What is the key difference between Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions and Canlii MCP?

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions belongs to the Legal category with cloud HTTP/SSE execution, while Canlii MCP belongs to the Legal category with local stdio execution.

How do I install Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions or Canlii MCP in Claude Desktop or Cursor?

Copy the mcpServers JSON configuration snippet provided on this page into your claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json file and restart your AI client.

Are Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions and Canlii MCP free or paid?

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required). Canlii MCP operates under a BYOK (Pay Provider Direct) model (API Key required).

Which MCP server has more tools and community activity?

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions lists 0 tools with 0 views and 1 GitHub stars. Canlii MCP lists 7 tools with 3 views and 5 GitHub stars.

Can I use both Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions and Canlii MCP together in the same MCP host?

Yes! MCP hosts like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code support configuring multiple servers under the mcpServers object simultaneously.

Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions vs Canlii MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions 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

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions

Legal · Remote HTTP/SSE

Quality: 40/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required

Canlii MCP

Legal · Local stdio

Quality: 55/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required

Verdict Summary: Choose Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions 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 Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions 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).

Explore Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions Details

Choose Canlii MCP when:

You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
You have access to required keys: CANLII_API, PORT, MCP_AUTH_TOKEN.
Primary tools included: list_case_databases, list_cases, get_case.

Explore Canlii MCP Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions Legal	Canlii MCP Vaquill-AI Legal
Summary	Estonian court decisions: full-text case-law search, each ruling linked to its companies. Free.	Canadian case law and legislation metadata via CanLII. Bring-your-own free CanLII API key. Hosted endpoint at canlii-mcp.vaquill.ai. MIT.
Category & Scope	Legal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions Tools (0)

No explicit tool names declared in metadata yet. Check project README on main listing page.

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

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).

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lahend-ee-estonian-court-decisions": {
      "url": "https://lahend.ee/api/lahend-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Canlii MCP Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vaquill-ai-canlii-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wrangler"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANLII_API": "YOUR_CANLII_API_HERE",
        "PORT": "YOUR_PORT_HERE",
        "MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently Asked Questions

Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions is categorized under Legal and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, Canlii MCP belongs to Legal using local stdio subprocess. Select Lahend.ee — Estonian court decisions when you need capabilities focused on legal and Canlii MCP when you require tools for legal.

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