Federal Register

Federal Register is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Federal Register proposed and final rules, notices, executive orders, and FAR cases. It has 27 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx federal-register-mcp.

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Install Federal Register

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "federal-register": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "federal-register-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio federal-register -- uvx federal-register-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "federal-register": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "federal-register-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "federal-register": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "federal-register-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http federal-register "https://federal-register.1102tools.com/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Federal Register

Free, open-source MCP server for the Federal Register API. Proposed rules, final rules, notices, executive orders, comment periods, and regulatory tracking since 1994.

mcp
model-context-protocol
sam-gov
usaspending
federal-contracting
federal-data
govcon
mcp-server
acquisition
federal-acquisition

Key facts

GitHub stars	27
License	MIT
Language	Python
Transport	stdio (local), Streamable HTTP (remote)
Packages	PyPI: `federal-register-mcp`
Remote URL	`https://federal-register.1102tools.com/mcp`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai and ChatGPT
Latest release	v1.0.34 (Oct 21, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 25, 2026
MCP registry name	`com.1102tools/federal-register-mcp`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, last release Oct 21, 2026.

Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 25, 2026
Latest release	v1.0.34 (Oct 21, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	10 or more
Releases, all time	144
Open issues	0
Open pull requests	0
Good first issues	0
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Apr 21, 2026

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