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+name: release
+
+# Publishes to PyPI (org secret PYPI_API_TOKEN) + the MCP Registry (GitHub OIDC).
+# Trigger: push a version tag, e.g. `git tag v0.1.0 && git push origin v0.1.0`.
+# NOTE: switched from OIDC trusted-publishing after a persistent invalid-publisher
+# error across the fleet; see gb-eli-mcp for the same pattern already working.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch: {}   # manual re-run of the MCP Registry publish without bumping the package version
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write   # required for the MCP Registry OIDC login
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish-pypi:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push'   # only on a version tag; skipped on manual dispatch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install build tooling
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade build
+
+      - name: Build sdist + wheel
+        run: python -m build
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI (org API token)
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+
+  publish-mcp-registry:
+    needs: build-and-publish-pypi
+    # run after a successful PyPI publish, OR standalone on manual dispatch
+    if: always() && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || needs.build-and-publish-pypi.result == 'success')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write   # OIDC login to the MCP Registry
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install mcp-publisher
+        run: |
+          curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/latest/download/mcp-publisher_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher
+          sudo mv mcp-publisher /usr/local/bin/
+
+      - name: Login to MCP Registry (GitHub OIDC)
+        run: mcp-publisher login github-oidc
+
+      - name: Publish server.json to MCP Registry
+        run: mcp-publisher publish

us_eli_mcp-0.3.0/.gitignore

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+# Python
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# Local runtime (never source)
+.matematic/
+*.log
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Note: tests/fixtures/* ARE committed - public Finlex data needed for tests.

us_eli_mcp-0.3.0/.publication-gate.json

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+{
+  "allow_paths": ["tests/fixtures/"]
+}

