# indian-kanoon-mcp

> Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Indian Kanoon

Record `indian-kanoon-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/indian-kanoon-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/indian-kanoon-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/indian-kanoon-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/mr-dilshad/IKAPI
- repository: https://github.com/mr-dilshad/IKAPI
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:indian-kanoon-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Indian Kanoon MCP Server

An official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Indian Kanoon API, built using the Python **FastMCP** framework. 

This server allows LLMs (like Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc.) to query the Indian Kanoon legal database directly, search for court judgments, download document texts, view citations, and retrieve document fragments.

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## Prerequisites & Installation

The server is built to run seamlessly with **`uv`**, Astral's fast Python package installer and runner.

### 1. Install `uv`
If you do not have `uv` installed, you can install it using one of the following methods:

**macOS (Homebrew):**
```bash
brew install uv
```

**Linux/macOS (curl):**
```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```

**Windows:**
```powershell
powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
```

### 2. Install Project Dependencies
Navigate to the `mcp_server` directory and synchronize the dependencies:
```bash
uv sync
```

### 3. Set your API Token
Ensure the `INDIANKANOON_API_TOKEN` environment variable is set. For local testing, you can export it in your terminal:
```bash
export INDIANKANOON_API_TOKEN=your_actual_api_token_here
```
*(Alternatively, you can also place it in a `.env` file in the directory where you run the server).*

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## How to Run & Test the Server

Because this is a standard input/output (stdio) based MCP server, running it directly as a script (e.g. `uv run server.py`) will wait for JSON-RPC messages and throw a validation error if run interactively in a normal shell. Use the following methods to test and run it correctly:

### 1. Run the Integration Tests
We have provided a test script to verify that your configuration and API token are working correctly:
```bash
uv run python test.py
```
This runs a search query and fetches document fragments directly from the API.

### 2. Start the Interactive MCP Inspector
FastMCP comes with a developer console/UI that lets you inspect and trigger the server's too…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- data.database (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/indian-kanoon-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T22:21:35.335Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/indian-kanoon-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/indian-kanoon-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:indian-kanoon-mcp