Federal Register MCP server
{
"mcpServers": {
"ecfr": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"federal-register-mcp",
"--refresh-package",
"ecfr-mcp",
"--from",
"ecfr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAM_API_KEY": "<sam_api_key>",
"DEMO_KEY": "<demo_key>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"ecfr": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"federal-register-mcp",
"--refresh-package",
"ecfr-mcp",
"--from",
"ecfr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAM_API_KEY": "<sam_api_key>",
"DEMO_KEY": "<demo_key>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"ecfr": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"federal-register-mcp",
"--refresh-package",
"ecfr-mcp",
"--from",
"ecfr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAM_API_KEY": "<sam_api_key>",
"DEMO_KEY": "<demo_key>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"ecfr": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"federal-register-mcp",
"--refresh-package",
"ecfr-mcp",
"--from",
"ecfr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAM_API_KEY": "${input:sam_api_key}",
"DEMO_KEY": "${input:demo_key}"
}
}
},
"inputs": [
{
"id": "sam_api_key",
"type": "promptString",
"description": "Sam api key",
"password": true
},
{
"id": "demo_key",
"type": "promptString",
"description": "Demo key",
"password": true
}
]
}{
"mcpServers": {
"ecfr": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"federal-register-mcp",
"--refresh-package",
"ecfr-mcp",
"--from",
"ecfr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAM_API_KEY": "<sam_api_key>",
"DEMO_KEY": "<demo_key>"
}
}
}
}What it does
This server provides access to Federal Register data including proposed and final rules, notices, executive orders, and FAR cases through deterministic API calls. It is for developers and federal contracting professionals who need to query current regulatory information programmatically.
- Retrieve the text and metadata of proposed or final Federal Register rules for a specific agency or date range.
- Look up Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) case details and related notices.
- Query executive orders and other Federal Register notices to monitor regulatory changes in real time.
Tools this server exposes
| Tool | Does |
|---|---|
| get_access_status | Check whether credentials for Federal Register access are present and valid. |
This entry comes from the registry but points to no public repository, so there is nothing to check: no commit history, no source, no tool list. It is listed for completeness and left out of search engines.
Before you enable it
An MCP server runs with whatever access you give it. Start with a development account rather than production, and check which tools the server exposes before you let an agent call them unattended.