Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide vs Canlii MCP
In-depth architectural comparison of the Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide and Canlii 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide
Legal · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 47/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Canlii MCP
Legal · Local stdio
Quality: 59/100 (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 Canlii MCP 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.
Canlii MCP Tools (7)
list_case_databases
List all courts and tribunals in the CanLII collection
list_cases
Browse decisions from a specific court/tribunal database
get_case
Get metadata for a specific case (title, citation, date, keywords)
get_case_citations
Get cases cited by a case, cases citing it, or legislation it references
list_legislation_databases
List all statute and regulation databases
list_legislation
Browse statutes or regulations from a specific database
get_legislation
Get metadata for a specific piece of legislation
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, Canlii MCP belongs to Legal using local stdio subprocess. Select Entscheidsuche — Schweizer Gerichtsentscheide when you need capabilities focused on legal and Canlii MCP when you require tools for legal.