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BuddaLaw MCP Server

Connect Claude to Italian legal databases — case law, legislation, contracts, and processual acts.

Features & Tools

BuddaLaw is an AI-powered legal research platform for Italian law. The MCP connector gives Claude direct access to:

Case law from Italian courts (civil, criminal, tax, administrative, privacy, labor, case law of merit)
Legislation — articles from civil code, criminal code, civil procedure, tax law, privacy regulations
Contract templates — a curated library of Italian legal contract models
Processual act templates — procedural documents for civil, criminal, and labor proceedings

All searches use hybrid retrieval (semantic + keyword) for accurate, context-aware results.

Case law tools

Tool	Description
`search_case_law`	Search court decisions across 7 legal domains
`get_judgement`	Retrieve full text and metadata of a specific court decision
`search_similar_cases`	Find decisions whose concrete facts resemble a described case (case law of merit)
`list_uffici`	List the judicial offices available as search filters for a legal domain

Legislation tools

Tool	Description
`search_articles`	Search normative articles across codes and special laws
`get_law_article`	Retrieve the current text in force of a law article from Normattiva

Contract tools

Tool	Description
`list_contract_categories`	Browse available contract template categories
`list_contracts`	List contracts in a specific category
`search_contracts`	Semantic search across all contract templates
`get_contract`	Retrieve a specific contract template with full text
`get_contract_requirements`	Get legal requirements for a contract type

Processual act tools

Tool	Description
`list_processual_act_categories`	Browse processual act categories
`list_processual_acts`	List acts in a specific category
`search_processual_acts`	Semantic search across all processual act templates
`get_processual_act`	Retrieve a specific processual act with full text

Utility tools

Tool	Description
`check_access`	Check user's MCP access status and available modules

All tools are read-only — no data is created, modified, or deleted.

Setup Instructions

Claude.ai / Claude Desktop

Go to Settings > MCP Connectors > Add Connector
Enter the server URL: https://mcp.buddalaw.com/mcp
Claude will start the OAuth flow — log in or create a BuddaLaw account
After authorization, all tools become available in your conversations

Claude Code

claude mcp add buddalaw https://mcp.buddalaw.com/mcp

OpenWebUI (self-hosted)

Because each customer runs their own OpenWebUI instance on a different domain, the connector uses Bearer authentication with a personal BuddaLaw API key instead of OAuth.

Write to hello@buddalaw.com to request API access — it is enabled per account by the BuddaLaw team during the initial rollout.
Once enabled, log in to the BuddaLaw portal and generate a personal API key from the account settings (max 2 active keys per account).
In OpenWebUI (v0.6.31+, WEBUI_SECRET_KEY configured), go to Settings > Tools > Add Connection and select type MCP (Streamable HTTP).
Set the server URL to https://mcp.buddalaw.com/mcp, authentication to Bearer, and paste the API key.
All tools become available in your OpenWebUI conversations.

The API key identifies the user and is bound to their BuddaLaw account and MCP access period — no separate OpenWebUI-specific credential is needed.

Authentication

Two authentication methods are supported depending on the client.

OAuth 2.1 — Claude.ai, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Perplexity

Authorization Code flow with PKCE:

The client discovers the server metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
A login/signup page is presented to the user
New users get a 7-day free trial after email verification
After the trial, an active BuddaLaw subscription with MCP access is required

Bearer API key — OpenWebUI self-hosted, Claude API, custom integrations

A personal API key generated from the BuddaLaw portal is sent as Authorization: Bearer <key>. API key access is enabled per account by the BuddaLaw team on request.

Usage Examples

Example 1 — Case law research with full text

"Cerca la giurisprudenza recente sulla responsabilità medica per omessa diagnosi"

Claude will:

Call search_case_law with query "responsabilità medica omessa diagnosi" in category "civile"
Return relevant court decisions with summaries and case context
Call get_judgement to retrieve the full text of the most relevant decision
Synthesize the findings into a comprehensive legal analysis

Example 2 — Legislative research across codes

"Quali articoli del codice civile disciplinano il risarcimento del danno non patrimoniale?"

Claude will:

Call search_articles with domain "civil_code" and query "risarcimento danno non patrimoniale"
Return matching articles (Art. 2043, 2059, etc.) with full text
Provide a structured explanation of the legal framework

Example 3 — Contract and case law combined research

"Devo cedere un brevetto a un'azienda tedesca. Che contratto mi serve e cosa dice la Cassazione?"

Claude will:

Call search_contracts to find the relevant contract template
Call search_case_law for case law on international patent transfers
Call get_judgement for full text of the leading decision
Combine contract template information with case law analysis

Privacy Policy

BuddaLaw's full privacy policy is available at: https://mcp.buddalaw.com/privacy

Use of the connector is governed by BuddaLaw's terms and conditions: https://mcp.buddalaw.com/terms

The MCP server processes only the search queries sent by Claude and the results from the legal databases
No conversation data is stored beyond what is needed for the active session
User authentication data is managed according to GDPR and Italian privacy regulations
All communications between Claude and the MCP server are encrypted via HTTPS/TLS
Anthropic may collect tool call parameters and responses as described in their privacy policy

Support

Email: hello@buddalaw.com
Website: https://buddalaw.com