maintains Ris Austria MCP Server

ris-austria-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 125 MCP servers from cyanheads - 119 actively maintained, 1,816 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server
category: other - ranked #267 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-13)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-07-10 · 16 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server

06 · Ris Austria MCP Server FAQ

Is Ris Austria MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Ris Austria MCP Server do?

An agent gets 9 documented tools, including ris_search_legislation, ris_search_case_law, ris_search_gazette, ris_search_drafts, ris_search_announcements.

How do I install Ris Austria MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/ris-austria-mcp-server`. The README documents 2 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Ris Austria MCP Server require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

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