Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: au-eli-mcp
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: MCP server for Australia's Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au) — search, fetch, and cite Commonwealth Acts.
Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/matematicsolutions/au-eli-mcp
Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/matematicsolutions/au-eli-mcp/issues
Project-URL: Homepage, https://matematic.co
Author-email: Matematic Solutions <kontakt@matematic.co>, Wieslaw Mazur <mazur.wieslaw2022@gmail.com>
License: Apache-2.0
License-File: LICENSE
Keywords: australia,frli,law,legaltech,mcp
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Legal Industry
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business
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Requires-Dist: anyio>=4.3
Requires-Dist: diskcache>=5.6
Requires-Dist: fastmcp>=0.2.0
Requires-Dist: httpx>=0.27
Requires-Dist: pydantic>=2.6
Provides-Extra: dev
Requires-Dist: mypy>=1.10; extra == 'dev'
Requires-Dist: pytest-asyncio>=0.23; extra == 'dev'
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Description-Content-Type: text/markdown

# au-eli-mcp

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.matematicsolutions/au-eli-mcp -->

An MCP server for Australia's **Federal Register of Legislation** (`legislation.gov.au`), the
official source of Commonwealth legislation. It searches, fetches, and cites Acts, with a
verifiable citation on every response.

Part of the MateMatic `eu-legal-mcp` production line, extended into Asia-Pacific alongside
`jp-eli-mcp`, `sg-eli-mcp` and `my-eli-mcp`. Same citation contract (a stable identifier + a
human-readable citation + a source URL), adapted for a jurisdiction with no ELI.

> **Scope.** This MVP covers Acts only (`collection(act)`); regulations and other legislative
> instrument types are not yet covered. Discovery is by title (`au_search_acts`); fetch the
> current consolidated text with `au_get_text` (truncated for very large Acts). Every response
> carries a `dataset_note`.
>
> **Licence.** Federal Register of Legislation content is official public information
> published by the Australian government. This connector relays it with attribution and a
> `source_url`.

## The tools

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `au_search_acts` | Search Commonwealth Acts by (partial) title. |
| `au_get_text` | The current consolidated text of an Act (truncated at ~300,000 characters). |

Every response carries the contract: `eli_uri` (Australia has no ELI - this is the durable
legislation.gov.au URL keyed on the document's own FRLI identifier, e.g.
`https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00042/latest`, see `eli_note`), `human_readable_citation`
(the Act title), and `source_url`.

## Install

Not yet on PyPI - install from source until the first release ships:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/matematicsolutions/au-eli-mcp
cd au-eli-mcp
pip install -e .
```

Once released, this will be `uvx au-eli-mcp`.

Configuration via env:

- `AU_ELI_BASE_URL` - default `https://www.legislation.gov.au`
- `AU_ELI_CACHE_DIR` - default `~/.matematic/cache/au-eli`
- `AU_ELI_AUDIT_DIR` - default `~/.matematic/audit`

No API key. legislation.gov.au is keyless.

### Configure (Claude Code / any MCP client)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "au-eli-mcp": { "command": "au-eli-mcp" }
  }
}
```

## Governance

- **Public data only** - read-only against legislation.gov.au; no client data leaves the machine.
- **Robots-compliant** - `robots.txt` allows crawling (only `/assets/` is disallowed); this
  connector caches aggressively rather than hitting the site repeatedly.
- **Audit log** - every tool call appends one JSON line to `~/.matematic/audit/au-eli-mcp.jsonl`.
- **Vendor-neutral** - talks only to `legislation.gov.au`; no LLM provider, no telemetry.
- **Verifiable citations** - every response is independently checkable via `source_url`.

See `CONSTITUTION.md` and `DISCOVERY.md`.

## Tests

```bash
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/test_instructions_drift.py -v   # offline
pytest tests/test_smoke.py -v                # hits live legislation.gov.au
```

## Licence

Apache-2.0. © Matematic Solutions / Wieslaw Mazur.
