CourtAPI — Federal Court Data vs Filevine MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the CourtAPI — Federal Court Data and Filevine MCP 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 CourtAPI — Federal Court Data 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: find_cases, get_case, get_dockets.

Explore CourtAPI — Federal Court Data Details

Choose Filevine MCP 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: authenticate, auth-status, logout.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	CourtAPI — Federal Court Data Legal	Filevine MCP Legal
Summary	Search and retrieve US federal court cases, dockets, claims, and documents via PACER	Open-source MCP server connecting Claude to Filevine practice management. Built by Oktopeak.
Category & Scope	Legal	Legal
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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": {
    "courtapi-federal-court-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@courtio/courtapi-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filevine-mcp-2": {
      "url": "https://api.filevine.io"
    }
  }
}

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