A side-by-side look at the Acquis and Notch 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 Notch for multimedia process over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_eu_law, get_provision, get_act_status.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | N Notch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 45/100 · 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 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 26 views 12 installs 6 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Acquis | View Notch |
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.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"acquis": {
"url": "https://api.acquislaw.com/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"notch": {
"url": "https://app.usenotch.ai/mcp/setup"
}
}
}