# korean-rnd-regs-mcp

Looks up South Korean national R&D regulations from a plain-language case description and returns cited provisions. Useful when you need the article, not a summary.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 14
- Author: smilemin07
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/smilemin07/korean-rnd-regs-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/korean-rnd-regs-mcp

## What it does

This server answers questions about the rules governing state-funded research in South Korea. Give it a case in ordinary words, and the agent calls the server's tools to pick the relevant acts and print the article text with numbers and `provision_id` values.

There are two layers inside. One covers the framework act on national R&D plus its decree and rule, along with sector families: land and transport, industrial technology, small business, health and medical, academic research, university-industry cooperation, corporate labs, the research industry, lab safety, defence R&D and performance evaluation. The other holds cross-cutting administrative guidance: spending rules, limits on running several projects at once, equipment standards, research notebooks, data handling, security. A separate tool searches explanatory manuals and a casebook of improper spending.

The server needs a `LAW_API_KEY`, passed as an environment variable when you register it. Queries go to the national law portal's OpenAPI. Answers vary by model; the description suggests using models with a higher effort setting. Manuals and casebooks are background material, so any conclusion still has to point at a real article.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)
- Environment variables: `LAW_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add korean-rnd-regs-mcp -e LAW_API_KEY=<LAW_API_KEY> -- uvx korean-rnd-regs-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from korean-rnd-regs-mcp <command>

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add korean-rnd-regs-mcp --env LAW_API_KEY=<LAW_API_KEY> -- uvx korean-rnd-regs-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from korean-rnd-regs-mcp <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "korean-rnd-regs-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "korean-rnd-regs-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "LAW_API_KEY": "<LAW_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from korean-rnd-regs-mcp <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "korean-rnd-regs-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "korean-rnd-regs-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "LAW_API_KEY": "<LAW_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from korean-rnd-regs-mcp <command>

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e LAW_API_KEY=<LAW_API_KEY> korean-rnd-regs-mcp uvx korean-rnd-regs-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from korean-rnd-regs-mcp <command>

## When to use it
- find which statutory articles apply to a grant situation
- resolve conflicts between an act and its subordinate decree
- check what counts as an allowable project expense
- confirm the limits on holding several projects at once
- review examples of improper R&D spending

## Example prompts
- Find the provisions that cover moving part of a project's tasks and budget to another institution without prior approval
- Check the regulations on buying equipment with grant money
- Show the rules for research notebooks and pull casebook examples of violations

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