What makes AusLaw ideal for legal workflows?

AusLaw provides structured results, neutral citation metadata, and robust full-text extraction capabilities, specifically tailored to complement 'StudGent-style' legal research and document analysis in an Australian context.

What are the deployment options for AusLaw?

AusLaw is highly portable, supporting deployment via Node.js 20+ or as a Docker container image, offering flexibility for various development and production environments.

How does AusLaw handle PDF documents and OCR?

AusLaw retrieves full-text from both HTML and PDF sources. For archival PDFs that lack embedded text, it utilizes Tesseract OCR as a fallback to ensure text extraction.

Which legal sources does AusLaw cover?

It prioritizes Commonwealth and Victorian legislation and case law, delivering structured results with both reported and neutral citation metadata for efficient research.

AusLaw is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to locate Australian primary legal sources, provide citation fallbacks, and extract full-text content, including OCR for archival PDFs.

AusLaw

Name: AusLaw
Author: russellbrenner

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Locates Australian primary sources of law, surfaces neutral citation fallbacks, and extracts full-text content with OCR support for archival PDFs.

AusLaw

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Locates Australian primary sources of law, surfaces neutral citation fallbacks, and extracts full-text content with OCR support for archival PDFs.

AusLaw functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, specifically engineered to streamline the process of accessing Australian primary legal sources. It excels at locating legislation and case law, particularly from Commonwealth and Victorian jurisdictions, and provides structured results including neutral citation fallbacks. The server is capable of extracting full-text content from both HTML and PDF sources, leveraging Tesseract OCR for archival PDFs that lack embedded text, making it an invaluable tool for legal professionals seeking comprehensive and accurate legal information.

主な機能

01Full-text retrieval for HTML and PDF sources, with Tesseract OCR fallback.

02Portable runtime: Node.js 20+ or Docker container image.

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04Legislation and case law search prioritising Commonwealth and Victorian sources.

05Structured results with reported and neutral citation metadata.

ユースケース

01Integrating with MCP-compatible clients (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor) for legal context.

02Complementing StudGent-style legal workflows for enhanced research.

03Automating the retrieval and processing of Australian legal documents and citations.