Acquis vs Pennsylvania Code
A side-by-side look at the Acquis and Pennsylvania Code 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 Pennsylvania Code 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.
Choose Pennsylvania Code when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 43/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing |
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.
Pennsylvania Code tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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"
}
}
}
Pennsylvania Code
{
"mcpServers": {
"pennsylvania-code": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-pennsylvania-code"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Acquis is categorized under Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pennsylvania Code belongs to Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Acquis for legal work and Pennsylvania Code 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. Pennsylvania Code 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 pennsylvania-code 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. Pennsylvania Code has 43/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.