Congress.gov API — Members

Congress.gov API — Members. 5 operations. Lead operation: List Members of Congress. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Us House Of Representatives business surface.

Run with Naftiko Us House Of RepresentativesMembers

What You Can Do

GET
Listmembers — List Members of Congress
/v1/member
GET
Listmembersbycongress — List Members by Congress
/v1/member/congress/{congress}
GET
Getmember — Get Member Details
/v1/member/{bioguideid}
GET
Getmembercosponsoredlegislation — Get Member Cosponsored Legislation
/v1/member/{bioguideid}/cosponsored-legislation
GET
Getmembersponsoredlegislation — Get Member Sponsored Legislation
/v1/member/{bioguideid}/sponsored-legislation

MCP Tools

list-members-congress

List Members of Congress

read-only idempotent
list-members-congress-2

List Members by Congress

read-only idempotent
get-member-details

Get Member Details

read-only idempotent
get-member-cosponsored-legislation

Get Member Cosponsored Legislation

read-only idempotent
get-member-sponsored-legislation

Get Member Sponsored Legislation

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

congress-gov-members.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Congress.gov API — Members
  description: 'Congress.gov API — Members. 5 operations. Lead operation: List Members of Congress. Self-contained Naftiko
    capability covering one Us House Of Representatives business surface.'
  tags:
  - Us House Of Representatives
  - Members
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    US_HOUSE_OF_REPRESENTATIVES_API_KEY: US_HOUSE_OF_REPRESENTATIVES_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: congress-gov-members
    baseUri: https://api.congress.gov/v3
    description: Congress.gov API — Members business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: member
      path: /member
      operations:
      - name: listmembers
        method: GET
        description: List Members of Congress
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: currentMember
          in: query
          type: boolean
          description: Filter for current members only
        - name: fromDateTime
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Start date filter for member updates
        - name: toDateTime
          in: query
          type: string
          description: End date filter for member updates
    - name: member-congress-congress
      path: /member/congress/{congress}
      operations:
      - name: listmembersbycongress
        method: GET
        description: List Members by Congress
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: currentMember
          in: query
          type: boolean
          description: Filter for current members only
    - name: member-bioguideId
      path: /member/{bioguideId}
      operations:
      - name: getmember
        method: GET
        description: Get Member Details
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: bioguideId
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The Bioguide ID of the member
          required: true
    - name: member-bioguideId-cosponsored-legislation
      path: /member/{bioguideId}/cosponsored-legislation
      operations:
      - name: getmembercosponsoredlegislation
        method: GET
        description: Get Member Cosponsored Legislation
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: bioguideId
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The Bioguide ID of the member
          required: true
    - name: member-bioguideId-sponsored-legislation
      path: /member/{bioguideId}/sponsored-legislation
      operations:
      - name: getmembersponsoredlegislation
        method: GET
        description: Get Member Sponsored Legislation
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: bioguideId
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The Bioguide ID of the member
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: api_key
      value: '{{env.US_HOUSE_OF_REPRESENTATIVES_API_KEY}}'
      placement: query
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: congress-gov-members-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Congress.gov API — Members. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/member
      name: member
      description: REST surface for member.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listmembers
        description: List Members of Congress
        call: congress-gov-members.listmembers
        with:
          currentMember: rest.currentMember
          fromDateTime: rest.fromDateTime
          toDateTime: rest.toDateTime
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/member/congress/{congress}
      name: member-congress-congress
      description: REST surface for member-congress-congress.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listmembersbycongress
        description: List Members by Congress
        call: congress-gov-members.listmembersbycongress
        with:
          currentMember: rest.currentMember
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/member/{bioguideid}
      name: member-bioguideid
      description: REST surface for member-bioguideId.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getmember
        description: Get Member Details
        call: congress-gov-members.getmember
        with:
          bioguideId: rest.bioguideId
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/member/{bioguideid}/cosponsored-legislation
      name: member-bioguideid-cosponsored-legislation
      description: REST surface for member-bioguideId-cosponsored-legislation.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getmembercosponsoredlegislation
        description: Get Member Cosponsored Legislation
        call: congress-gov-members.getmembercosponsoredlegislation
        with:
          bioguideId: rest.bioguideId
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/member/{bioguideid}/sponsored-legislation
      name: member-bioguideid-sponsored-legislation
      description: REST surface for member-bioguideId-sponsored-legislation.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getmembersponsoredlegislation
        description: Get Member Sponsored Legislation
        call: congress-gov-members.getmembersponsoredlegislation
        with:
          bioguideId: rest.bioguideId
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: congress-gov-members-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Congress.gov API — Members. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
      consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: list-members-congress
      description: List Members of Congress
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-members.listmembers
      with:
        currentMember: tools.currentMember
        fromDateTime: tools.fromDateTime
        toDateTime: tools.toDateTime
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: list-members-congress-2
      description: List Members by Congress
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-members.listmembersbycongress
      with:
        currentMember: tools.currentMember
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-member-details
      description: Get Member Details
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-members.getmember
      with:
        bioguideId: tools.bioguideId
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-member-cosponsored-legislation
      description: Get Member Cosponsored Legislation
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-members.getmembercosponsoredlegislation
      with:
        bioguideId: tools.bioguideId
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-member-sponsored-legislation
      description: Get Member Sponsored Legislation
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: congress-gov-members.getmembersponsoredlegislation
      with:
        bioguideId: tools.bioguideId
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.