A side-by-side look at the ECFR.io Federal Regulations and Proofread.law MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose ECFR.io Federal Regulations for legal work over a hosted endpoint; choose Proofread.law for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
PROOFREAD_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 36/100 · Fair | 44/100 · 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 | PROOFREAD_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View ECFR.io Federal Regulations | View Proofread.law |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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": {
"ecfr-io-federal-regulations": {
"url": "https://ecfr.io/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"proofread-law": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"proofread-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PROOFREAD_API_KEY": "YOUR_PROOFREAD_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}