nu:legal Deutsches Recht — Claude Code MCP server: setup and features
Search German statutes and court decisions, inspect provisions and follow citation links through an MCP server. Use it when an agent needs legal sources for its answers.
claude mcp add --transport http recht https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcpWhat nu:legal Deutsches Recht does
The server covers federal German law, Land law for Bayern, Brandenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Sachsen, plus court decisions. Its tools resolve legal references, retrieve a provision for a chosen date, list saved versions and find decisions that cite a norm or another decision. They are read-only.
The hosted endpoint works without an API key or signup. In Claude Code, connect it with claude mcp add --transport http recht https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcp. A local run needs Python 3.12+ and uv, and accesses the same corpus through a public REST API; its citation parsing is simplified. Statute texts are reading copies, not authoritative editions, so check the official gazette cited in the response before relying on the wording.
What it helps with
- find a German statute or court decision by topic
- resolve a legal citation to the relevant provision
- retrieve a provision as it stood on a given date
- trace decisions that cite a statute
- compare search results across German Länder
Example prompts for the agent
- Find court decisions on this issue and show the provisions they cite.
- Resolve the reference
§ 823 Abs. 1 BGBand retrieve the provision text. - Show the version of this provision for the date I gave and list decisions citing it.
How to install nu:legal Deutsches Recht
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http recht https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add nulegal-deutsches-recht --url https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"nulegal-deutsches-recht": {
"url": "https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"nulegal-deutsches-recht": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http nulegal-deutsches-recht https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about nu:legal Deutsches Recht
How do I install nu:legal Deutsches Recht in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http recht https://recht.nulegal.eu/v1/mcp. The hosted server connects over HTTP and needs no API key or signup.
What does nu:legal Deutsches Recht do?
It gives an agent read-only tools to search German statutes and court decisions, retrieve legal provisions and trace citations between sources.
Are the statute texts authoritative editions?
They are reading copies. Each provision response identifies its official gazette source, which is where to verify the binding wording.
