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Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search

Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search. 1 operations. Lead operation: Search across CourtListener. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Free Law Project business surface.

Run with Naftiko Free Law ProjectSearch

What You Can Do

GET
Search — Search across CourtListener
/v1/search

MCP Tools

search-across-courtlistener

Search across CourtListener

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

free-law-project-search.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search
  description: 'Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search. 1 operations. Lead operation: Search across CourtListener.
    Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Free Law Project business surface.'
  tags:
  - Free Law Project
  - Search
  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-search
    baseUri: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
    description: Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: search
      path: /search/
      operations:
      - name: search
        method: GET
        description: Search across CourtListener
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: q
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Search query string.
        - name: type
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Result type (e.g., o for opinions, r for RECAP, oa for oral arguments, p for people).
        - name: order_by
          in: query
          type: string
        - name: page
          in: query
          type: integer
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: Authorization
      value: '{{env.FREE_LAW_PROJECT_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: free-law-project-search-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search. One Spectral-compliant resource per
      consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/search
      name: search
      description: REST surface for search.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: search
        description: Search across CourtListener
        call: free-law-project-search.search
        with:
          q: rest.q
          type: rest.type
          order_by: rest.order_by
          page: rest.page
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: free-law-project-search-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API — Search. One tool per consumed operation, routed
      inline through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: search-across-courtlistener
      description: Search across CourtListener
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: free-law-project-search.search
      with:
        q: tools.q
        type: tools.type
        order_by: tools.order_by
        page: tools.page
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.