Pro Se Engine

Pro Se Engine

A powerful MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing 39 legal research tools across 6 government APIs — designed for use with Pickaxe AI agents.

Built by ProjectCues.

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🏛️ What It Does

Pro Se Engine gives AI agents access to:

| API | Tools | Auth | |-----|:-----:|------| | CourtListener | 16 | API token | | SEC EDGAR | 4 | User-Agent header | | Federal Register | 3 | None | | Congress.gov | 4 | API key (free) | | Regulations.gov | 3 | API key (free) | | USAspending.gov | 3 | None | | Document Tools | 4 | — | | Legal Workflows | 2 (13 templates) | — |

Tool Categories

• Case Law — Search opinions, read full text, verify citations
• SEC Filings — Full-text search, company filings, XBRL financials
• Federal Legislation — Bills, bill text, Congress members
• Regulations — Federal Register rules, regulatory dockets, public comments
• Government Contracts — USAspending awards, contractor profiles
• Documents — Generate DOCX, extract text from PDF/DOCX, tracked changes editing
• Workflows — 13 structured legal analysis templates (M&A due diligence, lease abstracts, litigation assessment, etc.)

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API keys

3. Run in development

npm run dev

4. Build for production

npm run build
node dist/index.js

The server starts on http://localhost:3001/mcp.

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🔑 API Keys

| Variable | Required | How to Get | |----------|----------|------------| | COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN | Yes | courtlistener.com/help/api | | CONGRESS_API_KEY | Yes | api.data.gov/signup (free) | | REGULATIONS_API_KEY | Yes | Same key from api.data.gov | | SEC_USER_AGENT | Yes | Any string: "YourApp your@email.com" | | MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | Optional | Set to require bearer auth on the MCP endpoint |

SEC EDGAR, Federal Register, and USAspending.gov require no API keys.

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🔗 Connecting to Pickaxe

1. Deploy this server to a public URL (e.g., Hostinger VPS)
2. In Pickaxe Agent Builder, add an MCP server
3. Set the endpoint URL to https://your-domain.com/mcp
4. If MCP_AUTH_TOKEN is set, configure the bearer token in Pickaxe

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📋 13 Legal Workflow Templates

| ID | Template | |----|----------| | cp-checklist | Conditions Precedent Checklist | | credit-agreement-summary | Credit Agreement Summary (21 sections) | | shareholder-agreement-summary | Shareholder Agreement Summary (15 sections) | | ma-due-diligence | M&A Due Diligence Checklist (10 categories) | | commercial-lease-abstract | Commercial Lease Abstract (18 points) | | employment-agreement-review | Employment Agreement Review (15 sections) | | ip-assignment-review | IP Assignment/License Review (12 sections) | | litigation-case-assessment | Litigation Case Assessment (12 sections) | | regulatory-compliance-review | Regulatory Compliance Review (10 sections) | | power-of-attorney-review | Power of Attorney Review (11 sections) | | corporate-bylaws-review | Corporate Bylaws Review (12 sections) | | settlement-agreement-review | Settlement Agreement Review (14 sections) | | partnership-agreement-review | Partnership Agreement Review (15 sections) |

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🏗️ Architecture

• Runtime: Node.js 20+
• Language: TypeScript (strict mode)
• Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless — each request is independent)
• Framework: Express + @modelcontextprotocol/sdk

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📄 License

MIT