@cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server 0.3.0 → 0.5.0

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  1. package/AGENTS.md +4 -4
  2. package/CLAUDE.md +4 -4
  3. package/README.md +61 -89
  4. package/changelog/0.4.x/0.4.0.md +29 -0
  5. package/changelog/0.5.x/0.5.0.md +44 -0
  6. package/dist/config/server-config.d.ts +1 -1
  7. package/dist/config/server-config.d.ts.map +1 -1
  8. package/dist/config/server-config.js +2 -2
  9. package/dist/config/server-config.js.map +1 -1
  10. package/dist/index.d.ts +7 -6
  11. package/dist/index.d.ts.map +1 -1
  12. package/dist/index.js +14 -62
  13. package/dist/index.js.map +1 -1
  14. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/cfr-section.resource.d.ts +7 -4
  15. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/cfr-section.resource.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  17. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/cfr-section.resource.js.map +1 -1
  18. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/document.resource.d.ts +1 -1
  19. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/document.resource.d.ts.map +1 -1
  20. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/document.resource.js +9 -6
  21. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/document.resource.js.map +1 -1
  22. package/dist/mcp-server/resources/definitions/index.d.ts +13 -13
  23. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/browse-cfr.tool.d.ts +24 -3
  24. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/browse-cfr.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
  25. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/browse-cfr.tool.js +154 -42
  26. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/browse-cfr.tool.js.map +1 -1
  27. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/date-input.d.ts +2 -1
  28. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/date-input.d.ts.map +1 -1
  29. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/date-input.js +2 -1
  30. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/date-input.js.map +1 -1
  31. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/document-number.d.ts +24 -0
  32. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/document-number.d.ts.map +1 -0
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  35. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/find-comments.tool.d.ts +26 -4
  36. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/find-comments.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  39. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/format-utils.d.ts +3 -1
  40. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/format-utils.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  42. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/format-utils.js.map +1 -1
  43. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-cfr-section.tool.d.ts +20 -6
  44. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-cfr-section.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  46. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-cfr-section.tool.js.map +1 -1
  47. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-docket.tool.d.ts +3 -0
  48. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-docket.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  50. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-docket.tool.js.map +1 -1
  51. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-document.tool.d.ts +1 -1
  52. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/get-document.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  55. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/index.d.ts +161 -108
  56. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/index.d.ts.map +1 -1
  57. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/paging.d.ts +48 -0
  58. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/paging.d.ts.map +1 -0
  59. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/paging.js +48 -0
  60. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/paging.js.map +1 -0
  61. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/search-rules.tool.d.ts +9 -0
  62. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/search-rules.tool.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  64. package/dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/search-rules.tool.js.map +1 -1
  65. package/dist/services/character-references.d.ts +29 -0
  66. package/dist/services/character-references.d.ts.map +1 -0
  67. package/dist/services/character-references.js +49 -0
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  69. package/dist/services/ecfr/ecfr-service.d.ts +72 -19
  70. package/dist/services/ecfr/ecfr-service.d.ts.map +1 -1
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  72. package/dist/services/ecfr/ecfr-service.js.map +1 -1
  73. package/dist/services/ecfr/read-section.d.ts +74 -0
  74. package/dist/services/ecfr/read-section.d.ts.map +1 -0
  75. package/dist/services/ecfr/read-section.js +123 -0
