# Docket Nexus (remote · mcp.docketnexus.com)

Search public U.S. federal litigation: companies, cases, dockets and document metadata.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `mcp.docketnexus.com`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-09-25.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 787 tokens (~131/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Docket Nexus MCP server?

Docket Nexus is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.docketnexus.com/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 com-docketnexus-docketnexus 'https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-docketnexus-docketnexus": {
      "url": "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-docketnexus-docketnexus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-docketnexus-docketnexus]
url = "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-docketnexus-docketnexus": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-docketnexus-docketnexus --url 'https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-docketnexus-docketnexus:
    url: "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-docketnexus-docketnexus": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-docketnexus-docketnexus -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-docketnexus-docketnexus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.docketnexus.com/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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 76, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 72, +3)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 0% → 100%
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Schema quality: good → excellent
- [functional] Server version: 0.1.0-local → 1.0.0
- [cosmetic] “get_case” reworded the description of “case_url”
- [cosmetic] “get_case_docket” reworded the description of “case_url”
- [cosmetic] “get_case_docket” reworded the description of “cursor”
- [cosmetic] “get_case_docket” reworded the description of “limit”
- [cosmetic] “get_company” reworded the description of “slug”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “court”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “cursor”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “limit”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “nature_of_suit”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “slug”
- [cosmetic] “get_company_cases” reworded the description of “sort”
- [cosmetic] “get_document” reworded the description of “document_id”
- [cosmetic] “search_cases” reworded the description of “cursor”
- [cosmetic] “search_cases” reworded the description of “limit”
- [cosmetic] “search_cases” reworded the description of “query”
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_case” changed its title: Case detail
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_case_docket” changed its title: Case docket entries
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_company” changed its title: Company litigation profile
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_company_cases” changed its title: Cases involving a company
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_document” changed its title: Docket document metadata
- [cosmetic] Tool “search_cases” changed its title: Search federal cases

### 2026-09-16 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `get_company` (~93 tokens)

Company litigation profile

Get a public company's Docket Nexus profile by slug (e.g. 'acme-widgets-inc'): name, industry, number of linked cases, verified public-company identity when on the verified roster, and top case types and courts.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Docket Nexus company slug, lowercase and hyphenated, as it appears in a /party/<slug>/ URL (e.g. '3m-company').

### `get_company_cases` (~183 tokens)

Cases involving a company

List public cases linked to a company, newest or oldest first, optionally filtered by nature of suit or court. Paginate with next_cursor. At most 25 per call.

Input parameters:

- `court`: Filter to one court as shown on the company page (e.g. 'District Court, N.D. Alabama').
- `cursor`: Opaque pagination token from a previous call's next_cursor. Omit for the first page.
- `limit`: Cases to return, 1-25. Defaults to 25.
- `nature_of_suit`: Filter to one nature-of-suit category as shown on the company page (e.g. 'Product Liability').
- `slug` (string, required): Docket Nexus company slug, as used by get_company.
- `sort` (string): Order by case filing date. 'newest' (default) or 'oldest'.

### `get_case` (~106 tokens)

Case detail

Get a public case by its Docket Nexus URL (https://docketnexus.com/case/.../): caption, court, docket number, dates, judge, cause, nature of suit, parties as shown on the case page, and disposition when recorded.

Input parameters:

- `case_url` (string, required): Full Docket Nexus case URL, e.g. https://docketnexus.com/case/<slug>-<id>/ . Returned as canonical_url by search_cases and get_company_cases.

### `get_case_docket` (~110 tokens)

Case docket entries

List a public case's docket entries newest first, with document availability. Paginate with next_cursor. At most 50 per call. Entries the site does not publish are omitted and only counted.

Input parameters:

- `case_url` (string, required): Full Docket Nexus case URL, as accepted by get_case.
- `cursor`: Opaque pagination token from a previous call's next_cursor. Omit for the first page.
- `limit`: Entries to return, 1-50. Defaults to 50.

### `get_document` (~82 tokens)

Docket document metadata

Get public metadata for a docket document by its Docket Nexus document id: entry, date, description, page count, availability and parent case. Metadata only; no document text.

Input parameters:

- `document_id` (integer, required): Docket Nexus document id, as returned in a get_case_docket entry's document_id field. Metadata only is returned; document text is never served.

### `search_cases` (~154 tokens)

Search federal cases

Search public cases by caption words, 'A v. B', or a federal docket number WITH its office prefix (e.g. 1:24-cv-01234). Results are newest first, at most 25 per call; paginate with next_cursor.

Input parameters:

- `cursor`: Opaque pagination token from a previous call's next_cursor. Omit for the first page.
- `limit`: Results to return, 1-25. Defaults to 25.
- `query` (string, required): Caption words, an 'A v. B' party pairing, or a federal docket number INCLUDING its office prefix (e.g. '1:24-cv-01234'). A docket number without the office prefix is refused.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 76
- 2026-09-24: 76
- 2026-09-23: 75
- 2026-09-22: 75
- 2026-09-21: 74
- 2026-09-20: 74
- 2026-09-19: 73
- 2026-09-18: 73
- 2026-09-17: 72
- 2026-09-16: 69

## Common questions

### What is the Docket Nexus MCP server?

Docket Nexus is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.docketnexus/docketnexus. Search public U.S. federal litigation: companies, cases, dockets and document metadata. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp).

### Is the Docket Nexus MCP server safe to use?

Docket Nexus scores 76 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 Docket Nexus MCP server expose?

Docket Nexus exposes 6 tools: get_company, get_company_cases, get_case, get_case_docket, get_document, search_cases. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 728 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Docket Nexus MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Docket Nexus without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Docket Nexus MCP server still maintained?

Docket Nexus is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 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://mcp.docketnexus.com/mcp
- Website: https://docketnexus.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-docketnexus-docketnexus/mcp