Acquis vs Arkansas Opinions
A side-by-side look at the Acquis and Arkansas Opinions MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Arkansas OpinionsLegal · Local subprocess (stdio)arkansas-opinions — current Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals52GoodAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose Acquis for legal work over a hosted endpoint; choose Arkansas Opinions for legal as a local process. 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.
AChoose Arkansas Opinions when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
neutral_citation_assigned, unpublished, no_citation_assigned.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A Arkansas Opinions | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | 4 |
| Full listing | View Acquis | View Arkansas Opinions |
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.
Arkansas Opinions tools 4
neutral_citation_assignedthe court assigned a neutral citation and theunpublishedthe text says it is not designated for publication. Treat itno_citation_assigneda syllabus, order or notice with no citation.not_yet_readlisted by the court, text not read yet (usually within the
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"
}
}
}
Arkansas Opinions
{
"mcpServers": {
"arkansas-opinions": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-arkansas-opinions"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Acquis is categorized under Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Arkansas Opinions belongs to Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Acquis for legal work and Arkansas Opinions for legal.
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. Arkansas Opinions is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. 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 arkansas-opinions 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. Arkansas Opinions has 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.