  76. package/dist/services/ecfr/read-section.js.map +1 -0
  77. package/dist/services/ecfr/types.d.ts +50 -3
  78. package/dist/services/ecfr/types.d.ts.map +1 -1
  79. package/dist/services/ecfr/xml.d.ts +2 -2
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  83. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/ecfr-mirror.d.ts +6 -5
  84. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/ecfr-mirror.d.ts.map +1 -1
  85. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/ecfr-mirror.js +14 -3
  86. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/ecfr-mirror.js.map +1 -1
  87. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/refresh-job.d.ts +45 -0
  88. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/refresh-job.d.ts.map +1 -0
  89. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/refresh-job.js +108 -0
  90. package/dist/services/ecfr-mirror/refresh-job.js.map +1 -0
  91. package/dist/services/federal-register/federal-register-service.d.ts +3 -2
  92. package/dist/services/federal-register/federal-register-service.d.ts.map +1 -1
  93. package/dist/services/federal-register/federal-register-service.js +25 -29
  94. package/dist/services/federal-register/federal-register-service.js.map +1 -1
  95. package/dist/services/federal-register/types.d.ts +0 -5
  96. package/dist/services/federal-register/types.d.ts.map +1 -1
  97. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/regulations-gov-service.d.ts +22 -6
  98. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/regulations-gov-service.d.ts.map +1 -1
  99. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/regulations-gov-service.js +70 -42
  100. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/regulations-gov-service.js.map +1 -1
  101. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/types.d.ts +19 -2
  102. package/dist/services/regulations-gov/types.d.ts.map +1 -1
  103. package/dist/services/text-window.d.ts +35 -0
  104. package/dist/services/text-window.d.ts.map +1 -0
  105. package/dist/services/text-window.js +30 -0
  106. package/dist/services/text-window.js.map +1 -0
  107. package/package.json +4 -2
  108. package/scripts/ecfr-mirror-refresh.ts +5 -4
  109. package/scripts/ecfr-mirror-verify.ts +1 -1
  110. package/server.json +9 -3
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- - `include_full_text` inlines the plain-text body as a character window: `max_chars` (default 64,000, up to 200,000) from `offset` (default 0). `fullTextLength` reports the whole body's length and `fullTextNextOffset` the offset to resume from while text remains; documents of about ten printed pages or fewer come back whole, while a major final rule runs past a million characters
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- - Passing `offset` or `max_chars` implies `include_full_text`; pairing either with an explicit `include_full_text: false` fails as `full_text_disabled`. An offset at or past the end returns empty `fullText` with the length and a notice
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+ - `document_number` in any form the Federal Register issues: `2024-07773` from 2010 on, and older and correction numbers such as `98-1572`, `E9-25990`, or `C1-2009-30484`; `include_full_text` adds the plain-text body as one window of `max_chars` (default 64,000, max 200,000) starting at `offset`, and passing either of those implies it
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- - Search accepts `date` (point-in-time; eCFR indexes 2017-01-03 onward) and `per_page` (1–50, default 20)
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+ - `mode: "structure"` lists the 50 titles, a title's top-level divisions, or, with `title` + `part`, every section and appendix in the part with its `subpart` and `subjectGroup`; `mode: "search"` full-text-searches the codified CFR and requires `query`. `title`, `part` (needs `title`), and a point-in-time `date` scope both modes, and `per_page` 1–50 (default 20) pages search results and part listings
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+ - One section (`title` + `part` + `section`), a whole part (`section` omitted), or one appendix (`appendix`, verbatim as `regulations_browse_cfr` emits it, e.g. `Appendix A-1 to Part 50`). `section` also takes cites as people write them (`"61"`, `"§ 141.61"`, `"141.61(c)"`), and `date` reads text from 2017-01-01 through the title's up-to-date date
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- - `per_page` 1–100 (default 20), `page` from 1; `totalCount`, `totalPages`, and `nextPage` describe the window. The Federal Register can't sort by comment date, so the window is fetched whole (one request up to 2,000 documents, then 2,000 per request) and paged locally; past the Federal Register's 10,000-document limit the response is `truncated` and holds the 10,000 most recently published matches
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125
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103
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110
 
