Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide vs PDFGate MCP Server
In-depth architectural comparison of the Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide and PDFGate MCP Server 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide
Legal · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 49/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
PDFGate MCP Server
Legal · Local stdio
Quality: 63/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required
Verdict Summary: Choose Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide if you need specialized Legal tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose PDFGate MCP Server if your workspace requires Legal integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide 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).
Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide Tools (6)
search
Volltextsuche mit Lucene-Syntax. Filter nach Entscheiddatum, Scrape-Datum, Hierarchie (Kanton / Gericht / Kammer) und Sprache. Sortierung nach Relevanz, Entscheiddatum oder Scrape-Datum. Paginierung über `next_cursor` / `search_after`. Aggregationen für Facetten-Auswertung.
search_by_case_number
Exakte Phrasensuche nach Geschäftsnummern, Aktenzeichen und BGE-Zitaten (z.B. `BGE 142 III 1`, `6B_1234/2025`, `5A_396/2015`). Setzt die Nummer automatisch in Anführungszeichen.
fetch_document
Vollständigen Entscheid samt Volltext anhand der ID abrufen.
list_hierarchy
Hierarchie-IDs (Bund / Kanton / Gericht / Kammer) mit Trefferzahlen.
list_facets
Hierarchischer Facetten-Baum mit lokalisierten Labels in DE/FR/IT.
server_info
Versions- und Konfigurationsinformationen.
PDFGate MCP Server Tools (24)
generate_pdf
Generate a PDF from a URL or raw HTML. Provide either 'url' or 'html', not both.
upload_file
Upload a PDF to PDFGate so it can be referenced by other operations. Provide either 'filePath' (local path) or 'url'.
get_document
Retrieve metadata for a stored PDFGate document by its ID.
delete_document
Delete a PDFGate document.
flatten_pdf
Flatten an interactive PDF into a static, non-editable PDF. Creates a new document; does not overwrite the original.
extract_form_data
Extract form field values from a fillable PDF. Returns a JSON object mapping field names to their values.
add_form_fields
Add interactive form fields to a stored PDF — from placeholder tags (refined via fieldOverrides) and/or explicitly positioned fields.
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).
Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide Configuration
Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide is categorized under Legal and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, PDFGate MCP Server belongs to Legal using local stdio subprocess. Select Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide when you need capabilities focused on legal and PDFGate MCP Server when you require tools for legal.
Compress/optimise a PDF to reduce file size without changing visual content.
protect_pdf
Encrypt a PDF with a password and optional permission restrictions. Produces a new document; the original is unchanged.
watermark_pdf
Apply a text or image watermark to a PDF. For type='text' provide 'text'; for type='image' provide 'watermarkImagePath'.
download_file
Download the raw PDF bytes of a stored document, returned as an embedded resource. For a shareable link instead, use get_document.
create_envelope
Create a signing envelope from one or more existing PDFGate documents. Each recipient is given either as email and name or as the recipientId of a stored recipient. Recipients marked embedded sign inside your application via create_embed_link and receive no emails. Returns an envelope in 'created' status; call send_envelope to dispatch signing emails.