# be.co-legal/legal-lookup (remote · agent.co-legal.be)

Belgian/Dutch legal and fiscal lookups plus Belgian notary preparation. 13 tools.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `agent.co-legal.be`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.37.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1266 tokens (~97/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 52/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 20 days we've observed: 2 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 1 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server?

be.co-legal/legal-lookup is a hosted endpoint at https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http be-co-legal-legal-lookup 'https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "be-co-legal-legal-lookup": {
      "url": "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "be-co-legal-legal-lookup": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.be-co-legal-legal-lookup]
url = "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "be-co-legal-legal-lookup": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add be-co-legal-legal-lookup --url 'https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  be-co-legal-legal-lookup:
    url: "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "be-co-legal-legal-lookup": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add be-co-legal-legal-lookup -t streamable-http -u 'https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "be-co-legal-legal-lookup": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 49 to 52.

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.37.1 → 1.37.2

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, 0)

- [functional] Server version: 1.37.0 → 1.37.1

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 36 to 39.

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.36.0 → 1.37.0

### 2026-10-28 (score 78, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1123 → 1266
- [functional] Server version: 1.35.0 → 1.36.0
- [functional] New tool “notaris_dossiercheck”

### 2026-10-27 (score 77, −2)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.33 → fail
- [security regression] Tool “erfkompas_flows” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “erfkompas_step” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 105 → 93
- [functional] Server version: 1.34.3 → 1.35.0

### 2026-10-26 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (13)

### `notaris_dossiercheck` (~95 tokens)

Belgian notarial preparation checklist

Prepare a Belgian notary meeting: document checklist, questions and official source links for property, inheritance, gifts, care mandates, marriage contracts or BV incorporation. Optional region; no personal data, live verification, tax calculation or certification of legal completeness.

Input parameters:

- `gewest` (string): Region if known; an orientation, not a tax-jurisdiction determination.
- `onderwerp` (string, required): Belgian notarial matter to prepare.

### `kbo_lookup` (~84 tokens)

Belgian company lookup (KBO/BCE)

Look up a Belgian company by its KBO/BCE enterprise number (10 digits, e.g. 0403.170.701). Returns the official name, status, legal form and start date from the public KBO register, with the source URL.

Input parameters:

- `enterprise_number` (string, required): Belgian KBO/BCE number, 10 digits (dots/spaces ok).

### `vies_validate` (~69 tokens)

EU VAT number check (VIES)

Validate an EU VAT number against the official EU VIES service. Returns validity plus, where the member state exposes it, the registered trade name and address. Example: BE0403170701.

Input parameters:

- `vat` (string, required): EU VAT number with country prefix, e.g. BE0403170701.

### `ecli_lookup` (~71 tokens)

Belgian case-law reference (ECLI)

Resolve a Belgian ECLI (European Case Law Identifier) to canonical public lookup URLs (EU e-Justice + Juportal) plus court metadata. Example: ECLI:BE:CASS:2020:ARR.20200101.1.

Input parameters:

- `ecli` (string, required): A Belgian ECLI identifier.

### `eurlex_lookup` (~84 tokens)

EU legislation reference (EUR-Lex)

Resolve an EU CELEX number to its canonical EUR-Lex landing URL plus metadata (sector, document type). Example: 32016R0679 (GDPR).

Input parameters:

- `celex` (string, required): An EU CELEX number, e.g. 32016R0679.
- `language` (string): 2-letter EUR-Lex language code (default NL).

### `erfbelasting_tarieven` (~112 tokens)

Flemish inheritance-tax rates

Flemish inheritance-tax (erfbelasting) rate brackets, parsed deterministically from the in-force Flemish Tax Code (VCF art. 2.7.4.1.1) — for ALL heir categories: direct line & partners, siblings, and others. Omit `categorie` to get all three; the rates come from the current official text.

Input parameters:

- `categorie`: Heir category: rechte_lijn_partners, broers_zussen or anderen. Omit for all three.

