Taxcode vs Australian Law MCP
A side-by-side look at the Taxcode and Australian Law MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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TaxcodeLegal · Local subprocess (stdio)MCP server for US Federal, territorial, and state tax law and compliance.41FairAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose Taxcode for legal work as a local process; choose Australian Law MCP for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
TChoose Taxcode when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You have the keys it needs:
TAXCODE_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, TAXCODE_MCP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_BIND, TAXCODE_MCP_PROFILE, TAXCODE_MCP_READONLY, TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH, TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_MODE, TAXCODE_API_KEY, TAXCODE_BASE_URL.
Choose Australian Law MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search_law, get_law_text, get_law_as_at.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Taxcode | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 41/100 · Fair | 63/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | TAXCODE_MCP_AUTH_TOKENTAXCODE_MCP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_BINDTAXCODE_MCP_PROFILETAXCODE_MCP_READONLYTAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCHTAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_MODETAXCODE_API_KEYTAXCODE_BASE_URL | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 3 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 8 |
| Full listing | View Taxcode | View Australian Law MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Taxcode tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Australian Law MCP tools 8
search_lawFinds Commonwealth acts and legislative instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation by title. Returns title ids for the other tools. Falls back to full-text matching when nothing matches by name.get_law_textReturns the latest compilation of a Commonwealth act or instrument. Without a section number it lists the table of sections; with one it returns that provision. Set full=true for the whole text, paginated.get_law_as_atReturns the compilation of a Commonwealth act that was in force on the given date — the register keeps every historical version. Same output shape as get_law_text.get_amendment_statusReports whether a title is in force, what its latest compilation incorporates, whether commenced amendments are still unincorporated, and which acts have amended it.compare_versionsShows what changed in an act between two dates: which sections were added, removed or reworded. Give a section number for a line-by-line diff of that provision.verify_citationsExtracts Australian statute citations from text and checks each against the Federal Register of Legislation: does the act exist, is it still in force, does the cited section exist in the current compilation. Use before presenting legal citations to a user. An upstream failure is reported as UNVERIFIED, never as a missing law.search_full_textSearches the body text of every act and instrument on the register for a phrase, ranked by relevance. Slower and broader than search_law.check_frl_healthPings the Federal Register of Legislation API and reports latency, so failures elsewhere can be attributed.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Taxcode
{
"mcpServers": {
"taxcode": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-taxcode"
],
"env": {
"TAXCODE_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN_HERE",
"TAXCODE_MCP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_BIND": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_BIND_HERE",
"TAXCODE_MCP_PROFILE": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_PROFILE_HERE",
"TAXCODE_MCP_READONLY": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_READONLY_HERE",
"TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH_HERE",
"TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_MODE": "YOUR_TAXCODE_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_MODE_HERE",
"TAXCODE_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAXCODE_API_KEY_HERE",
"TAXCODE_BASE_URL": "YOUR_TAXCODE_BASE_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Australian Law MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"australian-law-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"australian-law-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Taxcode is categorized under Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Australian Law MCP belongs to Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Taxcode for legal work and Australian Law MCP for legal.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Taxcode is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Australian Law MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add taxcode and australian-law-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Taxcode has a quality signal of 41/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Australian Law MCP has 63/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 3 GitHub stars.