132
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133
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134
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140
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119
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128
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+ - Keyless core: the five Federal Register and eCFR tools need no key. `regulations_get_docket` and `regulations_find_comments` need `REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY` (free at [api.data.gov/signup](https://api.data.gov/signup/), 1,000 requests/hour) and fail with `auth_required`, naming the variable and signup URL, when it is missing or rejected
130
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159
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161
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135
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136
+ - Honest paging: `totalPages` and `nextPage` say how far a list goes, a page past the end names the last page instead of reading as "nothing matched", and matches beyond the Federal Register's 50 pages or Regulations.gov's 40 surface through `truncated` and `notice`, never as silently dropped rows
137
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139
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164
140
 
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156
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181
157
 
182
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185
161
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212
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213
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238
214
 
239
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217
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253
227
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254
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254
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282
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257
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- | `ECFR_MIRROR_TITLES` | Comma-separated CFR title numbers to scope the mirror to (e.g. `21,40`). Omit to mirror all 50 titles. Cites and searches outside the set fall through to the live eCFR API, as does any all-titles search while this is set. | — (all titles) |
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+ | `ECFR_MIRROR_PATH` | Path to the eCFR SQLite mirror database. | `./data/ecfr-mirror.sqlite` |
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+ | `ECFR_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON` | Cron expression for an in-process mirror refresh (HTTP transport only), e.g. `0 4 * * 0`. Each run re-harvests every configured title in full. | none (no job) |
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+ | `ECFR_MIRROR_TITLES` | Comma-separated CFR titles to mirror (e.g. `21,40`). Reads and searches outside the set, and all-titles searches, go to the live eCFR API. | all 50 titles |
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295
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296
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267
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268
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272
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316
288
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317
289
 
318
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291
 
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292
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321
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322
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293
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294
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323
295
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296
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330
302
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331
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303
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333
304
 
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305
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309
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339
310
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311
 
341
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+ The Dockerfile defaults to HTTP transport, stateless session mode, and logs to `/var/log/federal-regulations-mcp-server`. Build the mirror inside a running container with `docker exec <container> bun run mirror:init`, and mount a volume over `/usr/src/app/data` so it survives recreation. OpenTelemetry peer dependencies are installed by default; build with `--build-arg OTEL_ENABLED=false` to omit them.
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+ # 0.4.0 — 2026-09-22
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+ ## Changed
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+ - **`regulations_get_cfr_section` `bodyText`** is now one bounded, resumable window instead of the whole location's text: new `offset`/`max_chars` inputs, required `bodyTextOffset`/`bodyTextLength` outputs, and `bodyTextNextOffset` while text remains. A whole-part fetch's `sections[]` drops per-section `bodyText` — it's now a text-free index (`section`, `heading`, `cfrCite`, `offset`) cut to the window. The `regulations://cfr/{title}/{part}/{section}` resource returns the default 64,000-character window on the same fields [#29](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/29).
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+ - **`regulations_browse_cfr` structure mode with `part`** now returns the part's sections and appendices flattened and paged (`page`/`per_page`), each naming its `subpart`/`subjectGroup`, instead of the part's direct children — mostly subparts and subject groups, which carry no read path [#31](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/31).
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+ - **`regulations_browse_cfr` search mode** collapses eCFR's per-version repeats to one row per section. `totalCount` now describes what `countBasis` says it counts (`sections`, or eCFR's own `section_versions` until the whole hit list is read), not the raw versioned hit count [#42](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/42).
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+ - **A `date` past eCFR's up-to-date date** now answers `date_out_of_range` (naming the window) instead of `not_found`, on `regulations_get_cfr_section` and `regulations_browse_cfr` structure mode; `date` on every eCFR tool must now be a real calendar day (`2025-02-30` is rejected at input validation, not just the `YYYY-MM-DD` shape) [#35](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/35).
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+ - **`ECFR_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON`** has no default — unset now registers no refresh job, where it previously defaulted to a weekly cron that never actually ran [#26](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/26).
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+ - **Structure labels and descriptions** are reduced to plain text — eCFR's inline `<em>`/`<sub>`/`<span>` markup is stripped and named/numeric entities decoded rather than passed through; search headings, paths, and excerpts, already tag-stripped, now decode entities too [#31](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/31).
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+ - **`regulations_browse_cfr` `page`** input pages both search results and a part's structure listing; a live search page starting past eCFR's 10,000-hit window fails as `page_out_of_window` [#30](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/30).
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+ - **`regulations_find_comments` targets** are trimmed, and a value with characters no Regulations.gov ID contains answers `not_found` without a request [#34](https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-regulations-mcp-server/issues/34).
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