`docketalarm_search_pacer`

Pack: docket-alarm · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/docketalarm_search_pacer for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search federal PACER dockets by party — live party-name search across federal PACER (Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, MDL). Note: this passes live PACER search fees at cost. Returns matching federal cases with court, docket, title, and filing date. Example: docketalarm_search_pacer({ party_name: “Microsoft Corporation”, _apiKey: “[email protected]:yourpassword” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`party_name`	string	yes	Company or individual party name to search for on PACER.
`court_region`	string	no	Optional regional filter to narrow the PACER search.
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Docket Alarm credentials as “username:password” from your docketalarm.com account.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "party_name": "Microsoft Corporation",
  "_apiKey": "your-docket-alarm-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/docket-alarm/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"docketalarm_search_pacer","arguments":{"party_name":"Microsoft Corporation","_apiKey":"your-docket-alarm-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('docketalarm_search_pacer', {
  "party_name": "Microsoft Corporation",
  "_apiKey": "your-docket-alarm-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "party_name": "Tesla Inc.",
  "court_region": "9th Circuit",
  "_apiKey": "your-docket-alarm-api-key"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the docket-alarm pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docket-alarm": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/docket-alarm/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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