JAIL Search — MCP Server

Search papers, books, code, legal cases, forums, Wikipedia, and more from one API.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client config. No API key needed.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Or with Python: "command": "uvx", "args": ["jail-mcp"]

With API key

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"],
      "env": { "JAIL_API_KEY": "your-api-key" }
    }
  }
}

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add jail npx -y jail-mcp@latest

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

/mcp add

Or edit ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "jail-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search | Search across all types. Filter by type, paginate with cursor. | | detail | Get full metadata for a document by ID. |

Content Types

| Type | Content | |----------|---------| | academic | OpenAlex, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, DBLP | | audio | Podcasts and audio content | | books | Books, digital libraries, and classical literature | | crypto | DeFi protocols, token data, and on-chain analytics | | economics | World Bank, IMF, FRED, ECB, BLS, Tax Foundation | | fandom | Fan wiki articles and community knowledge bases | | forums | Hacker News, StackExchange, Lobsters, LessWrong, and 60+ more | | geo | World place names and geographic data | | health | Clinical trials and food safety data | | knowledge | Wikidata, structured knowledge, and facts | | legal | Harvard Case Law, CourtListener, EUR-Lex, UK Legislation | | music | Discogs, MusicBrainz | | news | News articles and journalism | | packages | npm, PyPI, Crates.io, Libraries.io | | predictions | Prediction markets and forecasting | | social | Mastodon, Lemmy, fediverse | | tech | Dev.to, product community forums | | video | IMDb, YouTube | | wiki | Wikipedia (en/zh/de/fr/es/ru/ja/ko/it/pl/ar/cs/da/el/hi/hu/ro/az) |

Pricing

| Plan | Queries | Results/query | QPS | Price | |------|---------|---------------|-----|-------| | Trial | Best-effort | 10 | — | — | | Pro | 10,000/month | 50 | 10 | $5/month | | Custom | Unlimited | Unlimited | Dedicated | Contact |

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License

MIT