# KnowJudges (remote · mcp.knowjudges.com)

Source-linked research on U.S. judges, courts, cases, and judicial analytics.

- Trust score: 61/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-21

## Components

- remote · `mcp.knowjudges.com`: 61/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knowjudges-knowjudges/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knowjudges-knowjudges/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.10.15`

## 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 2026-08-21.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 6 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - 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).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 591 tokens (~98/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 98/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 95% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-knowjudges-knowjudges https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp
```

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Other

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

### 2026-08-20 (score 61, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-19 (score 60, +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.

### 2026-08-18 (score 59, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 0.10.15 → 0.10.16

### 2026-08-17 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `find_judges` (~124 tokens)

Find likely US judges by name, court, state, county, or jurisdiction. Use this before requesting a profile when the exact KnowJudges slug is unknown. Results are public, bounded, and link to canonical KnowJudges profiles.

Input parameters:

- `county` (string): County name fragment
- `court` (string): Court name fragment
- `limit` (integer): Maximum results, capped at 10
- `query` (string, required): Judge name or other identifying search text
- `state` (string): US state name or postal abbreviation, for example DC or California

### `find_ai_abuse_cases` (~161 tokens)

Find court decisions involving AI-generated legal errors. Returns at most 10 source-linked cases with court, judges, response, summary, and a verified official decision URL when available. Empty and bulk searches are unavailable.

Input parameters:

- `court` (string): Court name fragment
- `from_date` (string): Inclusive earliest decision date
- `judge` (string): Judge name fragment
- `limit` (integer): Maximum results, capped at 10
- `query` (string): Case name, error type, ruling text, court, state, or judge search text
- `response` (string): Court response, for example Warning or Sanctions
- `state` (string): US state name
- `to_date` (string): Inclusive latest decision date

### `get_judge_profile` (~63 tokens)

Return a public KYJ judge profile with scope-aware findings, official source links, evidence excerpts, and verification metadata. Do not present courtwide guidance as a judge's personal preference.

Input parameters:

- `judge_slug` (string, required): Canonical slug returned by find_judges

### `get_judge_biography` (~76 tokens)

Return source-attributed public biographical facts for a judge, including birth details, computed age, education, professional and judicial careers, provenance, coverage gaps, and verification status. Demographic and political labels are excluded from this public tool.

Input parameters:

- `judge_slug` (string, required): Canonical slug returned by find_judges

### `get_courtroom_presentation_rules` (~76 tokens)

Get source-linked courtroom technology and presentation rules for a judge. Optional topics can focus on PowerPoint, video, demonstratives, advance exchange, exhibits, or courtroom technology.

Input parameters:

- `judge_slug` (string, required): Canonical slug returned by find_judges
- `topics` (array): Optional presentation topics to filter

### `get_recent_rule_changes` (~91 tokens)

Return recorded KYJ profile or courtroom-rule changes since a date. Change tracking begins at the launch date, so an empty result does not prove that no earlier real-world rule changed.

Input parameters:

- `court_slug` (string): Optional canonical court slug
- `judge_slug` (string): Optional canonical judge slug
- `limit` (integer)
- `since` (string, required): Inclusive date in YYYY-MM-DD format

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-21: 61
- 2026-08-20: 61
- 2026-08-19: 60
- 2026-08-18: 59
- 2026-08-17: 59

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.knowjudges.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/KnowJudges/knowjudges-mcp
- Website: https://knowjudges.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knowjudges-knowjudges/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knowjudges-knowjudges/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-knowjudges-knowjudges/mcp