Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law
  description: 'Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law. 3 operations. Lead operation: List opinion clusters.
    Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Free Law Project business surface.'
  tags:
  - Free Law Project
  - Case Law
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    FREE_LAW_PROJECT_API_KEY: FREE_LAW_PROJECT_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: free-law-project-case-law
    baseUri: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
    description: Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: clusters
      path: /clusters/
      operations:
      - name: listclusters
        method: GET
        description: List opinion clusters
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: opinions
      path: /opinions/
      operations:
      - name: listopinions
        method: GET
        description: List opinions
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: opinions-id
      path: /opinions/{id}/
      operations:
      - name: getopinion
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve an opinion
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: Authorization
      value: '{{env.FREE_LAW_PROJECT_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: free-law-project-case-law-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law. One Spectral-compliant resource per
      consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/clusters
      name: clusters
      description: REST surface for clusters.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listclusters
        description: List opinion clusters
        call: free-law-project-case-law.listclusters
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/opinions
      name: opinions
      description: REST surface for opinions.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listopinions
        description: List opinions
        call: free-law-project-case-law.listopinions
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/opinions/{id}
      name: opinions-id
      description: REST surface for opinions-id.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getopinion
        description: Retrieve an opinion
        call: free-law-project-case-law.getopinion
        with:
          id: rest.id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: free-law-project-case-law-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Case Law. One tool per consumed operation, routed
      inline through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: list-opinion-clusters
      description: List opinion clusters
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: free-law-project-case-law.listclusters
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: list-opinions
      description: List opinions
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: free-law-project-case-law.listopinions
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: retrieve-opinion
      description: Retrieve an opinion
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: free-law-project-case-law.getopinion
      with:
        id: tools.id
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.