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Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills

Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills. 3 operations. Lead operation: List Bills. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Library Of Congress business surface.

Run with Naftiko Library Of CongressBills

What You Can Do

GET
Listbills — List Bills
/v1/bill
GET
Listbillsbytype — List Bills by Congress and Type
/v1/bill/{congress}/{billtype}
GET
Getbill — Get Bill
/v1/bill/{congress}/{billtype}/{billnumber}

MCP Tools

list-bills

List Bills

read-only idempotent
list-bills-congress-and-type

List Bills by Congress and Type

read-only idempotent
get-bill

Get Bill

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

congress-gov-bills.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills
  description: 'Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills. 3 operations. Lead operation: List Bills. Self-contained Naftiko
    capability covering one Library Of Congress business surface.'
  tags:
  - Library Of Congress
  - Bills
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS_API_KEY: LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: congress-gov-bills
    baseUri: https://api.congress.gov/v3
    description: Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: bill
      path: /bill
      operations:
      - name: listbills
        method: GET
        description: List Bills
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: fromDateTime
          in: query
          type: string
        - name: toDateTime
          in: query
          type: string
    - name: bill-congress-billType
      path: /bill/{congress}/{billType}
      operations:
      - name: listbillsbytype
        method: GET
        description: List Bills by Congress and Type
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: congress
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
        - name: billType
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
    - name: bill-congress-billType-billNumber
      path: /bill/{congress}/{billType}/{billNumber}
      operations:
      - name: getbill
        method: GET
        description: Get Bill
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: congress
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
        - name: billType
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: billNumber
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: api_key
      value: '{{env.LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS_API_KEY}}'
      placement: query
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: congress-gov-bills-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed
      operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/bill
      name: bill
      description: REST surface for bill.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listbills
        description: List Bills
        call: congress-gov-bills.listbills
        with:
          fromDateTime: rest.fromDateTime
          toDateTime: rest.toDateTime
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/bill/{congress}/{billtype}
      name: bill-congress-billtype
      description: REST surface for bill-congress-billType.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listbillsbytype
        description: List Bills by Congress and Type
        call: congress-gov-bills.listbillsbytype
        with:
          congress: rest.congress
          billType: rest.billType
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/bill/{congress}/{billtype}/{billnumber}
      name: bill-congress-billtype-billnumber
      description: REST surface for bill-congress-billType-billNumber.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getbill
        description: Get Bill
        call: congress-gov-bills.getbill
        with:
          congress: rest.congress
          billType: rest.billType
          billNumber: rest.billNumber
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: congress-gov-bills-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Library of Congress Congress.gov API — Bills. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline
      through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: list-bills
      description: List Bills
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-bills.listbills
      with:
        fromDateTime: tools.fromDateTime
        toDateTime: tools.toDateTime
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: list-bills-congress-and-type
      description: List Bills by Congress and Type
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-bills.listbillsbytype
      with:
        congress: tools.congress
        billType: tools.billType
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-bill
      description: Get Bill
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-bills.getbill
      with:
        congress: tools.congress
        billType: tools.billType
        billNumber: tools.billNumber
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.