# Indian Legal MCP (remote · gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space)

Structured access to 10 major Indian legal texts (BNS, IPC, etc) for AI agents.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-27

## Components

- remote · `gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/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 2026-09-27.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - 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 8 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 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**: 90/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 816 tokens (~102/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 43/100
  - Stability observed for 13 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 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 Indian Legal MCP server?

Indian Legal MCP is a hosted endpoint at https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/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 gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp 'https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp": {
      "url": "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp]
url = "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp --url 'https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp:
    url: "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/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.

### 2026-09-26 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 72, 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 72, +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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-09-16 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-09-15 (score 67, +1)

- [security] Tool “indian_legal_mcp_get_section” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “indian_legal_mcp_search_keyword” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_analyze_factual_scenario”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_breakdown_legal_ingredients”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_compare_old_and_new_law”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_create_law_student_study_note”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_draft_lawyer_quick_brief”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_draft_legal_research_note”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_explain_legal_terms”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_explain_to_beginner”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_explain_to_client”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_find_relevant_sections”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_missing_information_checklist”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_preliminary_legal_research”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_summarize_statutory_changes”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_trace_concept_across_acts”
- [functional] New prompt “indian_legal_mcp_verify_legal_claim”

## MCP tools (8)

### `indian_legal_mcp_list_acts` (~41 tokens)

List all available Acts in the database, with metadata and descriptions. Use this to see which legal codes are supported or find short codes.

### `indian_legal_mcp_get_act_info` (~86 tokens)

Get metadata about one specific Act: its full name, year enacted, and whether it is still current law or has been repealed and replaced by something newer.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): short code, one of BNS, BNSS, BSA, IPC, CRPC, IEA, COI, CPC, MVA, NIA.

### `indian_legal_mcp_get_section` (~187 tokens)

[AI TOOL ORCHESTRATION INSTRUCTION: Only use this tool AFTER you have found the exact section number via search_keyword, or if the user explicitly provided it.] Get the exact text of ONE section (or Constitution article) by its number. Use this when someone asks about a specific, known section number, e.g. 'what does BNS Section 103 say' or 'show me IPC 302'. If the Act is repealed (IPC, CRPC, or IEA), the result includes a note that it no longer applies to new cases and names what replaced it.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): e.g. 'BNS', 'IPC', 'COI'.
- `section_number` (string, required): e.g. '103', '25A', '0' (Preamble), '394A'. Always given as a string.

### `indian_legal_mcp_list_sections` (~75 tokens)

List every section NUMBER and TITLE in one Act, without the full body text. Use this to browse what exists in an Act before deciding which specific section or chapter to fetch in full -- much shorter than get_full_act.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): e.g. 'BNS', 'MVA'.

### `indian_legal_mcp_get_chapter` (~106 tokens)

Get every section within one chapter of an Act, with full text. Only meaningful for BNS, BNSS, BSA, IPC, CRPC, IEA. For CPC, MVA, and COI, which lack chapter grouping in this dataset, it returns a clear message instead of empty data.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): e.g. 'BNS'.
- `chapter_number` (string, required): e.g. '1', '16'.

### `indian_legal_mcp_get_section_range` (~107 tokens)

Get all sections between a start and end number (inclusive) with full text. Numeric comparison handles letter-suffixed numbers (like '108A'). If start and end are provided in reverse order, it silently corrects them and includes a note in the response.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): e.g. 'BNS'.
- `end_section` (string, required): e.g. '110'.
- `start_section` (string, required): e.g. '100'.

### `indian_legal_mcp_get_full_act` (~91 tokens)

Get an entire Act, in full, returned in paginated chunks (50 sections/page). Use only when genuinely needing the whole Act. If a page beyond the total pages is requested, it gracefully returns empty sections with a note.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string, required): e.g. 'BNS'.
- `page` (integer): The page number to fetch. Default is 1.

### `indian_legal_mcp_search_keyword` (~123 tokens)

[AI TOOL ORCHESTRATION INSTRUCTION: ALWAYS use this tool FIRST when the specific section number is unknown. Never guess section numbers.] Search section titles and text. Exact title matches are ranked #1, partial title matches are #2, and body text matches are #3 (via BM25). This is exact/near-exact word matching, NOT meaning-based search.

Input parameters:

- `act_code` (string): optional -- restrict search to one Act.
- `query` (string, required): search term(s), e.g. 'punishment for murder'.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-27: 73
- 2026-09-26: 73
- 2026-09-25: 72
- 2026-09-24: 72
- 2026-09-23: 71
- 2026-09-22: 71
- 2026-09-21: 70
- 2026-09-20: 70
- 2026-09-19: 69
- 2026-09-18: 69
- 2026-09-17: 68
- 2026-09-16: 68
- 2026-09-15: 67
- 2026-09-14: 66

## Common questions

### What is the Indian Legal MCP server?

Indian Legal MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.GSMS-B/indian-legal-mcp. Structured access to 10 major Indian legal texts (BNS, IPC, etc) for AI agents. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/).

### Is the Indian Legal MCP server safe to use?

Indian Legal MCP scores 73 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 Indian Legal MCP server expose?

Indian Legal MCP exposes 8 tools: indian_legal_mcp_list_acts, indian_legal_mcp_get_act_info, indian_legal_mcp_get_section, indian_legal_mcp_list_sections, indian_legal_mcp_get_chapter, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 816 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Indian Legal MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Indian Legal MCP server still maintained?

Indian Legal MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 27 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://gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/
- Repository: https://github.com/GSMS-B/indian-legal-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gsms-b-indian-legal-mcp/gradio-api-mcp