`recent_rules`

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

Browse the most recently published final rules and regulations from the Federal Register, with no topic filter — returns whatever was published most recently across every agency (FAA airworthiness directives, Coast Guard safety zones, EPA tolerance exemptions, etc.). For questions about a specific topic (“EV tax credits”, “AI rules”, “drug pricing”), use search_documents instead. Returns title, abstract, agency, effective dates, significance.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default 20, max 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "limit": 20
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-register/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"recent_rules","arguments":{"limit":20}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('recent_rules', {
  "limit": 20
});

Response shape

Always returns: total, returned, rules

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total count of recent rules available
`returned`	number	Number of rules returned in this response
`rules`	array	Array of formatted rule documents

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total count of recent rules available"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of rules returned in this response"
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of formatted rule documents",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "document_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Federal Register document number"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Rule title"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Document type"
          },
          "abstract": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Rule abstract or summary"
          },
          "citation": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Citation reference"
          },
          "publication_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publication date (ISO format)"
          },
          "agencies": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of responsible agencies",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "html_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "URL to HTML version of rule"
          },
          "pdf_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "URL to PDF version of rule"
          },
          "action": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Action description"
          },
          "dates": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Key dates related to rule"
          },
          "docket_ids": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Associated docket identifiers",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "page_length": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Number of pages in rule"
          },
          "significant": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Whether rule is marked as significant"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "returned",
    "rules"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

recent_rules