Vaquill-AI/canlii-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that provides access to the CanLII Canadian legal database. It enables AI coding assistants like Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf to query legal cases and statutes directly from the development environment.

Best for

Best for
Developers building AI-assisted legal research tools or integrating Canadian law into coding environments

Use cases

• Retrieve Canadian case law and statutes during legal research
• Integrate legal document lookups into AI-assisted coding workflows
• Query CanLII data from within an IDE or chat interface

How to use

Install

npx wrangler secret put CANLII_API

Tools exposed

• list_case_databases
• list_cases
• get_case
• get_case_citations
• list_legislation_databases
• list_legislation
• get_legislation
• CANLII_API
• MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "canlii": {\n      "url": "https://canlii-mcp.vaquill.ai/mcp",\n      "headers": {\n        "X-CanLII-Token": "YOUR_CANLII_API_KEY"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server that provides access to the CanLII Canadian legal database. It enables AI coding assistants like Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf to query legal cases and statutes directly from the development environment.

2 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-07. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Retrieve Canadian case law and statutes during legal research
• Integrate legal document lookups into AI-assisted coding workflows
• Query CanLII data from within an IDE or chat interface

Pros

• Works with multiple popular AI coding tools out of the box
• Provides direct access to a comprehensive Canadian legal database
• Simple MCP protocol integration for developers

Cons

• Low GitHub star count indicates limited community adoption
• Requires running a separate server process
• Dependency on CanLII API availability and rate limits

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