`federal_civil_search`

Pack: federal-civil · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-civil/mcp

US federal civil court cases matching a keyword search, from the federal courts’ case data.

Tool description as the model sees it

Find US FEDERAL CIVIL LAWSUITS by party name. Searches federal district court civil dockets, no API key — contract disputes, civil rights, employment, product liability, ERISA, social security appeals and prisoner petitions. Returns case caption, docket number, district, filing and termination dates, assigned judge, and the nature-of-suit code where the court recorded one. Use for “is this company being sued in federal court” and litigation exposure checks.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`party`	string	yes	Party name or a distinctive part of it, e.g. “Monsanto”.
`court`	string	no	Optional federal district id, e.g. “cand”, “nysd”, “ilnd”.
`filed_after`	string	no	Only cases filed on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`filed_before`	string	no	Only cases filed on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`limit`	number	no	Maximum dockets to return (1-50, default 10).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "party": "Monsanto",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-civil/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"federal_civil_search","arguments":{"party":"Monsanto","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('federal_civil_search', {
  "party": "Monsanto",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "federal-civil": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-civil/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

federal_civil_search