Federal Rules

liveGovernmentLegalEducation

Federal Rules pack -- the text of the federal court rules, read live per request from the Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School), which publishes the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts' rules sets.

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Tools

get_federal_rule

Get the full text of a federal court rule, optionally one subdivision. Covers the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP, e.g. "Rule 64 seizing a person or property", "Rule 12(b)(6)", "Rule 56"), Evid

No parameters required.

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Response

list_federal_rules

List every rule in a federal court rules set with its number and title: FRCP (civil procedure), FRE (evidence), FRAP (appellate), FRCrP (criminal procedure) or FRBP (bankruptcy). Also returns the "as

No parameters required.

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Response

search_federal_rules

Find federal court rules by words in their title, e.g. "summary judgment" (FRCP 56), "hearsay" (FRE 801-807), "notice of appeal" (FRAP), "discovery". Matches rule titles and numbers only, not the full

No parameters required.

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Response

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/federal-rules/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/federal-rules/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_federal_rule","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("get_federal_rule", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("federal rules pack -- the text of the federal court rules, read live per request from the legal information institute (cornell law school), which publishes the administrative office of the u");

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MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-federal-rules": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-rules/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}