us_eli_mcp-0.3.0/DISCOVERY.md

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+# Discovery notes - USA
+
+Date: 2026-07-06.
+
+## v0.2.0 - GovInfo added (enacted law text); CourtListener tried and reverted
+
+Date: 2026-07-06 (same day, second pass - cross-fleet audit found this
+connector had zero case-law/full-text coverage, one gap common to all four
+non-EU connectors probed that day: IL, US, GB, BR).
+
+**CourtListener was implemented, then reverted.** A live probe confirmed
+CourtListener v4's `/search/` endpoint works anonymously and is a real,
+broad case-law source. But this connector's own "Why this connector
+originally stopped at Congress.gov bills" section (below) had ALREADY made
+a considered decision not to build a CourtListener wrapper here, because
+`blakeox/courtlistener-mcp` (MIT, 49 tools) and
+`john-walkoe/courtlistener_citations_mcp` (MIT) already do exactly that. A
+concurrent multi-agent session momentarily built and shipped a CourtListener
+integration anyway, overriding that decision without re-litigating it - on
+review this was reverted, because "the gap is real" does not override "two
+MIT projects already fill it"; the original reasoning still holds. If you
+want US case law via MCP, use one of those two existing servers instead of
+expecting it here.
+
+**GovInfo was built instead** - the gap this connector's own DISCOVERY.md
+already named as the natural v0.2 feature (see below), and one genuinely not
+covered elsewhere in this fleet:
+
+```
+GET https://api.govinfo.gov/collections/{collection}/{startDate}?offsetMark=*&pageSize=N&api_key=...
+GET https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/{packageId}/summary?api_key=...
+```
+
+Same api.data.gov key family as Congress.gov (`US_ELI_GOVINFO_API_KEY`,
+falling back to `US_ELI_API_KEY`, falling back to `DEMO_KEY`). Covers US Code,
+Statutes at Large, Federal Register, and CFR collections - full enacted-law
+text, not just the legislative process `us_search_bills`/`us_get_bill` track.
+
+New tools:
+
+- `us_list_code_packages(collection, start_date, limit=20)` - list packages
+  in a GovInfo collection (e.g. `"USCODE"`, `"CFR"`, `"FR"`) modified since a
+  date.
+- `us_get_code_package(package_id)` - metadata + content-format download
+  links (pdf/xml/txt) for one package.
+
+Both tools follow the exact conventions already established for
+`us_search_bills`/`us_get_bill`: `ToolAnnotations(readOnlyHint=True, ...)`,
+`ToolError` with the same three codes, `AuditLogger`/`hash_input`/`timer()`
+audit logging to the same JSONL file, `HttpCache`-backed caching via a new
+`GovInfoClient` (`govinfo_client.py`, mirroring `CongressClient`'s
+retry/backoff logic), and a `GovInfoPackage`/citation-contract dataclass pair
+in `models.py`/`citations.py` parallel to `Bill`/`Citation`.
+
+**Known transient issue, not a code defect**: `tests/test_govinfo_smoke.py`
+hit a `429 Too Many Requests` on `DEMO_KEY` during this session, because the
+same shared key was hammered repeatedly across several concurrent discovery
+probes earlier in the day. `DEMO_KEY`'s rate limit resets on its own; this is
+not evidence of a broken endpoint (the 400/500 errors seen earlier in
+discovery were a URL-shape issue, since fixed - see the request shapes
+above, both live-verified with a 200 once the rate limit was clear).
+
+Version bumped 0.1.0 -> 0.2.0 (minor, per semver: new backward-compatible
+tools, no breaking changes to `us_search_bills`/`us_get_bill`).
+
+## Why this connector originally stopped at Congress.gov bills
+
+The US legal-data landscape is more fragmented than the EU/Brazil pattern
+this fleet otherwise follows - there is no single agency that owns
+legislation + case law end to end (compare Finlex, or NeuRIS in Germany).
+Three separate, already-mature pieces exist:
+
+1. **Congress.gov** (this connector) - the legislative process, confirmed
+   live with `DEMO_KEY`, JSON, stable per-bill URL. Building this first is
+   the highest-value, lowest-effort slice.
+2. **GovInfo** - enacted law text, same api.data.gov key family, separate
+   package/granule identifier scheme. Natural v0.2 feature for this repo -
+   not built in this original pass (kept the first release reviewable);
+   built in the v0.2.0 update above.
+3. **CourtListener / Free Law Project** (case law) - `blakeox/courtlistener-mcp`
+   (MIT) and `john-walkoe/courtlistener_citations_mcp` (MIT) already exist and
+   are reasonably mature. A live-probe in an earlier sweep (2026-07-04) found
+   that CourtListener's citation-validation logic lives server-side (requires
+   a token + network call, breaking the zero-cloud pattern this fleet
+   otherwise favors); the one genuinely portable piece - a Jaccard
+   name-mismatch heuristic - was already ported into `citation-grounding-pl`
+   v2.1. Building a third CourtListener wrapper here would duplicate two
+   existing MIT projects instead of filling a real gap.
+
+## Caselaw Access Project (case.law) - discontinued as a live API
+
+Harvard's Caselaw Access Project shut down its own API and search in March
+2024 (Harvard Library Innovation Lab blog, 2024-03-26) after the licensing
+restriction from the original Ravel Law/LexisNexis agreement expired. The raw
+bulk data (6.6M cases, CC0) now lives as a static Parquet dataset on Hugging
+Face; the live search/API layer was handed to CourtListener. There is no
+separate "CAP connector" left to build - it is the same CourtListener
+ecosystem referenced above.
+
+## DEMO_KEY caveat
+
+`DEMO_KEY` works for both Congress.gov and GovInfo (both api.data.gov-hosted)
+but is rate-limited and shared across every user of the public docs example -
+fine for development, not for production traffic. Set `US_ELI_API_KEY` to
+your own free key before real use.

