Icelandic Law MCP Server

MCP server for Icelandic statutes with section-level retrieval, citation parsing/validation, and EU cross-reference tools.

Current Free-Tier Snapshot (2026-02-15)

Latest successful full ingestion/build from official Althingi Lagasafn:

• Source ZIP: https://www.althingi.is/lagasafn/zip/nuna/allt.zip
• ZIP last-modified (from source headers): Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:45:51 GMT
• Seed generation stats:
  • scanned HTML files: 1724
  • parsed laws: 1714
  • written statute seed files: 1709
  • duplicate law IDs merged deterministically: 5
• Built free DB contents:
  • legal_documents: 1709
  • legal_provisions: 19026
  • legal_provision_versions: 19026
  • case_law: 0
  • preparatory_works: 0
  • eu_documents: 4 (baseline catalog)
  • eu_references: 0

Scope note: the free build is production-ready for statute retrieval/search/citation workflows, while case law, preparatory works, and detailed EU reference mappings remain out of scope in this public free dataset.

Identity

• npm package: @ansvar/icelandic-law-mcp
• MCP name: eu.ansvar/icelandic-law-mcp
• server.json name: eu.ansvar/icelandic-law-mcp

Data Sources

This project ingests official Icelandic legal publication channels:

• Althingi Lagasafn: https://www.althingi.is/lagasafn/
• Snapshot ZIP endpoint used for deterministic ingestion: https://www.althingi.is/lagasafn/zip/nuna/allt.zip
• Additional official references: https://www.althingi.is/ and https://www.stjornartidindi.is/

Source and reuse terms are documented in LEGAL_DATA_LICENSE.md.

Core Commands

npm ci
npm run ingest
npm run build:db
npm run build
npm test

Validation gate run (2026-02-15):

npm ci
npm run ingest:all
npm run build:db
npm run build
npm test
npm run check-updates
gitleaks detect --source . --report-format sarif --report-path gitleaks.sarif --no-git

Database Tiers

• npm run build:db
  • Destructive rebuild from data/seed/**
  • Produces baseline DB and db_metadata with tier=free
• npm run build:db:paid
  • Additive schema extension on top of existing DB
  • Preserves base data, updates db_metadata to tier=professional

Daily Updates

• Workflow: .github/workflows/check-updates.yml
• Schedule: daily
• Behavior:
  • runs freshness check against official source
  • regenerates seeds + rebuilds DB when newer source detected
  • opens automated PR with refreshed corpus

Security and Supply Chain

This repo includes workflows for:

• CodeQL
• Semgrep
• Trivy
• Gitleaks
• Socket Security
• OSSF Scorecard

Publish workflow uses npm provenance attestation.

Local Usage

npx @ansvar/icelandic-law-mcp

Or configure in an MCP client using stdio with package @ansvar/icelandic-law-mcp.

Environment

• ICELANDIC_LAW_DB_PATH (optional): override database path