GovInfo

live GovernmentLegal

Full text of US government publications — laws, CFR, Federal Register, hearings, public laws. Reuses your data.gov key.

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

list_collections

Available GovInfo collections.

No parameters required.

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search_packages required: query

Full-text search across GovInfo.

Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string Free-text
collections opt string Comma-separated collection codes
congress opt number Congress number
date_from opt string YYYY-MM-DD
date_to opt string YYYY-MM-DD
page_size opt number 1-100
offset_mark opt string Cursor
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get_package required: package_id

Package metadata.

Parameters
Name Type Description
package_id req string packageId
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list_granules required: package_id

Granules within a package.

Parameters
Name Type Description
package_id req string packageId
page_size opt number 1-100
offset_mark opt string Cursor
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get_granule required: package_id, granule_id

Granule metadata.

Parameters
Name Type Description
package_id req string packageId
granule_id req string granuleId
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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/govinfo/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/govinfo/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_collections","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("list_collections", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("full text of us government publications — laws, cfr, federal register, hearings, public laws");