OpenHelvetia Gateway MCP Server

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OpenHelvetia Gateway is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 65 tools.

Swiss federal law (Fedlex) and political data (LINDAS) for agents, every answer with sources

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

234 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 14

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 7 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

7 Sep 13 tools appeared i14y.api_status, i14y.get_concept, i14y.get_data_service and 10 more

7 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for lindas.observations

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Today is the operative word: we check OpenHelvetia Gateway every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add gateway --transport http https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateway": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.gateway]
url = "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateway": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateway": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 65

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

fedlex

fedlex.check_in_force

Check whether an act was in force on a date; false is a valid answer, never an error: use for «gilt das noch?» questions. norm.

fedlex.check_quote

Check a quote (Zitat) against the norm text of one element: use before citing, to prove the wording is in what was read (Belegkette). norm.

fedlex.cite

Cite an element as its canonical Fundstelle («Art. 7 Abs. 1 Bst. b LSV») from eli_version and eId: use to label a read place in the Belegkette. norm.

fedlex.compare_versions

Compare an element or every article between two Fassungen of an act — added, removed, changed paragraphs with wording: use for «was hat sich geändert?». norm.

fedlex.detect_foreign_content

Detect what the text tools hide in a Fassung: sections in another language (xml:lang) and <foreign> islands (formulas, graphics): use before quoting. norm.

fedlex.explore_node

Explore a JOLux node's edges (predicates and neighbours, both directions, capped): use to debug what the graph holds about an IRI; never as proof. hint.

fedlex.extract_tables

Extract the tables of a consolidation or of one element (annex limit values, tariffs) as header and rows: use when a norm is a table, not prose. norm.

fedlex.find_related_topic

Find acts in the same field of law via the legal taxonomy, by ELI or SR: use to discover neighbouring Erlasse; candidates only. hint.

fedlex.find_treaties

Find treaty processes (Staatsverträge) by a title word, partner country IRI or bilaterality: use to locate a treaty before get_treaty_info. hint.

fedlex.get_article_history

Trace which amendments and consolidations changed one Artikel (eId) of an act, with dates: use for «seit wann gilt Art. X so?». norm.

fedlex.get_citations

List an act's relations: cites|cited_by (formal citations, act level) or in|out (foreseen impacts, mostly consultation drafts): use to see who cites X. norm.

fedlex.get_consultation_documents

List the position statements and result reports of one consultation IRI: use after get_consultations to read the genesis record. norm.

fedlex.get_consultations

List the consultations (Vernehmlassungen) of an act's drafts or of one draft, with status and dates: use for the genesis, never for law in force. hint.

fedlex.get_drafts

List the legislative drafts (Entwürfe, eli/proj) an act came from, with the Curia Vista number: use as the entry to consultations and materials. norm.

fedlex.get_fga_documents

List the Federal Gazette (BBl) documents of an act's genesis — Botschaft, reports — with genre and date: use for materials, never for law in force. norm.

fedlex.get_law_metadata

Read the JOLux profile of an act (titles de/fr/it, status, dates, identifier) for an ELI: use to confirm a search hit before you cite. norm.

fedlex.get_memorial

List the AS/BBl issue (memorial) an oc publication appeared in and the acts of that issue: use after get_oc_act to locate the volume. norm.

fedlex.get_modifications

List the amendment notes («Fassung gemäss …», AS refs) per element of a consolidation: use for «wann und wodurch wurde Art. X geändert?». norm.

fedlex.get_oc_act

Resolve an act's binding AS/RO publication (oc ELI, date, genre, office, memorial) from its consolidation ELI: use to cite the Amtliche Sammlung. norm.

fedlex.get_references

List the references (Verweise) an act's text makes, with ELI where linked, optionally within one eId: use to follow cross-references. hint.

fedlex.get_structure

Outline one consolidation (sections, articles with eId, num and heading): use when you know the act but not the article number. norm.

fedlex.get_subdivisions

List the subdivisions JOLux knows for an act (amended elements only, a gap catalogue): use to see which Artikel carry amendments; outline: get_structure. norm.

fedlex.get_taxonomy

Classify an act in the systematic collection (SR branch chain, notation, labels de/fr/it): use for «zu welchem Rechtsgebiet gehört X?». norm.

fedlex.get_treaty_info

Read a treaty process profile (title, signature, bilateral, partner countries, approving decree) for an eli/treaty IRI: use after find_treaties. norm.

fedlex.list_annexes

List the annexes (Anhänge) of a consolidation with titles and path eIds (annex_u1/…): use before reading an Anhang with read_article. norm.

fedlex.list_expressions

List the language versions and manifestations (XML, PDF) of one consolidation: use before reading to see whether a Fassung is PDF-only. norm.

fedlex.list_versions

List every dated consolidation (Fassung) of an act, future ones included: use to pick the eli_version the reading tools need. norm.

fedlex.parse_reference

Parse a citation («Art. 7 Abs. 1 lit. b LSV») into act, article eId and path proposal: use to turn a quoted Fundstelle into what read_article can open. hint.

