Acquis vs Aegis Gov Contracts
A side-by-side look at the Acquis and Aegis Gov Contracts MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Acquis for legal work over a hosted endpoint; choose Aegis Gov Contracts for search & data extraction over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Acquis when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
search_eu_law, get_provision, get_act_status.
Choose Aegis Gov Contracts when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
search_opportunities, get_opportunity_details, analyze_bid_potential.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | 3 |
| Full listing | View Acquis | View Aegis Gov Contracts |
Tools & capabilities
Acquis tools 5
search_eu_lawSemantic search over the corpus → ranked verbatim provisions with citations.get_provisionExact lookup by legal anchor — `act: "AI Act", article: "6", paragraph: "1", point: "a"` (also `annex`, `recital`).get_act_statusAn act's CELEX number(s), latest consolidation date, in-force info and coverage.list_versionsEvery stored version of an article with validity windows ("what did it say before the amendment?").verify_fragmentRecomputes the content hash and reports the ed25519 signing provenance of any returned citation.
Aegis Gov Contracts tools 3
search_opportunitiesSearch active SAM.gov contracts by keyword, NAICS, agency, value rangeget_opportunity_detailsFull contract details, contacts, deadlines by notice IDanalyze_bid_potentialAI bid/no-bid analysis with score, strengths, risks
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Acquis
{
"mcpServers": {
"acquis": {
"url": "https://api.acquislaw.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Aegis Gov Contracts
{
"mcpServers": {
"aegis-gov-contracts": {
"url": "https://aegisgov-contracts-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Acquis is categorized under Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Aegis Gov Contracts belongs to Search & Data Extraction and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Acquis for legal work and Aegis Gov Contracts for search & data extraction.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Acquis has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Aegis Gov Contracts has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add acquis and aegis-gov-contracts as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Acquis has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Aegis Gov Contracts has 49/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 2 GitHub stars.