canlii-mcp
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the CanLII Canadian legal information API. Gives AI assistants access to Canadian case law and legislation metadata across all federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions.
Forked from tomilashy/canlii-mcp. This fork adds bring-your-own-key (BYOK) auth, a
/healthroute, and a hosted endpoint atcanlii-mcp.vaquill.ai. Tools are unchanged.
Note: The CanLII API provides metadata only — titles, citations, dates, keywords, and citation relationships. Full document text is not available through the API.
Use the hosted endpoint (no install)
https://canlii-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcpTwo headers are required for the hosted instance:
Authorization: Bearer <MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>— gates access to the MCP server itselfX-CanLII-Token: <your_canlii_api_key>— your CanLII key. Apply at canlii.org/en/api/. The server never stores your key.
Claude Desktop / Claude Code
{
"mcpServers": {
"canlii": {
"url": "https://canlii-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_TOKEN",
"X-CanLII-Token": "YOUR_CANLII_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