fedlex.read_article

Read one element (Artikel, Absatz, Anhang) of a dated consolidation by eId, e.g. art_6 or annex_u1/lvl_u1: use to quote a norm. norm.

fedlex.read_document

Read a whole small act or Verordnung as capped Markdown (truncated flag, continuation offset): use for short acts; quote via read_article. norm.

fedlex.resolve_consolidation_at

Resolve which consolidation (Fassung) of an act governed on an ISO date: use before reading text for a past or future Stichtag. norm.

fedlex.resolve_sr

Resolve an SR number (e.g. 832.10) to the act's ELI, titles and in-force status: use when a question names an SR; predecessors stay visible. norm.

fedlex.resolve_vocabulary_label

Look up a Fedlex vocabulary term (enforcement-status, language, …) by label or IRI: use to decode a coded value from another answer. hint.

fedlex.search_law

Search acts by title keyword or official abbreviation (KVG, StPO, OR): use when you know the name but not the SR or ELI; in-force acts rank first. hint.

fedlex.search_text

Find where a word occurs inside ONE consolidation (hits with eId and Artikel): use before read_article when the article is unknown. hint.

i14y

i14y.api_status

Check whether the I14Y catalogue answers, register by register, so «no data» and «source down» stay apart: use before retrying a failed call. norm.

i14y.get_concept

Show one concept's record — type, value type, version, validity (Konzept, Codeliste): use before reading a code list's entries. norm.

i14y.get_data_service

Show one registered interface's record — endpoints, OpenAPI links, licence, served datasets (API, Endpunkt): use to reach the service. norm.

i14y.get_dataset

Show one dataset's full record — contact, coverage, every distribution with its licence and download address (Lizenz, Download): use before reuse. norm.

i14y.get_dataset_distributions

List a dataset's distributions — format, licence, download and access address (Datei, Lizenz, Format): use for «where do I get the data». norm.

i14y.list_catalogs

List the catalogues that feed I14Y, each one body's collection (Katalog, opendata.swiss, Bundesamt): use to see who contributes. norm.

i14y.list_concepts

List the harmonised concepts and code lists of the administration (Konzept, Codeliste, Nomenklatur, Merkmal): use to find a code list by publisher. norm.

i14y.list_data_services

List the registered machine interfaces of Swiss public bodies with their endpoints (API, Schnittstelle, Datendienst): use before building a scraper. norm.

i14y.list_datasets

List the registered datasets, paged, with publisher, themes and access right (Datensätze, Metadaten, Open Data): use for a census or a publisher's list. norm.

i14y.list_public_services

List the registered public services with their channels (Behördenleistung, Dienstleistung, Verwaltung): use for what an authority offers citizens. norm.

i14y.list_publishers

List the bodies that publish into I14Y with identifier and Swiss UID (Herausgeber, Bundesamt, Kanton, UID): use to find a publisher's code for a filter. norm.

i14y.search_catalog

Search the national data catalogue I14Y by words (Datensatz, Schnittstelle, API, Behördenleistung, Codeliste): use first, to find who publishes what. hint.

i14y.search_codelist_entries

List the codes of one code-list concept, paged, with names and validity (Code, Codeliste, Kanton, Geschlecht, Nomenklatur): use to resolve official codes. norm.

lindas

lindas.describe

Show everything the holding says about one IRI (a cube, an observation, a Kanton): use to follow an address you were handed. norm.

lindas.describe_cube

Show a cube's declared dimensions and profile — the record may carry more: use to learn the filters a question needs. norm.

lindas.dimension_values

List the values one dimension takes (Kantone, Abstimmungstypen, Geschäftsstände): use to filter by IRI instead of by text. hint.

lindas.find_cube

Find the cube behind a question by a word of its name («Volksinitiative», «Petition», «Parteienregister»): use before reading rows. hint.

lindas.list_cubes

List the 44 political data cubes of the Confederation (Abstimmungen, Wahlen, Bundesrat, Interessenbindungen): use to see what data exists. norm.

lindas.list_versions

List the versions of a cube family (Nationalratswahl 2019/2023/2027): use before reading a year; nothing links old to new. norm.

lindas.observations

Read a cube's rows with filters (Abstimmung, Referendum, Volksinitiative, Ständemehr, Kanton, Datum): use for the figures themselves. norm.

lindas.resolve_label

Resolve an IRI to its label in one language with a fallback (Kanton, Partei, Gremium, Interessenbindung): use to name a value. hint.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.openhelvetia.swiss/mcp	streamable-http	answering	253 ms	2 min ago

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OpenHelvetia Gateway — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can OpenHelvetia Gateway do?

It exposes 65 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: directory.get, facts.badge, facts.latest, fedlex.check_in_force, fedlex.check_quote, fedlex.cite and 59 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is OpenHelvetia Gateway mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around fedlex, i14y and lindas. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is OpenHelvetia Gateway working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 234 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect OpenHelvetia Gateway?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does OpenHelvetia Gateway need an API key?

No. OpenHelvetia Gateway completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 65 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is OpenHelvetia Gateway?

It answers our handshake in 234 ms on average, which is faster than 60% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.