Acquis vs EUR Lex

In-depth architectural comparison of the Acquis and EUR Lex MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Acquis when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: search_eu_law, get_provision, get_act_status.

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Choose EUR Lex when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Article-level EU legislation retrieval, Named-act aliases for legislation lookup, CELEX metadata and document access.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Acquis Legal	EUR Lex Legal
Summary	Verified EU law: verbatim, signed provisions with EUR-Lex links. Read-only, not legal advice.	EU law, article-level: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, EU AI Act + more, with EUR-Lex citations. Keyless.
Category & Scope	Legal	Legal
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "acquis": {
      "url": "https://api.acquislaw.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eur-lex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-eur-lex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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