How to Use the Legal Fees Apportionment Engine MCP in Claude

Q: How does the Legal Fees Apportionment Engine work with Claude Desktop to split multi-party awards?

You ask Claude Desktop to split an award, and it calls the apportionlegalfees tool using your local configuration. The tool runs the math, deducts attorney fees, and returns a balanced ledger directly to your Claude Desktop chat.

Q: What happens if there is a rounding error when using the Legal Fees Apportionment Engine in Claude Desktop?

The apportionlegalfees tool uses strict deterministic rounding rules to prevent errors. It forces the sum of all individual shares to equal the total award exactly, preventing any ledger discrepancies in your Claude Desktop window.

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Calculate exact settlement splits in Claude Desktop

The `apportion_legal_fees` tool calculates exact percentage splits and deducts attorney fees before distributing remaining funds. When you use Claude Desktop with this MCP Server, you feed raw judgment numbers into your chat, and the tool handles the math. Claude Desktop executes this tool locally through your configuration file. You get immediate, error-free settlement ledgers on your screen without manually running a separate calculator.

Auditable fee deductions on your local machine

You can generate a complete, clean ledger of every deduction step using the `apportion_legal_fees` tool. This MCP tool generates a complete, clean ledger of every deduction step for your files, applying contingency percentages and tracking the exact path of every dollar. Because the tool runs as a local subprocess on Claude Desktop, your sensitive billing logic stays on your machine. You get the exact math needed for court-mandated ledger filings without exposing your internal data.

Handle complex co-defendant math

Solving complex multi-party ratios is simple when you run the `apportion_legal_fees` tool. You can tell your agent to resolve multi-party ratios in seconds, even when splitting seven-figure awards across five parties with different culpability levels. The engine applies strict rounding rules so the final sum matches the total down to the penny. Claude Desktop displays the clean breakdown directly in your active conversation using the MCP protocol.

Setup guide

Set up Legal Fees Apportionment Engine MCP in Claude Web or Desktop

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.
2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.
3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Legal Fees Apportionment Engine MCP tools are available immediately — no restart needed.

Endpoint URL

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

No configuration file needed — paste the URL directly in the Claude web interface.

Available on Free (1 connector), Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.

Prerequisites

Claude Desktop installed (macOS or Windows)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Click the menu icon at the top-left corner, go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config. This opens claude_desktop_config.json in your default text editor.
2

Paste the Legal Fees Apportionment Engine MCP configuration

Copy the JSON snippet on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen the application. Claude needs a full restart to load new MCPs — refreshing a conversation is not enough.
4

Verify the connection

Open a new conversation. Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the message input. You should see tools listed under legal-fees-apportionment-engine-mcp.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-fees-apportionment-engine-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Legal Fees Apportionment Engine MCP in Claude Desktop

You ask Claude Desktop to split an award, and it calls the `apportion_legal_fees` tool using your local configuration. The tool runs the math, deducts attorney fees, and returns a balanced ledger directly to your Claude Desktop chat.

Yes, you can specify contingency percentages directly in your prompt. Claude Desktop passes these parameters to the `apportion_legal_fees` tool, which subtracts the legal fees before calculating the final distribution for each co-defendant.

The `apportion_legal_fees` tool uses strict deterministic rounding rules to prevent errors. It forces the sum of all individual shares to equal the total award exactly, preventing any ledger discrepancies in your Claude Desktop window.

No code is required. You edit your configuration file once to link the MCP Server, and your agent handles the tool calls behind the scenes.

Your award amounts and fee percentages are processed locally on your machine via Claude Desktop's stdio transport. No external database or remote server logs your financial transaction details.

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