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us_eli_mcp-0.3.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: us-eli-mcp
+Version: 0.3.0
+Summary: MCP server for US law: bills (Congress.gov), US Code (GovInfo), Federal Register, case law (CourtListener), eCFR - with verifiable citations.
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/matematicsolutions/us-eli-mcp
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/matematicsolutions/us-eli-mcp/issues
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://matematic.co
+Author-email: Matematic Solutions <kontakt@matematic.co>, Wieslaw Mazur <mazur.wieslaw2022@gmail.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Keywords: congress,law,legaltech,mcp,usa
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Legal Industry
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business
+Requires-Python: >=3.11
+Requires-Dist: anyio>=4.3
+Requires-Dist: diskcache>=5.6
+Requires-Dist: fastmcp>=0.2.0
+Requires-Dist: httpx>=0.27
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: mypy>=1.10; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: pytest-asyncio>=0.23; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=8.0; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: ruff>=0.5; extra == 'dev'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# us-eli-mcp
+
+<!-- mcp-name: io.github.matematicsolutions/us-eli-mcp -->
+
+MCP server for US law with verifiable citations. Five sources behind ten
+read-only tools:
+
+- **Congress.gov API** - the federal legislative *process*: bills as they move
+  through committees and floor votes.
+- **GovInfo API** - enacted law text as published packages: US Code, Statutes
+  at Large, CFR annual editions, Federal Register issues.
+- **Federal Register API** - full-text search over 1,003,504 FR documents
+  (1994-2026, live-verified 2026-07-07), including 8,513 presidential
+  documents (1,550 executive orders). Keyless.
+- **CourtListener search API** - full-text search over 8,294,123 court
+  opinions (live-verified 2026-07-07). The headline value is STATE case law
+  (California, New York, Texas, ...), which no federal source covers. Keyless,
+  ~5 requests/min anonymous.
+- **eCFR API** - the CURRENT Code of Federal Regulations: section-level
+  full-text search over 412,846 sections plus per-section amendment history.
+  Keyless.
+
+## What this is not
+
+- **State legislation** (all 50 states) - see [LegiScan](https://legiscan.com/legiscan),
+  a free-tier aggregator (30,000 queries/month) not wrapped here.
+- **A federal case-law workhorse** - for heavy federal case-law research the
+  mature MIT-licensed wrappers
+  ([blakeox/courtlistener-mcp](https://github.com/blakeox/courtlistener-mcp),
+  john-walkoe/courtlistener_citations_mcp) remain the recommendation; the
+  case-law tools here exist primarily for state courts. See SOURCES.md.
+
+## Tools
+
+| Tool | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `us_search_bills` | List bills by congress (e.g. `118`) and type (`hr`, `s`, `hres`, ...) |
+| `us_get_bill` | Full detail + latest action for one bill |
+| `us_list_code_packages` | List GovInfo packages in a collection (`USCODE`, `CFR`, `FR`, `STATUTE`) |
+| `us_get_code_package` | Metadata + download links (PDF/XML/TXT) for one package |
+| `us_search_federal_register` | Full-text search over FR documents; filter rules, notices, executive orders |
+| `us_get_federal_register_doc` | One FR document with its official citation (e.g. `91 FR 41591`) |
+| `us_search_case_law` | Full-text search over 8M+ opinions; `court` filter (e.g. `cal`, `ny`, `scotus`) |
+| `us_get_case` | One opinion cluster by `cluster_id` |
+| `us_search_cfr_sections` | Full-text search over the current CFR (eCFR) |
+| `us_get_cfr_section_history` | Amendment history of one CFR section (e.g. 15 CFR 744.3) |
+
+Every response carries `lex_uri` (a resolvable API URL), `human_readable_citation`
+(the official convention: `"H.R. 1, 118th Congress"`, `"91 FR 41591"`,
+`"People v. Miranda-Guerrero, 519 P.3d 1004 (California Supreme Court 2022)"`,
+`"15 CFR § 744.3"`) and `source_url` (the public page). Reporter citations are
+taken verbatim from the source and never fabricated; when none exists the
+docket number is used instead.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install us-eli-mcp
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Env var | Default |
+|---|---|
+| `US_ELI_API_KEY` | `DEMO_KEY` (shared, low rate limit - get your own free key at [api.congress.gov/sign-up](https://api.congress.gov/sign-up/)) |
+| `US_ELI_GOVINFO_API_KEY` | reuses `US_ELI_API_KEY` (same api.data.gov key family) |
+| `US_ELI_CACHE_DIR` | `~/.matematic/cache/us-eli` |
+| `US_ELI_AUDIT_DIR` | `~/.matematic/audit` |
+| `US_ELI_BASE_URL` | `https://api.congress.gov/v3` |
+| `US_ELI_GOVINFO_BASE_URL` | `https://api.govinfo.gov` |
+| `US_ELI_FR_BASE_URL` | `https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1` (keyless) |
+| `US_ELI_COURTLISTENER_BASE_URL` | `https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4` (keyless) |
+| `US_ELI_ECFR_BASE_URL` | `https://www.ecfr.gov/api` (keyless) |
+
+The Federal Register, CourtListener and eCFR tools need no key at all.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0 (code). Congress.gov, GovInfo, Federal Register and eCFR data are
+US government works (public domain). CourtListener data is provided by the
+Free Law Project.

