Docket Alarm

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Search state + county + federal court dockets and pull full docket detail. BYO key.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

docketalarm_get_docket

Get full docket detail for a case — returns case title, parties, filing date, and docket entries for a specific court + docket number. Cached documents are free. Example: docketalarm_get_docket({ cour

No parameters required.

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docketalarm_search_pacer

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 fe

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/docket-alarm/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/docket-alarm/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"docketalarm_search","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("docketalarm_search", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search state + county + federal court dockets and pull full docket detail");