contract-ops-mcp

One MCP server for the whole contract-ops CLI suite — wire it up once and an agent (Claude, Cursor, Codex, …) gets all nine local-first CLIs as tools: extract, draft, lint, compare, convert, review, and the template + signed-contract vaults. Signing stays human-gated.

Run this

// e.g. Claude Desktop / Cursor MCP config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contract-ops": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "contract-ops-mcp"] }
  }
}

The CLIs themselves must be installed (the server shells out to them). Fastest way to get all nine:

curl -fsSL https://cli.drbaher.com/install.sh | sh     # local
# …or run the server + CLIs in one container: ghcr.io/drbaher/contract-ops

Call suite_status any time to see which CLIs are present and how to install any that aren't.

Tools

Curated, ergonomic tools (typed inputs, JSON out) for the common operations, plus two escape hatches for the long tail:

| Tool | What it does | |---|---| | extract_contract | Any contract (.md/.txt/.html/.docx/.pdf) → structured JSON (parties, dates, clauses, …) | | lint_contract | Internal-consistency findings (placeholders, broken refs, defined-term/numbering/date defects) | | compare_versions | Clause-aware drift between two versions (exit 0 clean · 2 substantive · 3 cosmetic · 4 moved) | | fill_template | Fill a template's placeholders with typed params (deterministic) | | convert_to_pdf | DOCX → PDF (needs a PDF backend, e.g. LibreOffice) | | review_nda | Score an NDA against a house playbook, with evidence | | template_vault_find / template_vault_get | Search / resolve versioned templates (read-only) | | contract_vault_query / contract_vault_due / contract_vault_risk | Query the signed-contract register; project renewal/notice deadlines; renewal-exposure (read-only) | | verify_signature / verify_receipt / audit_show | Verify a signed PDF / a receipt bundle / walk the audit log (read-only) | | catalog(cli) | Return any CLI's full --catalog json — discover the long tail | | run(cli, args) | Escape hatch: run any suite CLI with raw args (no shell) | | suite_status | Which CLIs are installed (+ versions) and how to install the rest |

The curated set and catalog/run are discovery-driven — they ride the suite's uniform --catalog json contract, so they stay in sync as the CLIs evolve.

Safety

• Signing is human-gated. Only sign-cli's read/verify operations are exposed (verify_signature, verify_receipt, audit_show) — never request-create or sign. Those stay behind sign-cli's own MCP server with its per-signer approval tokens, so this server can't become an unguarded signing path.
• Filesystem lockdown. File-path arguments to the curated tools are confined to CONTRACT_OPS_MCP_BASE_DIR (default: the working directory). Set it to widen the sandbox.
• No shell. CLIs are invoked with execFile (no shell interpolation).

License

MIT. Part of the contract-ops CLI suite. See AGENTS.md for the agent contract.