### `legal_lookup` (~98 tokens)

Belgian legislation reference (Justel)

Resolve a Belgian legislation reference to its canonical Justel URL. Give the code (BW, WVV, WIB92, VCF, WBTW, WBE, Sw, Ger.W) and optionally the article number. Example: code=BW, article=4.71.

Input parameters:

- `article` (string): Optional article number.
- `code` (string, required): Belgian legal code, e.g. BW, WVV, WIB92, VCF.

### `legal_search` (~63 tokens)

Belgian legislation search (Justel)

Keyword-search Belgian legislation on Justel and return a search URL plus relevant code hints, for when the exact reference is unknown.

Input parameters:

- `keyword` (string, required): Search keyword(s) in Dutch/French.
- `limit` (integer): Max hints to return (default 5).

### `legal_read` (~109 tokens)

Read an official legal text

Fetch and clean the full text of an official Belgian or European legal document (HTML or PDF) from a URL on the allowlist of official sources (e.g. ejustice.just.fgov.be, eur-lex.europa.eu). Capped at 30,000 characters. Pair with legal_lookup / eurlex_lookup to get the URL first.

Input parameters:

- `max_chars` (integer): Max characters to return (default 30000).
- `url` (string, required): Document URL on an allowed official domain.

### `nl_legal_lookup` (~119 tokens)

Dutch legislation reference

Resolve a Dutch statute reference to its wetten.overheid.nl URL. Give the code (BW4, Successiewet, Wet IB 2001, Wet OB 1968, BW6, Awb, Sr, Rv) and optionally an article. Example: code=BW4, article=4:63.

Input parameters:

- `article` (string): Optional article, e.g. 4:63.
- `code` (string, required): Dutch statute short-form, e.g. BW4, Successiewet, Wet IB 2001.

### `nl_rechtspraak_lookup` (~84 tokens)

Dutch case-law reference (ECLI)

Resolve a Dutch ECLI to canonical case-law URLs (Rechtspraak.nl details, the free Open Data content API, and EU e-Justice). Example: ECLI:NL:HR:2021:1102.

Input parameters:

- `ecli` (string, required): A Dutch ECLI, e.g. ECLI:NL:HR:2021:1102.

### `iban_validate` (~62 tokens)

IBAN check

Validate an IBAN's structure (ISO 13616 check digits via MOD-97 + country length). Pure compute; confirms well-formedness, not that the account exists or is active.

Input parameters:

- `iban` (string, required): An IBAN, with or without spaces.

### `ecb_rates` (~64 tokens)

ECB euro reference rate

Return the official daily ECB euro reference rate 1 EUR = X currency for a given ISO 4217 code (e.g. USD, GBP, CHF).

Input parameters:

- `currency` (string, required): Three-letter ISO 4217 code, e.g. USD, GBP, CHF.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 78
- 2026-10-28: 78
- 2026-10-27: 77
- 2026-10-26: 79
- 2026-10-25: 78
- 2026-10-24: 78
- 2026-10-23: 77
- 2026-10-22: 77
- 2026-10-21: 76
- 2026-10-20: 76
- 2026-10-19: 75
- 2026-10-18: 75
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 74

## Common questions

### What is the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server?

be.co-legal/legal-lookup is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as be.co-legal/legal-lookup. Belgian/Dutch legal and fiscal lookups plus Belgian notary preparation. 13 tools. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp).

### Is the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server safe to use?

be.co-legal/legal-lookup scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server expose?

be.co-legal/legal-lookup exposes 13 tools: notaris_dossiercheck, kbo_lookup, vies_validate, ecli_lookup, eurlex_lookup, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,114 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to be.co-legal/legal-lookup without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the be.co-legal/legal-lookup MCP server still maintained?

be.co-legal/legal-lookup is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://agent.co-legal.be/mcp
- Website: https://co-legal.be/agent
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/be-co-legal-legal-lookup/agent