How to Use the UK Legislation MCP in Claude Code

Q: How do I search for compliance rules using UK Legislation in Claude Code?

Execute the searchlegislation tool from your terminal. The output is plain text, ideal for piping into other commands. This makes it reliable for automated CI/CD checks.

Q: Can I audit compliance against historical UK Legislation using Claude Code?

Yes. Use getlegislationbyyear. You run the command, capture all documents from that year, and feed them into an analysis script for auditing purposes.

Q: How do I validate against specific legal clauses using UK Legislation in Claude Code?

Use getsection to retrieve the exact clause text. You can then use standard shell scripting tools (like grep or awk) on that output for validation checks.

Q: Does this MCP Server support finding regulatory acts using UK Legislation in Claude Code?

It supports searching by subject (searchbysubject) and retrieving general act details (getlegislation). These functions are designed for non-interactive, script-based execution.

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Run Legal Searches from the Terminal

Need to check a legal document as part of a pipeline? Use `search_legislation`. You run this command headless, piping the resulting list of matching acts and statutory instruments into your next shell script. This is perfect for CI/CD: you can automate checks that require querying official UK legislation databases without needing any GUI or browser.

Extracting Specific Clauses in Scripts

A pipeline needs to verify compliance against one specific rule. `get_section` handles this perfectly. You run the command, capture the section text, and use it as a variable in your script's conditional logic. This avoids messy manual data entry and ensures that every build step uses the absolute latest, precise legal wording.

Monitoring Regulatory Changes via CLI

Don't wait for a human to run the update script. Use `get_recent_legislation` in your cron job or GitHub Action. It pulls new acts automatically so you can immediately validate your system against fresh law. Want to know the scope of change? Run `get_legislation_by_year`. This provides an auditable, date-stamped record of all regulatory documents for that period.

Setup guide

Set up UK Legislation MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see uk-legislation-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest UK Legislation transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available UK Legislation tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http uk-legislation-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the UK Legislation MCP

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

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-legislation-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about UK Legislation MCP in Claude Code

Execute the `search_legislation` tool from your terminal. The output is plain text, ideal for piping into other commands. This makes it reliable for automated CI/CD checks.

Yes. Use `get_legislation_by_year`. You run the command, capture all documents from that year, and feed them into an analysis script for auditing purposes.

Use `get_section` to retrieve the exact clause text. You can then use standard shell scripting tools (like grep or awk) on that output for validation checks.

It supports searching by subject (`search_by_subject`) and retrieving general act details (`get_legislation`). These functions are designed for non-interactive, script-based execution.

It processes structured legislative text: acts, statutory instruments, and sections. This raw, clean output is perfect for robust shell scripts and automation.

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