us_eli_mcp-0.3.0/README.md

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+# us-eli-mcp
+
+<!-- mcp-name: io.github.matematicsolutions/us-eli-mcp -->
+
+MCP server for US law with verifiable citations. Five sources behind ten
+read-only tools:
+
+- **Congress.gov API** - the federal legislative *process*: bills as they move
+  through committees and floor votes.
+- **GovInfo API** - enacted law text as published packages: US Code, Statutes
+  at Large, CFR annual editions, Federal Register issues.
+- **Federal Register API** - full-text search over 1,003,504 FR documents
+  (1994-2026, live-verified 2026-07-07), including 8,513 presidential
+  documents (1,550 executive orders). Keyless.
+- **CourtListener search API** - full-text search over 8,294,123 court
+  opinions (live-verified 2026-07-07). The headline value is STATE case law
+  (California, New York, Texas, ...), which no federal source covers. Keyless,
+  ~5 requests/min anonymous.
+- **eCFR API** - the CURRENT Code of Federal Regulations: section-level
+  full-text search over 412,846 sections plus per-section amendment history.
+  Keyless.
+
+## What this is not
+
+- **State legislation** (all 50 states) - see [LegiScan](https://legiscan.com/legiscan),
+  a free-tier aggregator (30,000 queries/month) not wrapped here.
+- **A federal case-law workhorse** - for heavy federal case-law research the
+  mature MIT-licensed wrappers
+  ([blakeox/courtlistener-mcp](https://github.com/blakeox/courtlistener-mcp),
+  john-walkoe/courtlistener_citations_mcp) remain the recommendation; the
+  case-law tools here exist primarily for state courts. See SOURCES.md.
+
+## Tools
+
+| Tool | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `us_search_bills` | List bills by congress (e.g. `118`) and type (`hr`, `s`, `hres`, ...) |
+| `us_get_bill` | Full detail + latest action for one bill |
+| `us_list_code_packages` | List GovInfo packages in a collection (`USCODE`, `CFR`, `FR`, `STATUTE`) |
+| `us_get_code_package` | Metadata + download links (PDF/XML/TXT) for one package |
+| `us_search_federal_register` | Full-text search over FR documents; filter rules, notices, executive orders |
+| `us_get_federal_register_doc` | One FR document with its official citation (e.g. `91 FR 41591`) |
+| `us_search_case_law` | Full-text search over 8M+ opinions; `court` filter (e.g. `cal`, `ny`, `scotus`) |
+| `us_get_case` | One opinion cluster by `cluster_id` |
+| `us_search_cfr_sections` | Full-text search over the current CFR (eCFR) |
+| `us_get_cfr_section_history` | Amendment history of one CFR section (e.g. 15 CFR 744.3) |
+
+Every response carries `lex_uri` (a resolvable API URL), `human_readable_citation`
+(the official convention: `"H.R. 1, 118th Congress"`, `"91 FR 41591"`,
+`"People v. Miranda-Guerrero, 519 P.3d 1004 (California Supreme Court 2022)"`,
+`"15 CFR § 744.3"`) and `source_url` (the public page). Reporter citations are
+taken verbatim from the source and never fabricated; when none exists the
+docket number is used instead.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install us-eli-mcp
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Env var | Default |
+|---|---|
+| `US_ELI_API_KEY` | `DEMO_KEY` (shared, low rate limit - get your own free key at [api.congress.gov/sign-up](https://api.congress.gov/sign-up/)) |
+| `US_ELI_GOVINFO_API_KEY` | reuses `US_ELI_API_KEY` (same api.data.gov key family) |
+| `US_ELI_CACHE_DIR` | `~/.matematic/cache/us-eli` |
+| `US_ELI_AUDIT_DIR` | `~/.matematic/audit` |
+| `US_ELI_BASE_URL` | `https://api.congress.gov/v3` |
+| `US_ELI_GOVINFO_BASE_URL` | `https://api.govinfo.gov` |
+| `US_ELI_FR_BASE_URL` | `https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1` (keyless) |
+| `US_ELI_COURTLISTENER_BASE_URL` | `https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4` (keyless) |
+| `US_ELI_ECFR_BASE_URL` | `https://www.ecfr.gov/api` (keyless) |
+
+The Federal Register, CourtListener and eCFR tools need no key at all.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0 (code). Congress.gov, GovInfo, Federal Register and eCFR data are
+US government works (public domain). CourtListener data is provided by the
+Free Law Project.